Person
Joan Plowright
Actor· Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
The roles that explain the career.
101 Dalmatians
Nanny · 1996
Last Action Hero
Teacher · 1993
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick · 2008
Dinosaur
Baylene (voice) · 2000
Dennis the Menace
Martha Wilson · 1993
Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness · 2003
Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice) · 2006
The Scarlet Letter
Harriet Hibbons · 1995
Filmography
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 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Mrs. Linzer | Film |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Marge Morrisey | Film |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Harriet Hibbons | Film |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Mrs. Doyle-Counihan | Film |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie | Dorothy | Film |
| 1994 | The Return of the Native | Frau Yeobright | Film |
| 1993 | The Clothes in the Wardrobe | Mrs. Monro | Film |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Teacher | Film |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Martha Wilson | 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 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self | Film |
| 1982 | Brimstone & Treacle | Norma Bates | 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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