Celia Johnson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress. She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Richmond, Surrey, England, UK, 1908-12-18

Died: 1982-04-26

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Letter from Home	Mrs Taylor	70
2	1942	We Serve		0
3	1942	In Which We Serve	Mrs. Kinross / Alix	68
4	1943	Dear Octopus	Cynthia	0
5	1944	This Happy Breed	Ethel Gibbons	71
6	1945	Brief Encounter	Laura Jesson	77
7	1950	The Astonished Heart	Barbara Faber	45
8	1952	I Believe in You	Matty Matheson	64
9	1952	The Holly and the Ivy	Jenny Gregory	66
10	1953	The Captain's Paradise	Maud St. James	55
11	1955	A Kid for Two Farthings	Joanna	65
12	1957	The Good Companions	Miss Trant	0
13	1969	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Miss Mackay	69
14	1970	The Cellar and the Almond Tree		0
15	1971	The Cherry Orchard	Madame Ranevskaya	0
16	1973	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Mrs. Palfrey	0
17	1974	Love Affair	Mrs Hobbish	0
18	1975	Lloyd George Knew My Father	Lady Sheila Boothroyd	0
19	1976	The Dame of Sark	Sybil Hathaway	0
20	1977	The Emperor's New Hat	La Comtesse de Chemaille	0
21	1978	Romeo and Juliet	Nurse	74
22	1978	Les Misérables	Sister Simplice	72
23	1980	The Hostage Tower	Mrs. Wheeler	48
24	1980	Staying On	Lucy Smalley	70
25	1981	All's Well That Ends Well	Countess of Rousillon	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mrs. Alving	50
2	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Judith Bliss	50
3	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Sheila	50
4	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Eloise	50
5	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Madame Ranyevskaya	50
6	1967	Omnibus	Ellen Edgeworth	72
7	1970	Play for Today	Mrs. Palfrey	63
8	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Nurse	60
9	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Countess of Rousillion	60

Celia Johnson

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