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Joan Plowright

Known for acting · Born 28 October 1929 · Died 16 January 2025 · aged 95 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

74 credits

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.

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Known for

Dennis the Menace

1993

101 Dalmatians

1996

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

Jane Eyre

1996

Drowning by Numbers

1988

Bringing Down the House

2003

Tea with Mussolini

1999

Curious George

2006

Equus

1977

I Am David

2003

I Love You to Death

1990

Dance with Me

1998

Acting (74)

2018Nothing Like a DameSelfFilm
2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from LifeHerselfFilm
2009Knife EdgeMarjorie BlakeFilm
2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesAunt Lucinda SpiderwickFilm
2006Curious GeorgeMs. Plushbottom (voice)Film
2006Goose on the LooseBeatrice FairfieldFilm
2005Mrs Palfrey at The ClaremontMrs. PalfreyFilm
2004George and the DragonMother SuperiorFilm
2003Bringing Down the HouseMrs. Virginia ArnessFilm
2003I Am DavidSophieFilm
2002Callas ForeverSarah KellerFilm
2002Global HeresyLady FoxleyFilm
2001Scrooge and MarleyNarratorFilm
2001Bailey's MistakeAunt AngieFilm
2000DinosaurBaylene (voice)Film
2000Back to the Secret GardenMartha SowerbyFilm
2000Frankie & HazelPhoebe HarknessFilm
1999Tea with MussoliniMary WallaceFilm
1999Tom's Midnight GardenMrs BartholomewFilm
1998Dance with MeBea JohnsonFilm
1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor WithinJeanne VertefeuilleFilm
1998Encore! Encore!Marie Pinoni · 13 episodesSeries
1996101 DalmatiansNannyFilm
1996Jane EyreMrs. FairfaxFilm
1996Surviving PicassoFrançoise's GrandmotherFilm
1996Mr. WrongMrs. CrawfordFilm
1995The Scarlet LetterHarriet HibbonsFilm
1995A Pyromaniac's Love StoryMrs. LinzerFilm
1995Hotel SorrentoMarge MorriseyFilm
1995A Pin for the ButterflyGrandmaFilm
1994A Place for AnnieDorothyFilm
1994Widows' PeakMrs. Doyle-CounihanFilm
1994The Return of the NativeFrau YeobrightFilm
1994On Promised LandMrs. AppletreeFilm
1993Last Action HeroTeacherFilm
1993Dennis the MenaceMartha WilsonFilm
1993The Clothes in the WardrobeMrs. MonroFilm
1992StalinOlgaFilm
1991Enchanted AprilMrs FisherFilm
1991The House of Bernarda AlbaPonciaFilm
1990I Love You to DeathNadjaFilm
1990AvalonEva KrichinskyFilm
1989And a Nightingale SangMamFilm
1988Drowning by NumbersCissie ColpittsFilm
1988The Importance of Being EarnestLady BracknellFilm
1988The DressmakerNellieFilm
1987The Birthday PartyMeg BowlesFilm
1985RevolutionMrs. McConnahayFilm
1985Screen TwoMrs. MonroSeries
1985Theatre NightMeg, Lady BracknellSeries
1982Britannia HospitalPhyllis GrimshawFilm
1982Brimstone & TreacleNorma BatesFilm
1982A Dedicated ManEdithFilm
1982Laurence Olivier: A LifeSelfFilm
1980The Diary of Anne FrankEdith Frank-HolländerFilm
1978Daphne LaureolaLady PittsFilm
1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayRosaFilm
1977EquusDora StrangFilm
1976Laurence Olivier PresentsRosa, Lady PittsSeries
1973The Merchant of VenicePortiaFilm
1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
1970Three SistersMashaFilm
1970Twelfth NightViolaFilm
1967OmnibusSeries
1967ITV PlayhouseLisaSeries
1963Uncle VanyaSonyaFilm
1960The EntertainerJean RiceFilm
1957Time Without PityAgnes ColeFilm
1957Theatre NightArlette Le BoeufSeries
1955Moby Dick—RehearsedA Young Actress /PipFilm
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMrs. Yeobright, DorothySeries
1950Sunday Night TheatreAdriana, PhoebeSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries