About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1929-10-28
Place of birth:
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Website:
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Joan Plowright

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting

2018 Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life Actor Herself N/A
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2018 Nothing Like a Dame Actor Self 59
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2009 Knife Edge Actor Marjorie Blake 58
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2009 Knife Edge Actor N/A
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2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Actor Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick 65
Fair
2006 Curious George Actor Ms. Plushbottom (voice) 61
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2006 Goose on the Loose Actor Beatrice Fairfield 58
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2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont Actor Mrs. Palfrey 59
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2004 George and the Dragon Actor Mother Superior 58
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2003 I Am David Actor Sophie 60
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2003 Bringing Down the House Actor Mrs. Virginia Arness 59
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2002 Callas Forever Actor Sarah Keller 59
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2002 Global Heresy Actor Lady Foxley 58
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2001 Scrooge and Marley Actor Narrator N/A
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2001 Bailey's Mistake Actor Aunt Angie 58
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2000 Frankie & Hazel Actor Phoebe Harkness 59
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2000 Back to the Secret Garden Actor Martha Sowerby 59
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2000 Dinosaur Actor Baylene (voice) 64
Fair
1999 Tom's Midnight Garden Actor Mrs Bartholomew 59
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1999 Tea with Mussolini Actor Mary Wallace 60
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1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within Actor Jeanne Vertefeuille 59
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1998 Encore! Encore! Actor N/A
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1998 Dance with Me Actor Bea Johnson 61
Fair
1996 101 Dalmatians Actor Nanny 58
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1996 Surviving Picasso Actor Françoise's Grandmother 58
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1996 Mr. Wrong Actor Mrs. Crawford 57
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1996 Jane Eyre Actor Mrs. Fairfax 62
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1995 The Scarlet Letter Actor Harriet Hibbons 59
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1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story Actor Mrs. Linzer 58
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1995 Hotel Sorrento Actor Marge Morrisey 59
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1995 A Pin for the Butterfly Actor Grandma 59
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1994 The Return of the Native Actor Frau Yeobright 59
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1994 A Place for Annie Actor Dorothy 58
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1994 On Promised Land Actor Mrs. Appletree N/A
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1994 Widows' Peak Actor Mrs. Doyle-Counihan 59
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1993 The Summer House Actor Mrs. Monro 58
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1993 Dennis the Menace Actor Martha Wilson 58
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1993 Last Action Hero Actor Teacher 64
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1992 Stalin Actor Olga 58
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1991 The House of Bernarda Alba Actor Poncia N/A
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1991 Enchanted April Actor Mrs Fisher 59
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1990 Avalon Actor Eva Krichinsky 59
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1990 I Love You to Death Actor Nadja 60
Fair
1989 And a Nightingale Sang Actor Mam 58
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1988 The Dressmaker Actor Nellie 58
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1988 Drowning by Numbers Actor Cissie Colpitts 1 61
Fair
1988 The Importance of Being Earnest Actor Lady Bracknell 58
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1987 The Birthday Party Actor Meg Bowles 59
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1985 Revolution Actor Mrs. McConnahay 58
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1982 Brimstone & Treacle Actor Norma Bates 59
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1982 Britannia Hospital Actor Phyllis Grimshaw 59
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1982 A Dedicated Man Actor Edith N/A
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1980 The Diary of Anne Frank Actor Edith Frank-Holländer 58
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1978 Daphne Laureola Actor Lady Pitts 59
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1978 Saturday, Sunday, Monday Actor Rosa N/A
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1977 Equus Actor Dora Strang 61
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1973 The Merchant of Venice Actor Portia 58
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1970 Twelfth Night Actor Viola 59
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1970 Three Sisters Actor Masha 58
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1963 Uncle Vanya Actor Sonya N/A
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1960 The Entertainer Actor Jean Rice 59
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1957 Time Without Pity Actor Agnes Cole 59
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1955 Moby Dick—Rehearsed Actor A Young Actress / Pip 59
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