Joan Plowright
ActingAlso Known As
Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, Joan Ann Olivier, Dame Joan Plowright
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.
Movies
(62 total)
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
Equus
as Dora Strang
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
I Am David
as Sophie
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
TV Shows
(13 total)
The Oscars
as Self
Great Performances
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Yeobright
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dorothy
Screen Two
as Mrs. Monro
Sunday Night Theatre
as Adriana
Sunday Night Theatre
as Phoebe
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Lady Pitts
Theatre Night
as Meg
Theatre Night
as Lady Bracknell