Celia Johnson
Biography
Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress. She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973.
Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke at age 73.
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Filmography
The Potting Shed
1981
as Mrs Califer
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Countess of Rousillon
Staying On
1980
as Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
1980
as Mrs. Wheeler
Les Misérables
1978
as Sister Simplice
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Nurse
The Emperor's New Hat
1977
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
The Dame of Sark
1976
as Sybil Hathaway
- No poster
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
- No poster
Love Affair
1974
as Mrs Hobbish
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973
as Mrs. Palfrey
The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Madame Ranevskaya
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Miss Mackay
The Good Companions
1957
as Miss Trant
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
as Joanna
The Captain's Paradise
1953
as Maud St. James
The Holly and the Ivy
1952
as Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You
1952
as Matty Matheson
A Bolt of Lightning
1951
as Mary Otis
The Astonished Heart
1950
as Barbara Faber
Brief Encounter
1945
as Laura Jesson
This Happy Breed
1944
as Ethel Gibbons
- No poster
Dear Octopus
1943
as Cynthia