Acting credits
68
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joan Plowright
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.3
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Movies: 61Series: 7
TMDB ID: 23709
IMDb ID: nm0687506
Known for: Acting
Born: October 28, 1929
Died: January 16, 2025
Age: 95
Place of birth: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2018
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.15
Wikidata: Q230035
Also known as
Joan Ann Plowright • Baroness Olivier • Joan Ann Olivier • Dame Joan Plowright
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joan Plowright.
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Herself
2018 Movie
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
2018 Movie
4.5
Knife Edge
as Marjorie Blake
2009 Movie
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2008 Movie
6.5
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2006 Movie
4.9
Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice Fairfield
2006 Movie
6.5
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
2005 Movie
5.5
George and the Dragon
as Mother Superior
2004 Movie
6.8
I Am David
as Sophie
2003 Movie
6.0
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
2003 Movie
6.3
Callas Forever
as Sarah Keller
2002 Movie
4.9
Global Heresy
as Lady Foxley
2002 Movie
10.0
Scrooge and Marley
as Narrator
2001 Movie
5.0
Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie
2001 Movie
4.5
Frankie & Hazel
as Phoebe Harkness
2000 Movie
6.3
Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha Sowerby
2000 Movie
6.5
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)
2000 Movie
5.9
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
1999 Movie
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace
1999 Movie
6.0
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne Vertefeuille
1998 Movie
6.9
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson
1998 Movie
5.9
101 Dalmatians
as Nanny
1996 Movie
5.7
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother
1996 Movie
4.0
Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Crawford
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joan Plowright.
6.8
Screen Two
as Mrs. Monro • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Rosa • 1 eps
1976 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Yeobright • 1 eps
1951 Series
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
as Adriana • 1 eps
1950 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1944 Series