Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-10-28

Deathday

2025-01-16 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Joan Ann Plowright
Baroness Olivier
Joan Ann Olivier
Dame Joan Plowright

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.

Known For

5.9%

101 Dalmatians

Nov 27, 1996

6.5%

Last Action Hero

Jun 18, 1993

6.7%

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Feb 14, 2008

6.5%

Dinosaur

May 19, 2000

5.9%

Dennis the Menace

Jun 9, 1993

6.0%

Bringing Down the House

Mar 7, 2003

6.4%

Curious George

Feb 10, 2006

6.1%

The Scarlet Letter

Oct 13, 1995

6.4%

I Love You to Death

Apr 6, 1990

6.9%

Jane Eyre

Jan 20, 1996

6.9%

Dance with Me

Aug 21, 1998

7.1%

Drowning by Numbers

Sep 10, 1988

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Acting

2018		Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life as Herself
2018		Nothing Like a Dame as Self

2009

Knife Edge as Marjorie Blake

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

2006		Curious George as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2006		Goose on the Loose as Beatrice Fairfield

2005

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont as Mrs. Palfrey

2004

George and the Dragon as Mother Superior

2003		I Am David as Sophie
2003		Bringing Down the House as Mrs. Virginia Arness

2002		Callas Forever as Sarah Keller
2002		Global Heresy as Lady Foxley

2001		Scrooge and Marley as Narrator
2001		Bailey's Mistake as Aunt Angie

2000		Frankie & Hazel as Phoebe Harkness
2000		Back to the Secret Garden as Martha Sowerby
2000		Dinosaur as Baylene (voice)

1999		Tom's Midnight Garden as Mrs Bartholomew
1999		Tea with Mussolini as Mary Wallace

1998		Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within as Jeanne Vertefeuille
1998		Encore! Encore!
1998		Dance with Me as Bea Johnson

1996		101 Dalmatians as Nanny
1996		Surviving Picasso as Françoise's Grandmother
1996		Mr. Wrong as Mrs. Crawford
1996		Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax

1995		The Scarlet Letter as Harriet Hibbons
1995		A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Mrs. Linzer
1995		Hotel Sorrento as Marge Morrisey
1995		A Pin for the Butterfly as Grandma

1994		The Return of the Native as Frau Yeobright
1994		A Place for Annie as Dorothy
1994		On Promised Land as Mrs. Appletree
1994		Widows' Peak as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan

1993		The Summer House as Mrs. Monro
1993		Last Action Hero as Teacher
1993		Dennis the Menace as Martha Wilson

1992

Stalin as Olga

1991		The House of Bernarda Alba as Poncia
1991		Enchanted April as Mrs Fisher

1990		Avalon as Eva Krichinsky
1990		I Love You to Death as Nadja

1989

And a Nightingale Sang as Mam

1988		The Dressmaker as Nellie
1988		Drowning by Numbers as Cissie Colpitts 1
1988		The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell

1987

The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles

1985		Revolution as Mrs. McConnahay
1985		Theatre Night as Meg

1982		Brimstone & Treacle as Norma Bates
1982		Britannia Hospital as Phyllis Grimshaw
1982		A Dedicated Man as Edith

1980

The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Frank-Holländer

1978		Daphne Laureola as Lady Pitts
1978		Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Rosa

1977

Equus as Dora Strang

1976		Laurence Olivier Presents as Rosa
1976		Laurence Olivier Presents as Lady Pitts

1973

The Merchant of Venice as Portia

1971

Great Performances as Self

1970		Twelfth Night as Viola
1970		Three Sisters as Masha

1963

Uncle Vanya as Sonya

1960

The Entertainer as Jean Rice

1957

Time Without Pity as Agnes Cole

1953

The Oscars as Self

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Yeobright
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dorothy

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner