Joan Plowright

Acting

October 28, 1929 – January 16, 2025 (died at 95)

Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Female

62 Movies

16 TV Shows

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.

101 Dalmatians

1996 5.9

as Nanny

Age 67 (now 95)

Dennis the Menace

1993 5.9

as Martha Wilson

Age 63 (now 95)

Drowning by Numbers

1988 7.0

as Cissie Colpitts

Age 58 (now 95)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008 6.7

as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Age 78 (now 95)

Bringing Down the House

2003 6.0

as Mrs. Virginia Arness

Age 73 (now 95)

Jane Eyre

1996 6.9

as Mrs. Fairfax

Age 66 (now 95)

I Love You to Death

1990 6.4

as Nadja

Age 60 (now 95)

Curious George

2006 6.5

as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

Age 76 (now 95)

Dinosaur

2000 6.6

as Baylene (voice)

Age 70 (now 95)

Equus

1977 7.0

as Dora Strang

Age 47 (now 95)

Dance with Me

1998 6.9

as Bea Johnson

Age 68 (now 95)

Tea with Mussolini

1999 6.5

as Mary Wallace

Age 69 (now 95)

I Am David

2003 6.9

as Sophie

Age 74 (now 95)

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

2005 6.7

as Mrs. Palfrey

Age 76 (now 95)

The Scarlet Letter

1995 6.1

as Harriet Hibbons

Age 65 (now 95)

Back to the Secret Garden

2000 6.3

as Martha Sowerby

Age 70 (now 95)

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

2018

as Herself

Age 89 (now 95)

Nothing Like a Dame

2018 6.8

as Self

Age 88 (now 95)

Knife Edge

2009 4.5

as Marjorie Blake

Age 79 (now 95)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008 6.7

as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Age 78 (now 95)

Curious George

2006 6.5

as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

Age 76 (now 95)

Goose on the Loose

2006 5.3

as Beatrice Fairfield

Age 76 (now 95)

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

2005 6.7

as Mrs. Palfrey

Age 76 (now 95)

George and the Dragon

2004 5.5

as Mother Superior

Age 74 (now 95)

I Am David

2003 6.9

as Sophie

Age 74 (now 95)

Bringing Down the House

2003 6.0

as Mrs. Virginia Arness

Age 73 (now 95)

Callas Forever

2002 6.4

as Sarah Keller

Age 72 (now 95)

Global Heresy

2002 5.0

as Lady Foxley

Age 72 (now 95)

Scrooge and Marley

2001 9.3

as Narrator

Age 72 (now 95)

Bailey's Mistake

2001 6.3

as Aunt Angie

Age 71 (now 95)

Frankie & Hazel

2000 5.2

as Phoebe Harkness

Age 70 (now 95)

Back to the Secret Garden

2000 6.3

as Martha Sowerby

Age 70 (now 95)

Dinosaur

2000 6.6

as Baylene (voice)

Age 70 (now 95)

Tom's Midnight Garden

1999 6.1

as Mrs Bartholomew

Age 69 (now 95)

Tea with Mussolini

1999 6.5

as Mary Wallace

Age 69 (now 95)

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

1998 6.2

as Jeanne Vertefeuille

Age 69 (now 95)