Acting
Joan Plowright
EN cinema · 62 credits
Born
28 October 1929
Died
16 January 2025 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also known as Joan Ann Plowright · Baroness Olivier · Joan Ann Olivier · Dame Joan Plowright
Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (28 October 1929 - 16 January 2025), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards. Joan Plowright is also one of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.
Known for
Filmography
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
I Am David
as Sophie
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Monro
Stalin
as Olga
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts
The Dressmaker
as Nellie
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
A Dedicated Man
as Edith
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
Equus
as Dora Strang
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
Twelfth Night
as Viola
Three Sisters
as Masha
Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Young Actress /Pip