Joan Plowright
Acting
Born: October 28, 1929 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died: January 16, 2025 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
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
101 Dalmatians
1996
Last Action Hero
1993
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Dinosaur
2000
Dennis the Menace
1993
Bringing Down the House
2003
Curious George
2006
The Scarlet Letter
1995
I Love You to Death
1990
Jane Eyre
1996
Dance with Me
1998
Drowning by Numbers
1988
Photos (2)
Movies (59)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
101 Dalmatians
Nanny
Last Action Hero
Teacher
Dinosaur
Baylene (voice)
Dennis the Menace
Martha Wilson
Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness
The Scarlet Letter
Harriet Hibbons
George and the Dragon
Mother Superior
Widows' Peak
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
Dance with Me
Bea Johnson
I Am David
Sophie
Revolution
Mrs. McConnahay
I Love You to Death
Nadja
Tea with Mussolini
Mary Wallace
Twelfth Night
Viola
Equus
Dora Strang
Avalon
Eva Krichinsky
Drowning by Numbers
Cissie Colpitts
Enchanted April
Mrs Fisher
Britannia Hospital
Phyllis Grimshaw
Surviving Picasso
Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Crawford
Uncle Vanya
Sonya
Stalin
Olga
The Diary of Anne Frank
Edith Frank-Holländer
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Mrs. Linzer
The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
Time Without Pity
Agnes Cole
Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
The Entertainer
Jean Rice
Callas Forever
Sarah Keller
Three Sisters
Masha
The Dressmaker
Nellie
Frankie & Hazel
Phoebe Harkness
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
Bailey's Mistake
Aunt Angie
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
The Return of the Native
Frau Yeobright
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Back to the Secret Garden
Martha Sowerby
A Pin for the Butterfly
Grandma
A Place for Annie
Dorothy
Brimstone & Treacle
Norma Bates
Global Heresy
Lady Foxley
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Mrs. Monro
Knife Edge
Marjorie Blake
Daphne Laureola
Lady Pitts
Goose on the Loose
Beatrice Fairfield
On Promised Land
Mrs. Appletree
The House of Bernarda Alba
Poncia
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Young Actress /Pip
Scrooge and Marley
Narrator
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
Hotel Sorrento
Marge Morrisey
And a Nightingale Sang
Mam
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Rosa
A Dedicated Man
Edith
TV Shows (12)
Screen Two
Mrs. Monro · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Lisa · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Adriana · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Phoebe · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Arlette Le Boeuf · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Yeobright · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dorothy · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Meg · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Lady Bracknell · 1 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Rosa · 1 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Lady Pitts · 1 eps
