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.

Filmography

• 2009Knife Edge — Marjorie Blake
• 2008The Spiderwick Chronicles — Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
• 2006Curious George — Ms. Plushbottom (voice)
• 2006Goose on the Loose — Beatrice Fairfield
• 2005Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont — Mrs. Palfrey
• 2004George and the Dragon — Mother Superior
• 2003Bringing Down the House — Mrs. Virginia Arness
• 2003I Am David — Sophie
• 2002Callas Forever — Sarah Keller
• 2002Global Heresy — Lady Foxley
• 2001Bailey's Mistake — Aunt Angie
• 2001Scrooge and Marley — Narrator
• 2000Back to the Secret Garden — Martha Sowerby
• 2000Dinosaur — Baylene (voice)
• 2000Frankie & Hazel — Phoebe Harkness
• 1999Tea with Mussolini — Mary Wallace
• 1999Tom's Midnight Garden — Mrs Bartholomew
• 1998Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within — Jeanne Vertefeuille
• 1998Dance with Me — Bea Johnson
• Encore! Encore! — Marie Pinoni
• 1996101 Dalmatians — Nanny
• 1996Jane Eyre — Mrs. Fairfax
• 1996Mr. Wrong — Mrs. Crawford
• 1996Surviving Picasso — Françoise's Grandmother
• 1995A Pin for the Butterfly — Grandma
• 1995A Pyromaniac's Love Story — Mrs. Linzer
• 1995Hotel Sorrento — Marge Morrisey
• 1995The Scarlet Letter — Harriet Hibbons
• 1994A Place for Annie — Dorothy
• 1994On Promised Land — Mrs. Appletree
• 1994The Return of the Native — Frau Yeobright
• 1994Widows' Peak — Mrs. Doyle-Counihan
• 1993Dennis the Menace — Martha Wilson
• 1993Last Action Hero — Teacher
• 1993The Clothes in the Wardrobe — Mrs. Monro
• 1992Stalin — Olga
• 1991Enchanted April — Mrs Fisher
• 1991The House of Bernarda Alba — Poncia
• 1990Avalon — Eva Krichinsky
• 1990I Love You to Death — Nadja
• 1989And a Nightingale Sang — Mam
• 1988Drowning by Numbers — Cissie Colpitts
• 1988The Dressmaker — Nellie
• 1988The Importance of Being Earnest — Lady Bracknell
• 1987The Birthday Party — Meg Bowles
• 1985Revolution — Mrs. McConnahay
• Screen Two — Mrs. Monro
• Theatre Night — Meg, Lady Bracknell
• 1982A Dedicated Man — Edith
• 1982Brimstone & Treacle — Norma Bates
• 1982Britannia Hospital — Phyllis Grimshaw
• 1980The Diary of Anne Frank — Edith Frank-Holländer
• 1978Daphne Laureola — Lady Pitts
• 1978Saturday, Sunday, Monday — Rosa
• 1977Equus — Dora Strang
• Laurence Olivier Presents — Rosa, Lady Pitts
• 1973The Merchant of Venice — Portia
• 1970Three Sisters — Masha
• 1970Twelfth Night — Viola
• ITV Playhouse — Lisa
• Omnibus
• 1963Uncle Vanya — Sonya
• 1960The Entertainer — Jean Rice
• Theatre Night — Arlette Le Boeuf
• 1957Time Without Pity — Agnes Cole
• 1955Moby Dick—Rehearsed — A Young Actress /Pip
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Mrs. Yeobright, Dorothy
• Sunday Night Theatre — Adriana, Phoebe

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life — Herself
• 2018Nothing Like a Dame — Self
• 1982Laurence Olivier: A Life — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee