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.
Awards & recognition
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2004
- Crystal Award · 1994
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1993
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1993
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1970
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- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1961
- Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1993 · nominated
Filmography34 titles
Drowning by Numbers
I Am David
Dance with Me
Jane Eyre
Tea With the Dames
Enchanted April
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
Avalon
Dinosaur
Curious George
Tea with Mussolini
Widows' Peak
Last Action Hero
Twelfth Night
Time Without Pity
I Love You to Death
Back to the Secret Garden
The Return of the Native
The Entertainer
The Scarlet Letter
A Place for Annie
Great Performances
Bringing Down the House
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
101 Dalmatians
Dennis the Menace
Surviving Picasso
George and the Dragon
Revolution
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Frankie & Hazel
Three Sisters
Mr. Wrong