Joan Plowright
Acting
Born: 1929-10-28 in Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
101 Dalmatians
Nanny
Last Action Hero
Teacher
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Dinosaur
Baylene (voice)
Dennis the Menace
Martha Wilson
Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness
Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
The Scarlet Letter
Harriet Hibbons
I Love You to Death
Nadja
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
Dance with Me
Bea Johnson
Drowning by Numbers
Cissie Colpitts
Tea with Mussolini
Mary Wallace
Equus
Dora Strang
Revolution
Mrs. McConnahay
I Am David
Sophie
Surviving Picasso
Françoise's Grandmother
George and the Dragon
Mother Superior
Avalon
Eva Krichinsky
The Oscars
Self
Enchanted April
Mrs Fisher
Britannia Hospital
Phyllis Grimshaw
Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Crawford
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
The Entertainer
Jean Rice
Time Without Pity
Agnes Cole
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
Stalin
Olga
Back to the Secret Garden
Martha Sowerby
Callas Forever
Sarah Keller
Knife Edge
Marjorie Blake
Brimstone & Treacle
Norma Bates
Global Heresy
Lady Foxley
Great Performances
Self
Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
A Place for Annie
Dorothy
Widows' Peak
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Return of the Native
Frau Yeobright
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Mrs. Linzer