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Joan Plowright

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress | * 10/28/1929 († 95, 01/16/2025) | Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business. ...

The Entertainer

Certification unknown

1960 | 3.1/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Music
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Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries ...

The Spiderwick Chronicles

PG

2008 | 3.3/5 | 1h 35min
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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Four English women, unhappy with their lives, rent an Italian villa on holiday. ...

Enchanted April

PG

1991 | 3.4/5 | 1h 29min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter nam ...

Dennis the Menace

PG

1993 | 3.0/5 | 1h 34min
Kids & Family, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Joan Plowright

Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Crystal Award Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress Commander of The Order of The British Empire Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Movies with Joan Plowright as Actress(61)

as herself2018 Nothing Like a Dame
as Marjorie Blake2009 Knife Edge
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)2006 Curious George
as Beatrice Fairfield2006 Goose on the Loose
as Mrs. Palfrey2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mother Superior2004 George and the Dragon
as Mrs. Virginia Arness2003 Bringing Down the House
as Sophie2003 I Am David
as Sarah Keller2002 Callas Forever
as Lady Foxley2002 Global Heresy
as Aunt Angie2001 Bailey's Mistake
as Narrator2001 Scrooge and Marley
as Baylene (voice)2000 Dinosaur
as Martha Sowerby2000 Back to the Secret Garden
as Phoebe Harkness2000 Frankie & Hazel
as Mrs Bartholomew1999 Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mary Wallace1999 Tea with Mussolini
as Bea Johnson1998 Dance with Me
as Jeanne Vertefeuille1998 Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Nanny1996 101 Dalmatians
as Mrs. Fairfax1996 Jane Eyre
as Françoise's Grandmother1996 Surviving Picasso
as Mrs. Crawford1996 Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. Linzer1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Harriet Hibbons1995 The Scarlet Letter
as Marge Morrisey1995 Hotel Sorrento
as Dorothy1994 A Place for Annie
as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan1994 Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Appletree1994 On Promised Land
as Grandma1994 A Pin for the Butterfly
as Frau Yeobright1994 The Return of the Native
as Mrs. Monro1993 The Summer House
as Martha Wilson1993 Dennis the Menace
as Teacher1993 Last Action Hero
as Olga1992 Stalin
as Mrs Fisher1991 Enchanted April
as Poncia1991 The House of Bernarda Alba
as Nadja1990 I Love You to Death
as Eva Krichinsky1990 Avalon
as Mam1989 And a Nightingale Sang
as Nellie1988 The Dressmaker
as Cissie Colpitts 11988 Drowning by Numbers
as Meg Bowles1987 The Birthday Party
as Lady Bracknell1986 The Importance of Being Earnest
as Mrs. McConnahay1985 Revolution
as Norma Bates1982 Brimstone and Treacle
as Phyllis Grimshaw1982 Britannia Hospital
as Edith1982 A Dedicated Man
as Norma Bates1982 Brimstone & Treacle
as Edith Frank-Holländer1980 The Diary of Anne Frank
as Lady Pitts1978 Daphne Laureola
as Rosa1978 Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Dora Strang1977 Equus
as Portia1973 The Merchant of Venice
as Viola1970 Twelfth Night
as Masha1970 Three Sisters
as Sonya1963 Uncle Vanya
as Jean Rice1960 The Entertainer
as Agnes Cole1957 Time Without Pity
as A Young Actress / Pip1955 Moby Dick—Rehearsed

TV Shows/Series with Joan Plowright as Actress(4)

1998 Encore! Encore!
as herself1971 Great Performances
as Mrs. Yeobright1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dorothy1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Joan Ann Plowright
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 10/28 1929 (October) in Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 01/16 2025 (January) in Northwood (aged: 95)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, St Lawrence Academy
Spouses (current/former): Roger Gage
Children: Tamsin Olivier, Richard Olivier, Julie-Kate Olivier
Siblings: David Plowright
Father: William Ernest Plowright
Mother: Daisy Margaret Burton
Other names for Joan Plowright (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joan Ann Plowright"
"Baroness Olivier"
"Joan Ann Olivier"
"Dame Joan Plowright"
Joan Plowright frequently works together with these people:
Laurence Olivier (11x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
George Rose (9x, Actor)
Blythe Danner (7x, Actress)
Franco Zeffirelli (7x, Crew)
Glenn Close (6x, Actress)
Denholm Elliott (6x, Actor)
Roy Poole (6x, Actor)
Christopher Plummer (5x, Actor)
Plácido Domingo (5x, Actor)
Kate Reid (5x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:26819, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 01/03/2026