Joan Plowright
Department: Acting
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
I Love You to Death
1990
Avalon
1990
Dinosaur
2000
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
Tea with Mussolini
1999
Bringing Down the House
2003
George and the Dragon
2004
101 Dalmatians
1996
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Dennis the Menace
1993
Widows' Peak
1994
Enchanted April
1991
Last Action Hero
1993
Britannia Hospital
1982
Revolution
1985
Drowning by Numbers
1988
Knife Edge
2009
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
Equus
1977
Time Without Pity
1957
I Am David
2003
Global Heresy
2002
Jane Eyre
1996
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
Callas Forever
2002
Dance with Me
1998
Scrooge and Marley
2001
The Entertainer
1960
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
Hotel Sorrento
1995
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
Stalin
1992
A Place for Annie
1994
The Dressmaker
1988
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
Goose on the Loose
2006
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998
The Merchant of Venice
1973
Twelfth Night
1970
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
Three Sisters
1970
Mr. Wrong
1996
Bailey's Mistake
2001
The Scarlet Letter
1995
And a Nightingale Sang
1989
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
The Return of the Native
1994
Surviving Picasso
1996
Daphne Laureola
1978
Frankie & Hazel
2000
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
Curious George
2006
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
On Promised Land
1994
The Birthday Party
1987
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
Uncle Vanya
1963
A Dedicated Man
1982
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Encore! Encore!
1998
The Oscars
1953
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Great Performances
1971
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Theatre Night
1985
Theatre Night
1985
Screen Two
1985
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
1950