Personal Info
Known Credits
60
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1929-10-28 (96 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Joan Ann PlowrightBaroness OlivierJoan Ann OlivierDame Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright
Biography
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. ...
Known For
Acting
2018 --
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
| Herself
2018 --
Nothing Like a Dame
| Self
2009 --
Knife Edge
| Marjorie Blake
2008 --
The Spiderwick Chronicles
| Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2006 --
Curious George
| Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2006 --
Goose on the Loose
| Beatrice Fairfield
2005 --
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
| Mrs. Palfrey
2004 --
George and the Dragon
| Mother Superior
2003 --
I Am David
| Sophie
2003 --
Bringing Down the House
| Mrs. Virginia Arness
2002 --
Callas Forever
| Sarah Keller
2002 --
Global Heresy
| Lady Foxley
2001 --
Scrooge and Marley
| Narrator
2001 --
Bailey's Mistake
| Aunt Angie
2000 --
Frankie & Hazel
| Phoebe Harkness
2000 --
Back to the Secret Garden
| Martha Sowerby
2000 --
Dinosaur
| Baylene (voice)
1999 --
Tom's Midnight Garden
| Mrs Bartholomew
1999 --
Tea with Mussolini
| Mary Wallace
1998 --
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
| Jeanne Vertefeuille
1998 --
Dance with Me
| Bea Johnson
1996 --
101 Dalmatians
| Nanny
1996 --
Surviving Picasso
| Françoise's Grandmother
1996 --
Mr. Wrong
| Mrs. Crawford
1996 --
Jane Eyre
| Mrs. Fairfax
1995 --
The Scarlet Letter
| Harriet Hibbons
1995 --
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
| Mrs. Linzer
1995 --
Hotel Sorrento
| Marge Morrisey
1995 --
A Pin for the Butterfly
| Grandma
1994 --
The Return of the Native
| Frau Yeobright
1994 --
A Place for Annie
| Dorothy
1994 --
On Promised Land
| Mrs. Appletree
1994 --
Widows' Peak
| Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
1993 --
The Summer House
| Mrs. Monro
1993 --
Last Action Hero
| Teacher
1993 --
Dennis the Menace
| Martha Wilson
1992 --
Stalin
| Olga
1991 --
The House of Bernarda Alba
| Poncia
1991 --
Enchanted April
| Mrs Fisher
1990 --
Avalon
| Eva Krichinsky
1990 --
I Love You to Death
| Nadja
1989 --
And a Nightingale Sang
| Mam
1988 --
The Dressmaker
| Nellie
1988 --
Drowning by Numbers
| Cissie Colpitts 1
1988 --
The Importance of Being Earnest
| Lady Bracknell
1987 --
The Birthday Party
| Meg Bowles
1985 --
Revolution
| Mrs. McConnahay
1982 --
Brimstone & Treacle
| Norma Bates
1982 --
Britannia Hospital
| Phyllis Grimshaw
1982 --
A Dedicated Man
| Edith
1980 --
The Diary of Anne Frank
| Edith Frank-Holländer
1978 --
Daphne Laureola
| Lady Pitts
1978 --
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
| Rosa
1977 --
Equus
| Dora Strang
1973 --
The Merchant of Venice
| Portia
1970 --
Twelfth Night
| Viola
1970 --
Three Sisters
| Masha
1963 --
Uncle Vanya
| Sonya
1960 --
The Entertainer
| Jean Rice
1957 --
Time Without Pity
| Agnes Cole