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.
★5.9
MOVIE1996
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
★6.7
MOVIE2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
★5.9
MOVIE1993
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
★6.6
MOVIE2000
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Monro
★6.5
MOVIE1993
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE1996
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
★6.1
MOVIE1995
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
★6.5
MOVIE1970
Twelfth Night
as Viola
★6.0
MOVIE2003
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
★5.5
MOVIE1963
Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
★6.4
MOVIE1990
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
★5.2
MOVIE2000
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
★5.5
MOVIE2004
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE1973
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
★5.3
MOVIE1992
Stalin
as Olga
★6.9
MOVIE1998
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
★6.7
MOVIE1990
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
★6.5
MOVIE1957
Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
★7.5
MOVIE1978
Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
★6.4
MOVIE1999
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Equus
as Dora Strang
★6.8
MOVIE1991
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
★6.9
MOVIE2003
I Am David
as Sophie
★6.8
MOVIE2018
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
★5.8
MOVIE1996
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
★5.4
MOVIE1985
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
★6.1
MOVIE1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
★6.3
MOVIE1982
Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
★5.0
MOVIE2002
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
★5.9
MOVIE1982
Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
★6.5
MOVIE2002
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
★7.0
MOVIE1988
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts
★4.6
MOVIE1988
The Dressmaker
as Nellie
★5.8
MOVIE1980
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
★4.0
MOVIE1996
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
★5.2
MOVIE1989
And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
★7.0
MOVIE1955
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Young Actress /Pip
★6.1
MOVIE1994
A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
★6.3
MOVIE1994
The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
★5.6
MOVIE1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
★6.7
MOVIE2005
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
★9.3
MOVIE2001
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
★5.3
MOVIE2006
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
★4.3
MOVIE1970
Three Sisters
as Masha
★6.2
MOVIE1960
The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
★10.0
MOVIE1982
A Dedicated Man
as Edith
★6.2
MOVIE1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
★6.9
MOVIE1995
Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
★5.4
MOVIE1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
★7.5
MOVIE1994
On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
★6.8
MOVIE1987
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
★4.5
MOVIE2009
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
MOVIE1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
MOVIE2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself