Portrait of Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Acting

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.

Born: October 28, 1929

Place of Birth: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Filmography

2009
Knife Edge

as Marjorie Blake

2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

2006
Curious George

as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

2006
Goose on the Loose

as Beatrice Fairfield

2005
2004
George and the Dragon

as Mother Superior

2003
I Am David

as Sophie

2003
Bringing Down the House

as Mrs. Virginia Arness

2002
Callas Forever

as Sarah Keller

2002
Global Heresy

as Lady Foxley

2001
2001
Bailey's Mistake

as Aunt Angie

2000
Back to the Secret Garden

as Martha Sowerby

2000
Dinosaur

as Baylene (voice)

1999
Tom's Midnight Garden

as Mrs Bartholomew

1999
Tea with Mussolini

as Mary Wallace

1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

as Jeanne Vertefeuille

1998
Dance with Me

as Bea Johnson

1996
1996
Surviving Picasso

as Françoise's Grandmother

1996
Mr. Wrong

as Mrs. Crawford

1996
Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Fairfax

1995
The Scarlet Letter

as Harriet Hibbons

1995
1995
Hotel Sorrento

as Marge Morrisey

1994
The Return of the Native

as Frau Yeobright

1994
1994
On Promised Land

as Mrs. Appletree

1994
Widows' Peak

as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan

1993
1993
Dennis the Menace

as Martha Wilson

1992
Stalin

as Olga

1991
Enchanted April

as Mrs Fisher

1990
Avalon

as Eva Krichinsky

1988
1988
Drowning by Numbers

as Cissie Colpitts 1

1988
1987
The Birthday Party

as Meg Bowles

1985
Revolution

as Mrs. McConnahay

1985
Screen Two

as Mrs. Monro

1982
Brimstone & Treacle

as Norma Bates

1982
Britannia Hospital

as Phyllis Grimshaw

1982
1980
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Edith Frank-Holländer

1978
Daphne Laureola

as Lady Pitts

1977
Equus

as Dora Strang

1976
1970
1970
1963
Uncle Vanya

as Sonya

1960
The Entertainer

as Jean Rice

1957
Time Without Pity

as Agnes Cole

1955
Moby Dick Rehearsed

as A Young Actress /Pip

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Yeobright

1951
1950
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee