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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: Acting

Born: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1929-10-28

Died: 2025-01-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Moby Dick Rehearsed	A Young Actress /Pip	0
2	1957	Time Without Pity	Agnes Cole	66
3	1960	The Entertainer	Jean Rice	62
4	1963	Uncle Vanya	Sonya	40
5	1970	Three Sisters	Masha	38
6	1970	Twelfth Night	Viola	64
7	1973	The Merchant of Venice	Portia	70
8	1977	Equus	Dora Strang	70
9	1978	Saturday, Sunday, Monday	Rosa	0
10	1978	Daphne Laureola	Lady Pitts	60
11	1980	The Diary of Anne Frank	Edith Frank-Holländer	55
12	1982	A Dedicated Man	Edith	0
13	1982	Britannia Hospital	Phyllis Grimshaw	63
14	1982	Brimstone & Treacle	Norma Bates	59
15	1982	Laurence Olivier: a life	Self	100
16	1985	Revolution	Mrs. McConnahay	53
17	1987	The Birthday Party	Meg Bowles	67
18	1988	The Importance of Being Earnest	Lady Bracknell	47
19	1988	Drowning by Numbers	Cissie Colpitts 1	71
20	1988	The Dressmaker	Nellie	40
21	1989	And a Nightingale Sang	Mam	45
22	1990	I Love You to Death	Nadja	64
23	1990	Avalon	Eva Krichinsky	66
24	1991	Enchanted April	Mrs Fisher	68
25	1991	The House of Bernarda Alba	Poncia	0
26	1992	Stalin	Olga	51
27	1993	Dennis the Menace	Martha Wilson	59
28	1993	Last Action Hero	Teacher	65
29	1993	The Summer House	Mrs. Monro	54
30	1994	Widows' Peak	Mrs. Doyle-Counihan	63
31	1994	On Promised Land	Mrs. Appletree	60
32	1994	A Place for Annie	Dorothy	60
33	1994	The Return of the Native	Frau Yeobright	60
34	1995	A Pin for the Butterfly	Grandma	48
35	1995	Hotel Sorrento	Marge Morrisey	69
36	1995	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Mrs. Linzer	49
37	1995	The Scarlet Letter	Harriet Hibbons	61
38	1996	Jane Eyre	Mrs. Fairfax	69
39	1996	Mr. Wrong	Mrs. Crawford	39
40	1996	Surviving Picasso	Françoise's Grandmother	58
41	1996	101 Dalmatians	Nanny	59
42	1998	Dance with Me	Bea Johnson	69
43	1998	Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within	Jeanne Vertefeuille	57
44	1999	Tea with Mussolini	Mary Wallace	64
45	1999	Tom's Midnight Garden	Mrs Bartholomew	59
46	2000	Dinosaur	Baylene (voice)	65
47	2000	Back to the Secret Garden	Martha Sowerby	62
48	2000	Frankie & Hazel	Phoebe Harkness	53
49	2001	Bailey's Mistake	Aunt Angie	50
50	2001	Scrooge and Marley	Narrator	100
51	2002	Global Heresy	Lady Foxley	50
52	2002	Callas Forever	Sarah Keller	64
53	2003	Bringing Down the House	Mrs. Virginia Arness	60
54	2003	I Am David	Sophie	68
55	2004	George and the Dragon	Mother Superior	53
56	2005	Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont	Mrs. Palfrey	67
57	2006	Goose on the Loose	Beatrice Fairfield	49
58	2006	Curious George	Ms. Plushbottom (voice)	65
59	2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick	67
60	2009	Knife Edge	Marjorie Blake	45
61	2018	Nothing Like a Dame	Self	68
62	2018	Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life	Herself	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
2	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Adriana	35
3	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Phoebe	35
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. Yeobright	86
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Dorothy	86
6	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
7	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
8	1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Rosa	70
9	1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Lady Pitts	70
10	1985	Screen Two	Mrs. Monro	68
11	1985	Theatre Night	Meg	0
12	1985	Theatre Night	Lady Bracknell	0
13	1998	Encore! Encore!		0