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