Joan Plowright
Known for 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.
Filmography
101 Dalmatians
1996
as Nanny
Dinosaur
2000
as Baylene (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Dennis the Menace
1993
as Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
1993
as Teacher
Dance with Me
1998
as Bea Johnson
Curious George
2006
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Time Without Pity
1957
as Agnes Cole
Equus
1977
as Dora Strang
Avalon
1990
as Eva Krichinsky
Bringing Down the House
2003
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
Widows' Peak
1994
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
Jane Eyre
1996
as Mrs. Fairfax
The Scarlet Letter
1995
as Harriet Hibbons
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
Enchanted April
1991
as Mrs Fisher
Three Sisters
1970
as Masha
George and the Dragon
2004
as Mother Superior
I Love You to Death
1990
as Nadja
Frankie & Hazel
2000
as Phoebe Harkness