Celia Johnson

Biography

Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress. She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke at age 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Omnibus

The Wednesday Play

All Movies (27)

• The Potting Shed1981 · as Mrs Califer
• All's Well That Ends Well1981 · as Countess of Rousillon
• Staying On1980 · as Lucy Smalley
• The Hostage Tower1980 · as Mrs. Wheeler
• Les Misérables1978 · as Sister Simplice
• Romeo and Juliet1978 · as Nurse
• The Emperor's New Hat1977 · as La Comtesse de Chemaille
• The Dame of Sark1976 · as Sybil Hathaway
• Lloyd George Knew My Father1975 · as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
• Love Affair1974 · as Mrs Hobbish
• Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont1973 · as Mrs. Palfrey
• The Cherry Orchard1971 · as Madame Ranevskaya
• The Cellar and the Almond Tree1970
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie1969 · as Miss Mackay
• The Good Companions1957 · as Miss Trant
• A Kid for Two Farthings1955 · as Joanna
• The Captain's Paradise1953 · as Maud St. James
• The Holly and the Ivy1952 · as Jenny Gregory
• I Believe in You1952 · as Matty Matheson
• A Bolt of Lightning1951 · as Mary Otis
• The Astonished Heart1950 · as Barbara Faber
• Brief Encounter1945 · as Laura Jesson
• This Happy Breed1944 · as Ethel Gibbons
• Dear Octopus1943 · as Cynthia
• In Which We Serve1942 · as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
• We Serve1942
• Letter from Home1941 · as Mrs Taylor

All TV Shows (13)

• Number 101983 · as Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson)
• Celebrity Playhouse1981 · as Mrs. Callifer
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Nurse
• Centre Play1973 · as La Comtesse de Chemaille
• Play for Today1970 · as Mrs. Palfrey
• Omnibus1967 · as Ellen Edgeworth
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Miss Hobish
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mrs. Alving
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Judith Bliss
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Sheila
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Eloise
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Madame Ranyevskaya
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Countess Isabel von Reger