Where to watch Joan Plowright in the UK
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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.
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- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Lisa
- Screen Two (1985) as Mrs. Monro
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Adriana
- 101 Dalmatians (1996) as Nanny
- Dinosaur (2000) as Baylene (voice)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
- Last Action Hero (1993) as Teacher
- Dennis the Menace (1993) as Martha Wilson
- Curious George (2006) as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
- Theatre Night (1985) as Meg
- Laurence Olivier Presents (1976) as Rosa
- The Scarlet Letter (1995) as Harriet Hibbons
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Mrs. Yeobright
- Bringing Down the House (2003) as Mrs. Virginia Arness
- Revolution (1985) as Mrs. McConnahay
- Jane Eyre (1996) as Mrs. Fairfax
- I Love You to Death (1990) as Nadja
- Dance with Me (1998) as Bea Johnson
- Encore! Encore! (1998) Cast
- I Am David (2003) as Sophie
- Enchanted April (1991) as Mrs Fisher
- Stalin (1992) as Olga
- Surviving Picasso (1996) as Françoise's Grandmother
- Tea with Mussolini (1999) as Mary Wallace
- Avalon (1990) as Eva Krichinsky
- George and the Dragon (2004) as Mother Superior
- Mr. Wrong (1996) as Mrs. Crawford
- Nothing Like a Dame (2018) as Self
- Equus (1977) as Dora Strang
- Drowning by Numbers (1988) as Cissie Colpitts
- Britannia Hospital (1982) as Phyllis Grimshaw
- Callas Forever (2002) as Sarah Keller
- The Entertainer (1960) as Jean Rice
- Global Heresy (2002) as Lady Foxley
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) as Edith Frank-Holländer
- The Return of the Native (1994) as Frau Yeobright
- The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) as Mrs. Monro
- Tom's Midnight Garden (1999) as Mrs Bartholomew
- A Place for Annie (1994) as Dorothy
- Three Sisters (1970) as Masha
- Goose on the Loose (2006) as Beatrice Fairfield
- Time Without Pity (1957) as Agnes Cole
- Widows' Peak (1994) as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
- The Dressmaker (1988) as Nellie
- Brimstone & Treacle (1982) as Norma Bates
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995) as Mrs. Linzer
- Knife Edge (2009) as Marjorie Blake
- Frankie & Hazel (2000) as Phoebe Harkness
- A Pin for the Butterfly (1995) as Grandma
- Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005) as Mrs. Palfrey
- The Merchant of Venice (1973) as Portia
- Bailey's Mistake (2001) as Aunt Angie
- Back to the Secret Garden (2000) as Martha Sowerby
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1988) as Lady Bracknell
- The House of Bernarda Alba (1991) as Poncia
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978) as Rosa
- Uncle Vanya (1963) as Sonya
- Twelfth Night (1970) as Viola
- The Birthday Party (1987) as Meg Bowles
- Laurence Olivier: a life (1982) as Self
- On Promised Land (1994) as Mrs. Appletree
- Hotel Sorrento (1995) as Marge Morrisey
- And a Nightingale Sang (1989) as Mam
- Daphne Laureola (1978) as Lady Pitts
- Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998) as Jeanne Vertefeuille
- Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) as A Young Actress /Pip
- Scrooge and Marley (2001) as Narrator
- Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life (2018) as Herself
- A Dedicated Man (1982) as Edith
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What are Joan Plowright's most popular films?
Most-watched Joan Plowright films currently: 101 Dalmatians (1996), Dinosaur (2000), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Last Action Hero (1993), Dennis the Menace (1993).
What TV shows has Joan Plowright appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Golden Globe Awards (1944), Great Performances (1971), ITV Playhouse (1967), Screen Two (1985), The Oscars (1953).
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