Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (born 28 October 1929), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is 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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Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Known For
The Spiderwick Chronicles
(2008)
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Dinosaur
(2000)
Baylene (voice)
101 Dalmatians
(1996)
Nanny
Dennis the Menace
(1993)
Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
(1993)
Teacher
Curious George
(2006)
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Dance with Me
(1998)
Bea Johnson
Revolution
(1985)
Mrs. McConnahay
Jane Eyre
(1996)
Mrs. Fairfax
Bringing Down the House
(2003)
Mrs. Virginia Arness
Mr. Wrong
(1996)
Mrs. Crawford
Equus
(1977)
Dora Strang
Tea with Mussolini
(1999)
Mary Wallace
Stalin
(1992)
Olga
Britannia Hospital
(1982)
Phyllis Grimshaw
George and the Dragon
(2004)
Mother Superior
Full Filmography
Acting
Time Without Pity
(1957)
Agnes Cole
The Entertainer
(1960)
Jean Rice
Uncle Vanya
(1963)
Sonya
Twelfth Night
(1969)
Viola
Three Sisters
(1970)
Masha
The Merchant of Venice
(1973)
Portia
Equus
(1977)
Dora Strang
Daphne Laureola
(1978)
Lady Pitts
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
(1978)
Rosa
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1980)
Edith Frank-Holländer
Britannia Hospital
(1982)
Phyllis Grimshaw
Brimstone & Treacle
(1982)
Norma Bates
A Dedicated Man
(1982)
Edith
Revolution
(1985)
Mrs. McConnahay
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1986)
Lady Bracknell
The Birthday Party
(1987)
Meg Bowles
Drowning by Numbers
(1988)
Cissie Colpitts 1
The Dressmaker
(1988)
Nellie
And a Nightingale Sang
(1989)
Mam
Avalon
(1990)
Eva Krichinsky
I Love You to Death
(1990)
Nadja
Enchanted April
(1991)
Mrs Fisher
The House of Bernarda Alba
(1991)
Poncia
Stalin
(1992)
Olga
Dennis the Menace
(1993)
Martha Wilson
Last Action Hero
(1993)
Teacher
The Summer House
(1993)
Mrs. Monro
Widows' Peak
(1994)
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
A Place for Annie
(1994)
Dorothy
The Return of the Native
(1994)
Frau Yeobright
On Promised Land
(1994)
Mrs. Appletree
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
(1995)
Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
(1995)
Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
(1995)
Grandma
The Scarlet Letter
(1995)
Harriet Hibbons
101 Dalmatians
(1996)
Nanny
Jane Eyre
(1996)
Mrs. Fairfax
Mr. Wrong
(1996)
Mrs. Crawford
Surviving Picasso
(1996)
Françoise's Grandmother
Dance with Me
(1998)
Bea Johnson
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
(1998)
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Tea with Mussolini
(1999)
Mary Wallace
Tom's Midnight Garden
(1999)
Mrs Bartholomew
Dinosaur
(2000)
Baylene (voice)
Back to the Secret Garden
(2000)
Martha Sowerby
Frankie & Hazel
(2000)
Phoebe Harkness
Bailey's Mistake
(2001)
Aunt Angie
Scrooge and Marley
(2001)
Narrator
Callas Forever
(2002)
Sarah Keller
Global Heresy
(2002)
Lady Foxley
Bringing Down the House
(2003)
Mrs. Virginia Arness
I Am David
(2003)
Sophie
George and the Dragon
(2004)
Mother Superior
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
(2005)
Mrs. Palfrey
Goose on the Loose
(2006)
Beatrice Fairfield
Curious George
(2006)
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
(2008)
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Knife Edge
(2009)
Marjorie Blake
Nothing Like a Dame
(2018)
Herself
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
(2018)
Herself