Celia Johnson
Birthday
1908/12/18
Day of death
1982/04/26 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Also know as
Celia Elizabeth Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Селия Джонсон
Biography
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 t...Read more
Acting
(1945) Brief Encounter
as Laura Jesson
(1978) Les Misérables
as Sister Simplice
(1969) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Miss Mackay
(1953) The Captain's Paradise
as Maud St. James
(1944) This Happy Breed
as Ethel Gibbons
(1952) The Holly and the Ivy
as Jenny Gregory
(1971) The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevskaya
(1955) A Kid for Two Farthings
as Joanna
(1950) The Astonished Heart
as Barbara Faber
(1952) I Believe in You
as Matty Matheson
(1957) The Good Companions
as Miss Trant
(1942) In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
(1941) Letter from Home
as Mrs Taylor
(1974) Love Affair
as Mrs Hobbish
(1970) The Cellar and the Almond Tree
as ---
(1977) The Emperor's New Hat
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
(1943) Dear Octopus
as Cynthia
(1980) Staying On
as Lucy Smalley
(1980) The Hostage Tower
as Mrs. Wheeler
(1978) Romeo & Juliet
as Nurse
(1975) Lloyd George Knew My Father
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
(1973) Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
(1942) We Serve
as ---
(1981) All's Well That Ends Well
as Countess of Rousillon
(1976) The Dame of Sark
as Sybil Hathaway
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Nurse
(1970) Play for Today
as Mrs. Palfrey