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Joan Plowright

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Joan Plowright

Born October 28, 1929 in Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UKDied January 16, 202559 films

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.

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The Spiderwick Chronicles posterFirst watchThe Spiderwick Chronicles20086.7as Aunt Lucinda SpiderwickUpon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full…View film

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Filmography

59 films as actor
  1. 2009Knife EdgeMarjorie Blake
  2. 2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesAunt Lucinda Spiderwick
  3. 2006Curious GeorgeMs. Plushbottom (voice)
  4. 2006Goose on the LooseBeatrice Fairfield
  5. 2005Mrs Palfrey at The ClaremontMrs. Palfrey
  6. 2004George and the DragonMother Superior
  7. 2003I Am DavidSophie
  8. 2003Bringing Down the HouseMrs. Virginia Arness
  9. 2002Callas ForeverSarah Keller
  10. 2002Global HeresyLady Foxley
  11. 2001Scrooge and MarleyNarrator
  12. 2001Bailey's MistakeAunt Angie
  13. 2000Frankie & HazelPhoebe Harkness
  14. 2000Back to the Secret GardenMartha Sowerby
  15. 2000DinosaurBaylene (voice)
  16. 1999Tom's Midnight GardenMrs Bartholomew
  17. 1999Tea with MussoliniMary Wallace
  18. 1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor WithinJeanne Vertefeuille
  19. 1998Dance with MeBea Johnson
  20. 1996101 DalmatiansNanny
  21. 1996Surviving PicassoFrançoise's Grandmother
  22. 1996Mr. WrongMrs. Crawford
  23. 1996Jane EyreMrs. Fairfax
  24. 1995The Scarlet LetterHarriet Hibbons
  25. 1995A Pyromaniac's Love StoryMrs. Linzer
  26. 1995Hotel SorrentoMarge Morrisey
  27. 1995A Pin for the ButterflyGrandma
  28. 1994The Return of the NativeFrau Yeobright
  29. 1994A Place for AnnieDorothy
  30. 1994On Promised LandMrs. Appletree
  31. 1994Widows' PeakMrs. Doyle-Counihan
  32. 1993The Clothes in the WardrobeMrs. Monro
  33. 1993Last Action HeroTeacher
  34. 1993Dennis the MenaceMartha Wilson
  35. 1992StalinOlga
  36. 1991The House of Bernarda AlbaPoncia
  37. 1991Enchanted AprilMrs Fisher
  38. 1990AvalonEva Krichinsky
  39. 1990I Love You to DeathNadja
  40. 1989And a Nightingale SangMam
  41. 1988The DressmakerNellie
  42. 1988Drowning by NumbersCissie Colpitts
  43. 1988The Importance of Being EarnestLady Bracknell
  44. 1987The Birthday PartyMeg Bowles
  45. 1985RevolutionMrs. McConnahay
  46. 1982Brimstone & TreacleNorma Bates
  47. 1982Britannia HospitalPhyllis Grimshaw
  48. 1982A Dedicated ManEdith
  49. 1980The Diary of Anne FrankEdith Frank-Holländer
  50. 1978Daphne LaureolaLady Pitts
  51. 1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayRosa
  52. 1977EquusDora Strang
  53. 1973The Merchant of VenicePortia
  54. 1970Twelfth NightViola
  55. 1970Three SistersMasha
  56. 1963Uncle VanyaSonya
  57. 1960The EntertainerJean Rice
  58. 1957Time Without PityAgnes Cole
  59. 1955Moby Dick—RehearsedA Young Actress /Pip