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.

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Known For

Great Performances

1971 • as Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 • as Self - Winner

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008 • as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Last Action Hero

1993 • as Teacher

The Oscars

1953 • as Self

Dinosaur

2000 • as Baylene (voice)

Filmography

2018

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/2/2018

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

as Herself

Movie - Released: 11/15/2018

2009

Knife Edge

as Marjorie Blake

Movie - Released: 10/23/2009

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Movie - Released: 2/14/2008

2006

Goose on the Loose

as Beatrice Fairfield

Movie - Released: 1/13/2006

Curious George

as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

Movie - Released: 2/10/2006

2005

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

as Mrs. Palfrey

Movie - Released: 11/25/2005

2004

George and the Dragon

as Mother Superior

Movie - Released: 3/28/2004

2003

Bringing Down the House

as Mrs. Virginia Arness

Movie - Released: 3/7/2003

I Am David

as Sophie

Movie - Released: 12/3/2003

2002

Global Heresy

as Lady Foxley

Movie - Released: 9/3/2002

Callas Forever

as Sarah Keller

Movie - Released: 9/18/2002

2001

Scrooge and Marley

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 12/1/2001

Bailey's Mistake

as Aunt Angie

Movie - Released: 3/17/2001

2000

Dinosaur

as Baylene (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/19/2000

Back to the Secret Garden

as Martha Sowerby

Movie - Released: 9/2/2000

Movie

Frankie & Hazel

as Phoebe Harkness

Movie - Released: 10/8/2000

1999

Tea with Mussolini

as Mary Wallace

Movie - Released: 3/25/1999

Tom's Midnight Garden

as Mrs Bartholomew

Movie - Released: 7/2/1999

1998

Dance with Me

as Bea Johnson

Movie - Released: 8/21/1998

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

as Jeanne Vertefeuille

Movie - Released: 11/29/1998

Encore! Encore!

TV - Released: 9/22/1998

1996

101 Dalmatians

as Nanny

Movie - Released: 11/27/1996

Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Fairfax

Movie - Released: 1/20/1996

Mr. Wrong

as Mrs. Crawford

Movie - Released: 2/16/1996

Surviving Picasso

as Françoise's Grandmother

Movie - Released: 9/4/1996

1995

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

as Mrs. Linzer

Movie - Released: 4/28/1995

Hotel Sorrento

as Marge Morrisey

Movie - Released: 4/20/1995

Movie

A Pin for the Butterfly

as Grandma

Movie - Released: 2/16/1995

The Scarlet Letter

as Harriet Hibbons

Movie - Released: 10/13/1995

1994

Widows' Peak

as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan

Movie - Released: 4/15/1994

A Place for Annie

as Dorothy

Movie - Released: 5/1/1994

The Return of the Native

as Frau Yeobright

Movie - Released: 12/4/1994

On Promised Land

as Mrs. Appletree

Movie - Released: 4/17/1994

1993

Dennis the Menace

as Martha Wilson

Movie - Released: 6/9/1993

Last Action Hero

as Teacher

Movie - Released: 6/18/1993

The Summer House

as Mrs. Monro

Movie - Released: 12/21/1993

1992

Stalin

as Olga

Movie - Released: 11/21/1992

1991

Enchanted April

as Mrs Fisher

Movie - Released: 11/27/1991

The House of Bernarda Alba

as Poncia

Movie - Released: 12/18/1991

1990

I Love You to Death

as Nadja

Movie - Released: 4/6/1990

Avalon

as Eva Krichinsky

Movie - Released: 10/5/1990

1989

And a Nightingale Sang

as Mam

Movie - Released: 4/17/1989

1988

Drowning by Numbers

as Cissie Colpitts 1

Movie - Released: 9/10/1988

The Dressmaker

as Nellie

Movie - Released: 12/16/1988

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Lady Bracknell

Movie - Released: 5/29/1988

1987

The Birthday Party

as Meg Bowles

Movie - Released: 6/21/1987

1985

Revolution

as Mrs. McConnahay

Movie - Released: 12/25/1985

Theatre Night

as Meg

TV - Released: 9/15/1985

1982

Britannia Hospital

as Phyllis Grimshaw

Movie - Released: 5/27/1982

Brimstone & Treacle

as Norma Bates

Movie - Released: 10/1/1982

A Dedicated Man

as Edith

Movie - Released: 3/31/1982

1980

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Edith Frank-Holländer

Movie - Released: 11/17/1980

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Lady Pitts

Movie - Released: 1/15/1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

as Rosa

Movie - Released: 1/1/1978

1977

Equus

as Dora Strang

Movie - Released: 10/16/1977

1976

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Rosa

TV - Released: 12/5/1976

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Lady Pitts

TV - Released: 12/5/1976

1973

The Merchant of Venice

as Portia

Movie - Released: 10/7/1973

1971

Great Performances

as Self

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1970

Twelfth Night

as Viola

Movie - Released: 7/12/1970

Three Sisters

as Masha

Movie - Released: 4/1/1970

1963

Uncle Vanya

as Sonya

Movie - Released: 11/20/1963

1960

The Entertainer

as Jean Rice

Movie - Released: 7/25/1960

1957

Time Without Pity

as Agnes Cole

Movie - Released: 3/21/1957

1953

The Oscars

as Self

TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Yeobright

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dorothy

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

TV - Released: 1/20/1944