Celia Johnson

Personal Info

Birthday

December 18, 1908

Day of Death

1982-04-26

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

Celia Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson

Селия Джонсон

Celia Johnson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Known For

Play for Today

Omnibus

BBC Play of the Month

Brief Encounter

Les Misérables

A Kid for Two Farthings

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

This Happy Breed

Filmography

1981
All's Well That Ends Well
as Countess of Rousillon
1980
Staying On
as Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
as Mrs. Wheeler
1978
Les Misérables
as Sister Simplice
Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1977
The Emperor's New Hat
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
1976
The Dame of Sark
as Sybil Hathaway
1975
Lloyd George Knew My Father
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
1974
Love Affair
as Mrs Hobbish
1973
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
1971
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevskaya
1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Miss Mackay
1957
The Good Companions
as Miss Trant
1955
A Kid for Two Farthings
as Joanna
1953
The Captain's Paradise
as Maud St. James
1952
The Holly and the Ivy
as Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You
as Matty Matheson
1951
A Bolt of Lightning
as Mary Otis
1950
The Astonished Heart
as Barbara Faber
1945
Brief Encounter
as Laura Jesson
1944
This Happy Breed
as Ethel Gibbons
1943
Dear Octopus
as Cynthia
1942
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
1941
Letter from Home
as Mrs Taylor