Joan Plowright

Actor

Born: October 28, 1929
Died: January 16, 2025 (age 95)
From: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography (62)

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life (2018)
Herself
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
Self
Knife Edge (2009)
Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Curious George (2006)
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Goose on the Loose (2006)
Beatrice Fairfield
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)
Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon (2004)
Mother Superior
I Am David (2003)
Sophie
Bringing Down the House (2003)
Mrs. Virginia Arness
Callas Forever (2002)
Sarah Keller
Global Heresy (2002)
Lady Foxley
Scrooge and Marley (2001)
Narrator
Bailey's Mistake (2001)
Aunt Angie
Frankie & Hazel (2000)
Phoebe Harkness
Back to the Secret Garden (2000)
Martha Sowerby
Dinosaur (2000)
Baylene (voice)
Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Mary Wallace
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Dance with Me (1998)
Bea Johnson
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Nanny
Surviving Picasso (1996)
Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong (1996)
Mrs. Crawford
Jane Eyre (1996)
Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Harriet Hibbons
A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento (1995)
Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly (1995)
Grandma
The Return of the Native (1994)
Frau Yeobright