AKA Joan Ann Plowright

Born: 28-Oct-1929
Birthplace: Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Enchanted April

Father: William Plowright
Mother: Daisy Burton
Brother: David Ernest Plowright (ex-Chairman of Granada TV)
Husband: Roger Gage (m. 1953, div. 1961)
Husband: Laurence Olivier (actor, m. 17-Mar-1961, d. 11-Jul-1989, one son, two daughters)
Son: Richard Olivier (b. 1962)
Daughter: Julie Kate Olivier (b. 26-Jan-1966)
Daughter: Tamsin

    Administrator: Associate, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London

    Tony 1961 for A Taste of Honey
    Commander of the British Empire 1970
    Dame of the British Empire 2004 New Year's Honours List

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Knife Edge (2009)
    The Spiderwick Chronicles (31-Jan-2008)
    Curious George (10-Feb-2006) [VOICE]
    Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (25-Nov-2005)
    George and the Dragon (2004)
    I Am David (15-May-2003)
    Bringing Down the House (7-Mar-2003) · Mrs. Arness
    Callas Forever (16-Sep-2002)
    Global Heresy (28-Jun-2002) · Lady Foxley
    Back to the Secret Garden (2-Sep-2001) · Martha Sowerby
    Frankie and Hazel (8-Oct-2000)
    Dinosaur (13-May-2000) [VOICE]
    Tom's Midnight Garden (15-May-1999)
    Tea with Mussolini (26-Mar-1999) · Mary
    Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (29-Nov-1998)
    Dance with Me (21-Aug-1998) · Bea
    The Assistant (11-Sep-1997)
    101 Dalmatians (27-Nov-1996)
    Surviving Picasso (4-Sep-1996)
    Mr. Wrong (16-Feb-1996) · Mrs. Crawford
    Jane Eyre (9-Feb-1996) · Mrs. Fairfax
    The Scarlet Letter (13-Oct-1995) · Harriet Hibbons
    A Pyromaniac's Love Story (28-Apr-1995)
    Hotel Sorrento (20-Apr-1995)
    The Return of the Native (4-Dec-1994)
    Widows' Peak (13-May-1994)
    A Place for Annie (1-May-1994)
    Dennis the Menace (24-Jun-1993) · Martha Wilson
    Last Action Hero (18-Jun-1993) · Teacher
    The Summer House (1993)
    Stalin (21-Nov-1992)
    Enchanted April (5-Apr-1992) · Mrs. Fisher
    Avalon (5-Oct-1990)
    I Love You to Death (6-Apr-1990) · Nadja
    And a Nightingale Sang (17-Apr-1989)
    Drowning by Numbers (10-Sep-1988)
    The Dressmaker (1988)
    Revolution (25-Dec-1985)
    Brimstone and Treacle (12-Nov-1982)
    Britannia Hospital (27-May-1982)
    The Diary of Anne Frank (17-Nov-1980)
    Equus (16-Oct-1977) · Dora Strang
    Three Sisters (2-Nov-1970)
    The Entertainer (3-Oct-1960) · Jean
    Time Without Pity (Mar-1957)

Author of books:
And That's Not All: The Memoirs of Joan Plowright (2001, memoir)

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