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
Dinosaur
(2000)
Baylene (voice)
Dennis the Menace
(1993)
Martha Wilson
The Spiderwick Chronicles
(2008)
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
101 Dalmatians
(1996)
Nanny
Last Action Hero
(1993)
Teacher
The Scarlet Letter
(1995)
Harriet Hibbons
Curious George
(2006)
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Bringing Down the House
(2003)
Mrs. Virginia Arness
Equus
(1977)
Dora Strang
I Love You to Death
(1990)
Nadja
Dance with Me
(1998)
Bea Johnson
Jane Eyre
(1996)
Mrs. Fairfax
Surviving Picasso
(1996)
Françoise's Grandmother
Revolution
(1985)
Mrs. McConnahay
Drowning by Numbers
(1988)
Cissie Colpitts 1
I Am David
(2003)
Sophie
Full Filmography
Acting
Time Without Pity
(1957)
Agnes Cole
The Entertainer
(1960)
Jean Rice
Uncle Vanya
(1963)
Sonya
Three Sisters
(1970)
Masha
Twelfth Night
(1970)
Viola
The Merchant of Venice
(1973)
Portia
Equus
(1977)
Dora Strang
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
(1978)
Rosa
Daphne Laureola
(1978)
Lady Pitts
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1980)
Edith Frank-Holländer
Brimstone & Treacle
(1982)
Norma Bates
A Dedicated Man
(1982)
Edith
Britannia Hospital
(1982)
Phyllis Grimshaw
Revolution
(1985)
Mrs. McConnahay
The Birthday Party
(1987)
Meg Bowles
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1988)
Lady Bracknell
The Dressmaker
(1988)
Nellie
Drowning by Numbers
(1988)
Cissie Colpitts 1
And a Nightingale Sang
(1989)
Mam
I Love You to Death
(1990)
Nadja
Avalon
(1990)
Eva Krichinsky
Enchanted April
(1991)
Mrs Fisher
The House of Bernarda Alba
(1991)
Poncia
Stalin
(1992)
Olga
Last Action Hero
(1993)
Teacher
Dennis the Menace
(1993)
Martha Wilson
The Summer House
(1993)
Mrs. Monro
The Return of the Native
(1994)
Frau Yeobright
Widows' Peak
(1994)
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
On Promised Land
(1994)
Mrs. Appletree
A Place for Annie
(1994)
Dorothy
The Scarlet Letter
(1995)
Harriet Hibbons
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
(1995)
Mrs. Linzer
Hotel Sorrento
(1995)
Marge Morrisey
A Pin for the Butterfly
(1995)
Grandma
Jane Eyre
(1996)
Mrs. Fairfax
101 Dalmatians
(1996)
Nanny
Surviving Picasso
(1996)
Françoise's Grandmother
Mr. Wrong
(1996)
Mrs. Crawford
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
(1998)
Jeanne Vertefeuille
Dance with Me
(1998)
Bea Johnson
Tom's Midnight Garden
(1999)
Mrs Bartholomew
Tea with Mussolini
(1999)
Mary Wallace
Back to the Secret Garden
(2000)
Martha Sowerby
Dinosaur
(2000)
Baylene (voice)
Frankie & Hazel
(2000)
Phoebe Harkness
Scrooge and Marley
(2001)
Narrator
Bailey's Mistake
(2001)
Aunt Angie
Callas Forever
(2002)
Sarah Keller
Global Heresy
(2002)
Lady Foxley
I Am David
(2003)
Sophie
Bringing Down the House
(2003)
Mrs. Virginia Arness
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