Joan Plowright
Acting·October 28, 1929·† January 16, 2025 — 95 years old·Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography · 75
2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from LifeHerself2018Nothing Like a DameSelf2009Knife EdgeMarjorie Blake2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesAunt Lucinda Spiderwick2006Curious GeorgeMs. Plushbottom (voice)2006Goose on the LooseBeatrice Fairfield2005Mrs Palfrey at The ClaremontMrs. Palfrey2004George and the DragonMother Superior2003I Am DavidSophie2003Bringing Down the HouseMrs. Virginia Arness2002Callas ForeverSarah Keller2002Global HeresyLady Foxley2001Scrooge and MarleyNarrator2001Bailey's MistakeAunt Angie2000Frankie & HazelPhoebe Harkness2000Back to the Secret GardenMartha Sowerby2000DinosaurBaylene (voice)1999Tom's Midnight GardenMrs Bartholomew1999Tea with MussoliniMary Wallace1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor WithinJeanne Vertefeuille1998Encore! Encore!TVMarie Pinoni1998Dance with MeBea Johnson1996101 DalmatiansNanny1996Surviving PicassoFrançoise's Grandmother1996Mr. WrongMrs. Crawford1996Jane EyreMrs. Fairfax1995The Scarlet LetterHarriet Hibbons1995A Pyromaniac's Love StoryMrs. Linzer1995Hotel SorrentoMarge Morrisey1995A Pin for the ButterflyGrandma1994The Return of the NativeFrau Yeobright1994A Place for AnnieDorothy1994On Promised LandMrs. Appletree1994Widows' PeakMrs. Doyle-Counihan1993The Clothes in the WardrobeMrs. Monro1993Last Action HeroTeacher1993Dennis the MenaceMartha Wilson1992StalinOlga1991The House of Bernarda AlbaPoncia1991Enchanted AprilMrs Fisher1990AvalonEva Krichinsky1990I Love You to DeathNadja1989And a Nightingale SangMam1988The DressmakerNellie1988Drowning by NumbersCissie Colpitts1988The Importance of Being EarnestLady Bracknell1987The Birthday PartyMeg Bowles1985RevolutionMrs. McConnahay1985Theatre NightTVMeg · Lady Bracknell1985Screen TwoTVMrs. Monro1982Laurence Olivier: a lifeSelf1982Brimstone & TreacleNorma Bates1982All for LoveTVEdith1982Britannia HospitalPhyllis Grimshaw1982A Dedicated ManEdith1980The Diary of Anne FrankEdith Frank-Holländer1978Daphne LaureolaLady Pitts1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayRosa1977EquusDora Strang1976Laurence Olivier PresentsTVRosa · Lady Pitts1973The Merchant of VenicePortia1971Great PerformancesTVSelf1970Twelfth NightViola1970Three SistersMasha1967OmnibusTV1967ITV PlayhouseTVLisa1963Uncle VanyaSonya1960The EntertainerJean Rice1957Time Without PityAgnes Cole1957Theatre NightTVArlette Le Boeuf1955Moby Dick—RehearsedA Young Actress /Pip1953The OscarsTVSelf1951Hallmark Hall of FameTVMrs. Yeobright · Dorothy1950Sunday Night TheatreTVAdriana · Phoebe1944Golden Globe AwardsTVSelf - Nominee