Joan Plowright
Acting
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
2018Nothing Like a Dame
Self
2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Herself
2009Knife Edge
Marjorie Blake
2008The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2006Goose on the Loose
Beatrice Fairfield
2006Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
2005Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
2004George and the Dragon
Mother Superior
2003Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness
2003I Am David
Sophie
2002Global Heresy
Lady Foxley
2002Callas Forever
Sarah Keller
2001Scrooge and Marley
Narrator
2001Bailey's Mistake
Aunt Angie
2000Dinosaur
Baylene (voice)
2000Back to the Secret Garden
Martha Sowerby
2000Frankie & Hazel
Phoebe Harkness
1999Tea with Mussolini
Mary Wallace
1999Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
1998Dance with Me
Bea Johnson
1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Jeanne Vertefeuille
1996101 Dalmatians
Nanny
1996Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
1996Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Crawford