Joan Plowright [1929 - ]

Date of Birth: 28 October 1929
Place of Birth: Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England, UK
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Also Known As: Joan Ann Plowright [full name]

All as performer
* = television

1977
Equus [Dora Strang]

1982
Brimstone and Treacle [Norma Bates]
Britannia Hospital [Phyllis Grimshaw]

1988
Drowning by Numbers [Cissie Colpitts 1]

1993
Last Action Hero [teacher]

1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story [Mrs Linzer]

1996
101 Dalmatians [Nanny]

1999
Tom's Midnight Garden [Mrs Bartholomew]

2000
Back to the Secret Garden [Martha Sowerby]
Dinosaur [voice of Baylene]

2002
George and the Dragon [Mother Superior]

1954
The Comedy of Errors [Adriana] *

1956
Time Without Pity [Agnes Cole]
Moby Dick [bit part - uncredited]

1960
The Entertainer [Jean Rice]

1963
Uncle Vanya [Sonya]

1969
Twelfth Night [Viola] *

1970
Three Sisters [Masha]

1973
The Merchant of Venice [Portia] *

1978
Daphne Laureola [Lady Pitts] *

1980
The Diary of Anne Frank [Mrs Frank] *

1982
A Dedicated Man *
Laurence Olivier: A Life [interviewee] *

1983
Wagner [Mrs Taylor] *

1985
Revolution [Mrs McConnahay]

1986
The Birthday Party [Meg] *
The Importance of Being Earnest [Lady Bracknell] *

1988
The Dressmaker [Nellie]

1989
And a Nightingale Sang [Mam] *

1990
Avalon [Eva Krichinsky]
I Love You to Death [Nadja]

1991
The House of Bernarda Alba [Poncia] *

1992
Clothes in the Wardrobe [Mrs Monro] *
Stalin [Olga] *
Enchanted April [Mrs Fisher]

1993
Dennis the Menace [Martha Wilson]

1994
On Promised Land [Mrs Appletree] *
A Pin for the Butterfly [Grandma]
A Place for Annie [Dorothy] *
The Return of the Native [Mrs Yeobright] *
Widows' Peak [Mrs DC]

1995
Hotel Sorrento [Marge Morrisey]
The Scarlet Letter [Harriet Hibbons]

1996
Jane Eyre [Mrs Fairfax]
Mr Wrong [Mrs Crawford]
Surviving Picasso (1996) [Françoise's grandmother]

1997
The Assistant [Mrs Ida Bober]

1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within [Jeanne Vertefeuille] *
Dance with Me [Bea Johnson]
Encore! Encore! [Marie Pinoni] *
This Could Be the Last Time [Rosemary] *

1999
Tea with Mussolini [Mary Wallace]

2000
Christmas Glory 2000 [reader] *
Frankie and Hazel [Phoebe] *

2001
Bailey's Mistake [Aunt Angie] *
Global Heresy [Lady Foxley]
Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love [in archive footage] *

2002
Callas Forever

2003
In the Houze

1961
British Academy Awards, UK
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles [for The Entertainer [1960]] - nominated

1978
British Academy Awards, UK
Best Supporting Actress [for Equus [1977]] - nominated

1993
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actress in a Supporting Role [for Enchanted April [1992]] - nominated

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special [for Stalin [1992]] - nominated

Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture [for Enchanted April [1992]] - winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV [for Stalin [1992]] - winner

1994
Women in Film Crystal Awards, USA
Crystal Award - winner

1999
Golden Satellite Awards, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical [for Dance with Me [1998]] - nominated

SEE ALSO
Julie Kate Olivier
Tamsin Olivier
Richard Olivier
Lord Laurence Olivier

MAGAZINES

Radio Times vol.298 no.3893 [19 September 1998] pp.18-22 [UK]
illustrated interview [by Andrew Duncan]