Joan Plowright

Biography

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

Golden Globe Awards

Great Performances

Screen Two

The Oscars

Omnibus

ITV Playhouse

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

All Movies (62)

• Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life2018 · as Herself
• Nothing Like a Dame2018 · as Self
• Knife Edge2009 · as Marjorie Blake
• The Spiderwick Chronicles2008 · as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
• Curious George2006 · as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
• Goose on the Loose2006 · as Beatrice Fairfield
• Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont2005 · as Mrs. Palfrey
• George and the Dragon2004 · as Mother Superior
• I Am David2003 · as Sophie
• Bringing Down the House2003 · as Mrs. Virginia Arness
• Callas Forever2002 · as Sarah Keller
• Global Heresy2002 · as Lady Foxley
• Scrooge and Marley2001 · as Narrator
• Bailey's Mistake2001 · as Aunt Angie
• Frankie & Hazel2000 · as Phoebe Harkness
• Back to the Secret Garden2000 · as Martha Sowerby
• Dinosaur2000 · as Baylene (voice)
• Tom's Midnight Garden1999 · as Mrs Bartholomew
• Tea with Mussolini1999 · as Mary Wallace
• Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within1998 · as Jeanne Vertefeuille
• Dance with Me1998 · as Bea Johnson
• 101 Dalmatians1996 · as Nanny
• Surviving Picasso1996 · as Françoise's Grandmother
• Mr. Wrong1996 · as Mrs. Crawford
• Jane Eyre1996 · as Mrs. Fairfax
• The Scarlet Letter1995 · as Harriet Hibbons
• A Pyromaniac's Love Story1995 · as Mrs. Linzer
• Hotel Sorrento1995 · as Marge Morrisey
• A Pin for the Butterfly1995 · as Grandma
• The Return of the Native1994 · as Frau Yeobright
• A Place for Annie1994 · as Dorothy
• On Promised Land1994 · as Mrs. Appletree
• Widows' Peak1994 · as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
• The Clothes in the Wardrobe1993 · as Mrs. Monro
• Last Action Hero1993 · as Teacher
• Dennis the Menace1993 · as Martha Wilson
• Stalin1992 · as Olga
• The House of Bernarda Alba1991 · as Poncia
• Enchanted April1991 · as Mrs Fisher
• Avalon1990 · as Eva Krichinsky
• I Love You to Death1990 · as Nadja
• And a Nightingale Sang1989 · as Mam
• The Dressmaker1988 · as Nellie
• Drowning by Numbers1988 · as Cissie Colpitts
• The Importance of Being Earnest1988 · as Lady Bracknell
• The Birthday Party1987 · as Meg Bowles
• Revolution1985 · as Mrs. McConnahay
• Laurence Olivier: a life1982 · as Self
• Brimstone & Treacle1982 · as Norma Bates
• Britannia Hospital1982 · as Phyllis Grimshaw
• A Dedicated Man1982 · as Edith
• The Diary of Anne Frank1980 · as Edith Frank-Holländer
• Daphne Laureola1978 · as Lady Pitts
• Saturday, Sunday, Monday1978 · as Rosa
• Equus1977 · as Dora Strang
• The Merchant of Venice1973 · as Portia
• Twelfth Night1970 · as Viola
• Three Sisters1970 · as Masha
• Uncle Vanya1963 · as Sonya
• The Entertainer1960 · as Jean Rice
• Time Without Pity1957 · as Agnes Cole
• Moby Dick—Rehearsed1955 · as A Young Actress /Pip

All TV Shows (17)

• Encore! Encore!1998 · as Marie Pinoni
• Theatre Night1985 · as Meg
• Theatre Night1985 · as Lady Bracknell
• Screen Two1985 · as Mrs. Monro
• All for Love1982 · as Edith
• Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Rosa
• Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Lady Pitts
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Omnibus1967
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Lisa
• Theatre Night1957 · as Arlette Le Boeuf
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mrs. Yeobright
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dorothy
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Adriana
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Phoebe
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee