Joan Plowright

Acting · Born 1929-10-28 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.

Known for

• Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
• Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life (2018)
• Knife Edge (2009)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• Goose on the Loose (2006)
• Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)
• George and the Dragon (2004)
• Bringing Down the House (2003)
• I Am David (2003)
• Global Heresy (2002)
• Callas Forever (2002)
• Scrooge and Marley (2001)
• Bailey's Mistake (2001)
• Back to the Secret Garden (2000)
• Frankie & Hazel (2000)
• Tea with Mussolini (1999)
• Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
• Dance with Me (1998)
• Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)
• 101 Dalmatians (1996)
• Jane Eyre (1996)
• Mr. Wrong (1996)
• Surviving Picasso (1996)
• A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)