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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Character: Herself
MOVIE • 2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Knife Edge
Character: Marjorie Blake
MOVIE • 2009
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Character: Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
MOVIE • 2008
Curious George
Character: Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
MOVIE • 2006
Goose on the Loose
Character: Beatrice Fairfield
MOVIE • 2006
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Character: Mrs. Palfrey
MOVIE • 2005
George and the Dragon
Character: Mother Superior
MOVIE • 2004
I Am David
Character: Sophie
MOVIE • 2003
Bringing Down the House
Character: Mrs. Virginia Arness
MOVIE • 2003
Callas Forever
Character: Sarah Keller
MOVIE • 2002
Global Heresy
Character: Lady Foxley
MOVIE • 2002
Scrooge and Marley
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 2001
Bailey's Mistake
Character: Aunt Angie
MOVIE • 2001
Frankie & Hazel
Character: Phoebe Harkness
MOVIE • 2000
Back to the Secret Garden
Character: Martha Sowerby
MOVIE • 2000
Dinosaur
Character: Baylene (voice)
MOVIE • 2000
Tom's Midnight Garden
Character: Mrs Bartholomew
MOVIE • 1999
Tea with Mussolini
Character: Mary Wallace
MOVIE • 1999
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Character: Jeanne Vertefeuille
MOVIE • 1998