Joan Plowright
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Omnibus
1967
Series
Screen Two
Mrs. Monro
1985
Series
ITV Playhouse
Lisa
1967
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Adriana
1950
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Phoebe
1950
Film
101 Dalmatians
Nanny
1996
Film
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2008
Film
Last Action Hero
Teacher
1993
Film
Dennis the Menace
Martha Wilson
1993
Film
Dinosaur
Baylene (voice)
2000
Film
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
1996
Film
Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2006
Series
Theatre Night
Arlette Le Boeuf
1957
Film
Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness
2003
Film
The Scarlet Letter
Harriet Hibbons
1995
Film
Dance with Me
Bea Johnson
1998
Film
Revolution
Mrs. McConnahay
1985
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Rosa
1976
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Lady Pitts
1976
All for Love
Edith
1982
Film
Widows' Peak
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
1994
Series
Theatre Night
Meg
1985
Series
Theatre Night
Lady Bracknell
1985
Film
I Am David
Sophie
2003
Film
I Love You to Death
Nadja
1990
Film
Avalon
Eva Krichinsky
1990
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Yeobright
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dorothy
1951
Film
Tea with Mussolini
Mary Wallace
1999
Film
Drowning by Numbers
Cissie Colpitts
1988
Film
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Mrs. Monro
1993
Film
Daphne Laureola
Lady Pitts
1978
Film
Equus
Dora Strang
1977
Film
Enchanted April
Mrs Fisher
1991
Film
George and the Dragon
Mother Superior
2004
Encore! Encore!
Marie Pinoni
1998
Film
Twelfth Night
Viola
1970
Film
Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Crawford
1996
Film
Surviving Picasso
Françoise's Grandmother
1996
Film
Stalin
Olga
1992
Film
Britannia Hospital
Phyllis Grimshaw
1982
Film
Time Without Pity
Agnes Cole
1957
Film
Uncle Vanya
Sonya
1963
Film
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
2018
Film
The Return of the Native
Frau Yeobright
1994
Film
A Place for Annie
Dorothy
1994
Film
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Mrs. Linzer
1995
Film
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
2005
Film
The Entertainer
Jean Rice
1960
Film
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
1973
Film
Frankie & Hazel
Phoebe Harkness
2000
Film
Callas Forever
Sarah Keller
2002
Film
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
1988
Film
Back to the Secret Garden
Martha Sowerby
2000
Film
Bailey's Mistake
Aunt Angie
2001
Film
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
1982
Film
A Pin for the Butterfly
Grandma
1995
Film
Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
1999
Film
The Diary of Anne Frank
Edith Frank-Holländer
1980
Film
Global Heresy
Lady Foxley
2002
Film
The House of Bernarda Alba
Poncia
1991
Film
The Dressmaker
Nellie
1988
Film
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Jeanne Vertefeuille
1998
Film
Three Sisters
Masha
1970
Film
Knife Edge
Marjorie Blake
2009
Film
The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
1987
Film
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Rosa
1978
Film
Brimstone & Treacle
Norma Bates
1982
Film
Goose on the Loose
Beatrice Fairfield
2006
Film
Hotel Sorrento
Marge Morrisey
1995
Film
And a Nightingale Sang
Mam
1989
Film
On Promised Land
Mrs. Appletree
1994
Film
A Dedicated Man
Edith
1982
Film
Scrooge and Marley
Narrator
2001
Film
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Young Actress /Pip
1955
Film
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Herself
2018