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Celia Johnson

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Celia Johnson

Born December 18, 1908 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UKDied April 26, 198226 films

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. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973.

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Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke at age 73.

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Brief Encounter posterFirst watchBrief Encounter19457.7as Laura JessonReturning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey.View film

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Filmography

26 films as actor
  1. 1981The Potting ShedMrs Califer
  2. 1981All's Well That Ends WellCountess of Rousillon
  3. 1980Staying OnLucy Smalley
  4. 1980The Hostage TowerMrs. Wheeler
  5. 1978Les MisérablesSister Simplice
  6. 1978Romeo and JulietNurse
  7. 1977The Emperor's New HatLa Comtesse de Chemaille
  8. 1976The Dame of SarkSybil Hathaway
  9. 1975Lloyd George Knew My FatherLady Sheila Boothroyd
  10. 1974Love AffairMrs Hobbish
  11. 1973Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontMrs. Palfrey
  12. 1971The Cherry OrchardMadame Ranevskaya
  13. 1970The Cellar and the Almond Tree
  14. 1969The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMiss Mackay
  15. 1957The Good CompanionsMiss Trant
  16. 1955A Kid for Two FarthingsJoanna
  17. 1953The Captain's ParadiseMaud St. James
  18. 1952The Holly and the IvyJenny Gregory
  19. 1952I Believe in YouMatty Matheson
  20. 1951A Bolt of LightningMary Otis
  21. 1950The Astonished HeartBarbara Faber
  22. 1945Brief EncounterLaura Jesson
  23. 1944This Happy BreedEthel Gibbons
  24. 1943Dear OctopusCynthia
  25. 1942In Which We ServeMrs. Kinross / Alix
  26. 1942We Serve