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Joan Plowright

Born: 1929-10-28

From: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

About: 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.


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I Love You to Death
Nadja
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Avalon
Eva Krichinsky
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Mrs. Linzer
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Dinosaur
Baylene (voice)
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Tea with Mussolini
Mary Wallace
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Bringing Down the House
Mrs. Virginia Arness
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George and the Dragon
Mother Superior
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101 Dalmatians
Nanny
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
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Dennis the Menace
Martha Wilson
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Widows' Peak
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
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Enchanted April
Mrs Fisher
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Last Action Hero
Teacher
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Britannia Hospital
Phyllis Grimshaw
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Revolution
Mrs. McConnahay
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Drowning by Numbers
Cissie Colpitts
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Knife Edge
Marjorie Blake
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Back to the Secret Garden
Martha Sowerby
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Equus
Dora Strang
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Time Without Pity
Agnes Cole
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I Am David
Sophie
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Global Heresy
Lady Foxley
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Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
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Callas Forever
Sarah Keller
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Dance with Me
Bea Johnson
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Scrooge and Marley
Narrator
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The Entertainer
Jean Rice
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Brimstone & Treacle
Norma Bates
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Hotel Sorrento
Marge Morrisey
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The Diary of Anne Frank
Edith Frank-Holländer
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Stalin
Olga
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A Place for Annie
Dorothy
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The Dressmaker
Nellie
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The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Mrs. Monro
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Goose on the Loose
Beatrice Fairfield
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Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Jeanne Vertefeuille
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The Merchant of Venice
Portia
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Twelfth Night
Viola
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A Pin for the Butterfly
Grandma
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Three Sisters
Masha
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Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Crawford
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Bailey's Mistake
Aunt Angie
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The Scarlet Letter
Harriet Hibbons
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And a Nightingale Sang
Mam
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The House of Bernarda Alba
Poncia
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The Return of the Native
Frau Yeobright
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Surviving Picasso
Françoise's Grandmother
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Daphne Laureola
Lady Pitts
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Frankie & Hazel
Phoebe Harkness
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Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
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Curious George
Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Rosa
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Nothing Like a Dame
Self
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On Promised Land
Mrs. Appletree
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The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
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Uncle Vanya
Sonya
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A Dedicated Man
Edith
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Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Herself
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Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Young Actress /Pip
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Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
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