ACTOR · FROM BRIGG, UK
Joan Plowright
1929–202567 credits since 1950
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ABOUT JOAN
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born28 October 1929
Died16 January 2025
BirthplaceBrigg, UK
Known forActing
On Cineora39 of 67 titles
Known for
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 39
- Average IMDb
- 6.3
- Highest rated
- Mrs Palfrey at The ClaremontIMDb 7.6
- Working since
- 1950
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2000s
15 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average
Movieas Marjorie Blake
Movieas Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Movieas Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Movieas Beatrice Fairfield
Movieas Mrs. Palfrey
Movieas Mother Superior
Movieas Sophie
Movieas Mrs. Virginia Arness
The 1990s
25 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
Movieas Mrs Bartholomew
Movieas Mary Wallace
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
Encore! Encore!
Not on Cineoraas Marie Pinoni · 13 episodes
Movieas Bea Johnson
Movieas Nanny
Movieas Françoise's Grandmother
Movieas Mrs. Crawford
The 1980s
12 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
as Mam
as Nellie
Movieas Cissie Colpitts
as Lady Bracknell
as Meg Bowles
Movieas Mrs. McConnahay
as Meg · 1 episode
as Mrs. Monro · 1 episode
The 1970s
7 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
as Lady Pitts
as Rosa
Movieas Dora Strang
as Rosa · 1 episode
as Portia
as Viola
Movieas Masha
The 1960s
3 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
as Lisa · 1 episode
as Sonya
Movieas Jean Rice
The 1950s
5 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
Movieas Agnes Cole
as Arlette Le Boeuf · 1 episode
as A Young Actress /Pip
as Mrs. Yeobright · 1 episode
as Adriana · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Joan’s titles.
Laurence OlivierThe Entertainer, Nothing Like a Dame and 1 more
Franco ZeffirelliDirector · Tea with Mussolini, Jane Eyre and 1 more
Joely Richardson101 Dalmatians and Drowning by Numbers
Judi DenchTea with Mussolini and Nothing Like a Dame
Jim BroadbentEnchanted April and Widows' Peak
James PurefoyGeorge and the Dragon and Goose on the Loose
Robert DuvallThe Scarlet Letter and Stalin
Maggie SmithTea with Mussolini and Nothing Like a Dame
