Joan Plowright
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...
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...
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Cast Credits
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
I Am David
as Sophie
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
as Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Grandma
The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree