Person Details

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Aliases: Joan Ann Plowright , Baroness Olivier , Joan Ann Olivier , Dame Joan Plowright

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Plowright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Dinosaur
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7

Dinosaur

(2000) Baylene (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
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7

The Spiderwick Chronicles

(2008) Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
The Scarlet Letter
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6

The Scarlet Letter

(1995) Harriet Hibbons
Dance with Me
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7

Dance with Me

(1998) Bea Johnson
Surviving Picasso
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6

Surviving Picasso

(1996) Françoise's Grandmother
Equus
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7

Equus

(1977) Dora Strang
Jane Eyre
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7

Jane Eyre

(1996) Mrs. Fairfax
George and the Dragon
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5

George and the Dragon

(2004) Mother Superior

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 Herself
Herself
2009 Marjorie Blake
2008 Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
2006 Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
Beatrice Fairfield
2005 Mrs. Palfrey
2004 Mother Superior
2003 Sophie
Mrs. Virginia Arness
2002 Sarah Keller
Lady Foxley
2001 Narrator
Aunt Angie
2000 Phoebe Harkness
Martha Sowerby
Baylene (voice)
1999 Mrs Bartholomew
Mary Wallace
1998 Jeanne Vertefeuille
N/A
Bea Johnson
1996 Nanny
Françoise's Grandmother
Mrs. Crawford
Mrs. Fairfax
1995 Harriet Hibbons
Mrs. Linzer
Marge Morrisey
1994 Frau Yeobright
Grandma
Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
Dorothy
Mrs. Appletree
1993 Martha Wilson
Teacher
Mrs. Monro
1992 Olga
1991 Poncia
Mrs Fisher
1990 Eva Krichinsky
Nadja
1989 Mam
1988 Nellie
Cissie Colpitts 1
1987 Meg Bowles
1986 Lady Bracknell
1985 Mrs. McConnahay
1982 Norma Bates
Norma Bates
Phyllis Grimshaw
Edith
1980 Edith Frank-Holländer
1978 Lady Pitts
Rosa
1977 Dora Strang
1976 Lady Pitts
Rosa
1973 Portia
1971 Self
1970 Masha
1969 Viola
1963 Sonya
1960 Jean Rice
1957 Agnes Cole
1953 Self
1951 Mrs. Yeobright
Dorothy
Year Character Movie/Tv

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