Celia Johnson

Acting

Born December 18, 1908, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress. She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke at age 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Number 10 — Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson)
• 1981All's Well That Ends Well — Countess of Rousillon
• Celebrity Playhouse — Mrs. Callifer
• 1981The Potting Shed — Mrs Califer
• 1980Staying On — Lucy Smalley
• 1980The Hostage Tower — Mrs. Wheeler
• 1978Les Misérables — Sister Simplice
• 1978Romeo and Juliet — Nurse
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Nurse
• 1977The Emperor's New Hat — La Comtesse de Chemaille
• 1976The Dame of Sark — Sybil Hathaway
• 1975Lloyd George Knew My Father — Lady Sheila Boothroyd
• 1974Love Affair — Mrs Hobbish
• Centre Play — La Comtesse de Chemaille
• 1973Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont — Mrs. Palfrey
• 1971The Cherry Orchard — Madame Ranevskaya
• Play for Today — Mrs. Palfrey
• 1970The Cellar and the Almond Tree
• 1969The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie — Miss Mackay
• ITV Playhouse — Miss Hobish
• Omnibus — Ellen Edgeworth
• BBC Play of the Month — Mrs. Alving, Judith Bliss, Sheila, Eloise, Madame Ranyevskaya
• The Wednesday Play — Countess Isabel von Reger
• 1957The Good Companions — Miss Trant
• 1955A Kid for Two Farthings — Joanna
• 1953The Captain's Paradise — Maud St. James
• 1952I Believe in You — Matty Matheson
• 1952The Holly and the Ivy — Jenny Gregory
• 1951A Bolt of Lightning — Mary Otis
• 1950The Astonished Heart — Barbara Faber
• 1945Brief Encounter — Laura Jesson
• 1944This Happy Breed — Ethel Gibbons
• 1943Dear Octopus — Cynthia
• 1942In Which We Serve — Mrs. Kinross / Alix
• 1942We Serve
• 1941Letter from Home — Mrs Taylor