Joan Plowright
Known for: Acting
Born: October 28, 1929
Died: January 16, 2025
Place of birth: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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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Filmography
62 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
4.5
Knife Edge
2009
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
6.5
Curious George
2006
5.3
Goose on the Loose
2006
6.7
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
5.5
George and the Dragon
2004
6.8
I Am David
2003
6.0
Bringing Down the House
2003
6.5
Callas Forever
2002
5.0
Global Heresy
2002
9.3
Scrooge and Marley
2001
6.3
Bailey's Mistake
2001
5.2
Frankie & Hazel
2000
6.4
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
6.6
Dinosaur
2000
6.1
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999
6.2
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
19988.0
Encore! Encore!
1998
6.9
Dance with Me
1998
5.9
101 Dalmatians
1996
5.8
Surviving Picasso
1996
4.1
Mr. Wrong
1996
6.9
Jane Eyre
1996
6.1
The Scarlet Letter
1995
5.3
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
6.9
Hotel Sorrento
1995
5.6
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
6.2
The Return of the Native
1994
6.1
A Place for Annie
1994
7.5
On Promised Land
1994
6.4
Widows' Peak
1994
6.0
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
6.5
Last Action Hero
1993
5.9
Dennis the Menace
1993
5.3
Stalin
1992
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The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
6.8
Enchanted April
1991
6.7
Avalon
1990
6.4
I Love You to Death
1990
5.2
And a Nightingale Sang
1989
4.6
The Dressmaker
1988
7.0
Drowning by Numbers
1988
5.4
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
6.8
The Birthday Party
1987
5.4
Revolution
1985
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Theatre Night
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
10.0
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982
5.9
Brimstone & Treacle
19827.0
All for Love
1982
6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982
10.0
A Dedicated Man
1982
5.8
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
7.5
Daphne Laureola
1978
7.0
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
7.0
Equus
1977
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
8.5
The Merchant of Venice
1973
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.5
Twelfth Night
1970
4.3
Three Sisters
1970
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.5
Uncle Vanya
1963
6.2
The Entertainer
1960
6.5
Time Without Pity
1957
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Theatre Night
1957
7.0
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
7.0
The Oscars
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944