Cast
Joan Plowright
Acting
Cast
Joan Plowright
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-10-28
From
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died
2025-01-16
Also known as Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, Joan Ann Olivier
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.
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
I Am David
as Sophie
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
Stalin
as Olga
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
Equus
as Dora Strang
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Monro
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts
The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
Three Sisters
as Masha
Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
The Dressmaker
as Nellie
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
Twelfth Night
as Viola
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself
And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
A Dedicated Man
as Edith
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Young Actress /Pip
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts