Personal Info
Birthday
October 28, 1929
Place of Birth
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Joan Plowright
Biography
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.
Acting Filmography (73)
0.0
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Movie2018
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie2018
4.5
Knife Edge
Movie2009
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie2008
6.5
Curious George
Movie2006
No Backdrop
5.3
Goose on the Loose
Movie2006
6.7
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Movie2005
5.5
George and the Dragon
Movie2004
6.9
I Am David
Movie2003
6.0
Bringing Down the House
Movie2003
6.5
Callas Forever
Movie2002
5.0
Global Heresy
Movie2002
No Backdrop
9.3
Scrooge and Marley
Movie2001
No Backdrop
6.3
Bailey's Mistake
Movie2001
No Backdrop
5.2
Frankie & Hazel
Movie2000
6.3
Back to the Secret Garden
Movie2000
6.6
Dinosaur
Movie2000
6.1
Tom's Midnight Garden
Movie1999
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
Movie1999
6.2
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Movie1998
6.9
Dance with Me
Movie1998
5.9
101 Dalmatians
Movie1996
5.8
Surviving Picasso
Movie1996
4.0
Mr. Wrong
Movie1996
6.9
Jane Eyre
Movie1996
6.1
The Scarlet Letter
Movie1995
5.2
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.9
Hotel Sorrento
Movie1995
5.6
A Pin for the Butterfly
Movie1995
6.3
The Return of the Native
Movie1994
6.1
A Place for Annie
Movie1994
No Backdrop
7.5
On Promised Land
Movie1994
6.5
Widows' Peak
Movie1994
6.0
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Movie1993
6.5
Last Action Hero
Movie1993
5.9
Dennis the Menace
Movie1993
5.3
Stalin
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
The House of Bernarda Alba
Movie1991
6.8
Enchanted April
Movie1991
6.7
Avalon
Movie1990
6.4
I Love You to Death
Movie1990
No Backdrop
5.2
And a Nightingale Sang
Movie1989
4.6
The Dressmaker
Movie1988
7.0
Drowning by Numbers
Movie1988
No Backdrop
5.4
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie1988
No Backdrop
6.8
The Birthday Party
Movie1987
5.4
Revolution
Movie1985
0.0
Theatre Night
TV Series1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
10.0
Laurence Olivier: a life
Movie1982
5.9
Brimstone & Treacle
Movie1982
6.3
Britannia Hospital
Movie1982
No Backdrop
10.0
A Dedicated Man
Movie1982
5.8
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie1980
No Backdrop
7.5
Daphne Laureola
Movie1978
No Backdrop
7.0
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Movie1978
7.0
Equus
Movie1977
No Backdrop
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
8.5
The Merchant of Venice
Movie1973
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
No Backdrop
6.5
Twelfth Night
Movie1970
4.3
Three Sisters
Movie1970
7.2
Omnibus
TV Series1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
TV Series1967
No Backdrop
5.5
Uncle Vanya
Movie1963
6.2
The Entertainer
Movie1960
6.5
Time Without Pity
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Theatre Night
TV Series1957
No Backdrop
7.0
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Movie1955
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
No Backdrop
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
TV Series1950
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944