Joan Plowright
Birthday
1929/10/28 (95 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also know as
Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, Joan Ann Olivier, Dame Joan Plowright
Biography
Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (born 28 October 1929), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is 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.
Acting
(1990) I Love You to Death
as Nadja
(1990) Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
(1995) A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
(2000) Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
(1999) Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
(2003) Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
(2004) George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
(1996) 101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
(2008) The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
(1993) Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
(1994) Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
(1991) Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
(1993) Last Action Hero
as Teacher
(1982) Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
(1985) Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
(1988) Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts 1
(2009) Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
(2000) Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
(1977) Equus
as Dora Strang
(1957) Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
(2003) I Am David
as Sophie
(2002) Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
(1996) Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
(2005) Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
(2002) Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
(1998) Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
(2001) Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
(1960) The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
(1982) Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
(1995) Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
(1980) The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
(1992) Stalin
as Olga
(1994) A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
(1988) The Dressmaker
as Nellie
(1993) The Summer House
as Mrs. Monro
(2006) Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
(1998) Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
(1973) The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
(1970) Twelfth Night
as Viola
(1995) A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
(1970) Three Sisters
as Masha
(1996) Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
(2001) Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
(1995) The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
(1989) And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
(1991) The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
(1994) The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
(1996) Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
(1978) Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
(2000) Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
(1999) Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
(2006) Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
(1978) Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
(2018) Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
(1994) On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
(1987) The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
(1988) The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
(1963) Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
(1982) A Dedicated Man
as Edith
(2018) Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Yeobright
(1998) Encore! Encore!
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1976) Laurence Olivier Presents
as Rosa
(1976) Laurence Olivier Presents
as Lady Pitts
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dorothy
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner