
Acting
Born October 28, 1929 · Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018

Nothing Like a Dame
2018

Knife Edge
2009

The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008

Curious George
2006

Goose on the Loose
2006

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005

George and the Dragon
2004

I Am David
2003

Bringing Down the House
2003

Callas Forever
2002

Global Heresy
2002

Scrooge and Marley
2001

Bailey's Mistake
2001

Frankie & Hazel
2000

Back to the Secret Garden
2000

Dinosaur
2000

Tom's Midnight Garden
1999

Tea with Mussolini
1999

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998

Dance with Me
1998

101 Dalmatians
1996

Surviving Picasso
1996

Mr. Wrong
1996

Jane Eyre
1996

The Scarlet Letter
1995

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995

Hotel Sorrento
1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995

The Return of the Native
1994

A Place for Annie
1994

On Promised Land
1994

Widows' Peak
1994

The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993

Last Action Hero
1993

Dennis the Menace
1993

Stalin
1992

The House of Bernarda Alba
1991

Enchanted April
1991

Avalon
1990

I Love You to Death
1990

And a Nightingale Sang
1989

The Dressmaker
1988

Drowning by Numbers
1988

The Importance of Being Earnest
1988

The Birthday Party
1987

Revolution
1985

Laurence Olivier: a life
1982

Brimstone & Treacle
1982

Britannia Hospital
1982

A Dedicated Man
1982

The Diary of Anne Frank
1980

Daphne Laureola
1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978

Equus
1977

The Merchant of Venice
1973

Twelfth Night
1970

Three Sisters
1970

Uncle Vanya
1963

The Entertainer
1960

Time Without Pity
1957

Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955