Joan Plowright

Personal Info

Birthday

October 28, 1929

Day of Death

2025-01-16

(95 years old)

Place of Birth

Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Joan Ann Plowright

Baroness Olivier

Joan Ann Olivier

Dame Joan Plowright

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.

Known For

Screen Two

Sunday Night Theatre

Dinosaur

101 Dalmatians

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Dennis the Menace

Last Action Hero

Theatre Night

Filmography

2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
2009
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2006
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
2005
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
2004
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
2003
I Am David
as Sophie
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
2002
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
2001
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
2000
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
1996
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
1995
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
1994
The Return of the Native
as Frau Yeobright
A Place for Annie
as Dorothy
On Promised Land
as Mrs. Appletree
Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Mrs. Monro
Last Action Hero
as Teacher
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson
1992
Stalin
as Olga
1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Poncia
Enchanted April
as Mrs Fisher
1990
Avalon
as Eva Krichinsky
I Love You to Death
as Nadja
1989
And a Nightingale Sang
as Mam
1988
The Dressmaker
as Nellie
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts 1
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
1987
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
1985
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay
1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma Bates
Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis Grimshaw
A Dedicated Man
as Edith
1980
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-Holländer
1978
Daphne Laureola
as Lady Pitts
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Rosa
1977
Equus
as Dora Strang
1973
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
1970
Twelfth Night
as Viola
Three Sisters
as Masha
1963
Uncle Vanya
as Sonya
1960
The Entertainer
as Jean Rice
1957
Time Without Pity
as Agnes Cole
1955
Moby Dick Rehearsed
as A Young Actress /Pip