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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.
The roles that explain the career.
49 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Knife Edge | Marjorie Blake | Film |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick | Film |
| 2006 | Curious George | Ms. Plushbottom (voice) | TV |
| 2006 | Goose on the Loose | Beatrice Fairfield | Film |
| 2005 | Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont | Mrs. Palfrey | Film |
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | Mother Superior | Film |
| 2003 | I Am David | Sophie | Film |
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House | Mrs. Virginia Arness | Film |
| 2002 | Global Heresy | Lady Foxley | Film |
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Sarah Keller | Film |
| 2000 | Back to the Secret Garden | Martha Sowerby | Film |
| 2000 | Frankie & Hazel | Phoebe Harkness | Film |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Baylene (voice) | Film |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Mrs Bartholomew | Film |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Mary Wallace | Film |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | Bea Johnson | Film |
| 1998 | Encore! Encore! | Marie Pinoni | TV |
| 1998 | Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within | Jeanne Vertefeuille | Film |
| 1996 | Mr. Wrong | Mrs. Crawford | Film |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Nanny | Film |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax | Film |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Françoise's Grandmother | Film |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Harriet Hibbons | Film |
| 1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Mrs. Linzer | Film |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Marge Morrisey | Film |
| 1994 | The Return of the Native | Frau Yeobright | Film |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Mrs. Doyle-Counihan | Film |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie | Dorothy | Film |
| 1993 | The Clothes in the Wardrobe | Mrs. Monro | Film |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Martha Wilson | Film |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Teacher | Film |
| 1992 | Stalin | Olga | Film |
| 1991 | Enchanted April | Mrs Fisher | Film |
| 1990 | Avalon | Eva Krichinsky | Film |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Nadja | Film |
| 1988 | The Dressmaker | Nellie | Film |
| 1988 | Drowning by Numbers | Cissie Colpitts | Film |
| 1987 | The Birthday Party | Meg Bowles | Film |
| 1985 | Revolution | Mrs. McConnahay | Film |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Phyllis Grimshaw | Film |
| 1982 | Brimstone & Treacle | Norma Bates | Film |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self | Film |
| 1980 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Edith Frank-Holländer | Film |
| 1977 | Equus | Dora Strang | Film |
| 1973 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Film |
| 1970 | Three Sisters | Masha | Film |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Jean Rice | Film |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity | Agnes Cole | Film |
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