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