Joan Plowright
Actor
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
Last Action Hero
as Teacher 1993
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick 2008
Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice) 2000
Dennis the Menace
as Martha Wilson 1993
Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia Arness 2003
Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice) 2006
The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet Hibbons 1995
I Love You to Death
as Nadja 1990
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax 1996
Dance with Me
as Bea Johnson 1998
Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts 1 1988
Tea with Mussolini
as Mary Wallace 1999
Equus
as Dora Strang 1977
Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahay 1985
I Am David
as Sophie 2003
Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's Grandmother 1996