Joan Plowright: movies and TV shows
Joan Plowright has 79 credits in the archive: 62 films and 17 TV series, from 1944 to 2018. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2018 · busiest year: 1982 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self | Film | 6.8 | 88 |
| 2018 | Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life | Herself | Film | — | 88 |
| 2009 | Knife Edge | Marjorie Blake | Film | 4.5 | 79 |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick | Film | 6.7 | 78 |
| 2006 | Curious George | Ms. Plushbottom (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2006 | Goose on the Loose | Beatrice Fairfield | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 2005 | Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont | Mrs. Palfrey | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | Mother Superior | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House | Mrs. Virginia Arness | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2003 | I Am David | Sophie | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Sarah Keller | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2002 | Global Heresy | Lady Foxley | Film | 5.0 | 72 |
| 2001 | Bailey's Mistake | Aunt Angie | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2001 | Scrooge and Marley | Narrator | Film | 9.3 | 71 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Baylene (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 70 |
| 2000 | Frankie & Hazel | Phoebe Harkness | Film | 5.2 | 70 |
| 2000 | Back to the Secret Garden | Martha Sowerby | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Mary Wallace | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Mrs Bartholomew | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | Bea Johnson | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1998 | Encore! Encore! | Marie Pinoni | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1998 | Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within | Jeanne Vertefeuille | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Nanny | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Françoise's Grandmother | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1996 | Mr. Wrong | Mrs. Crawford | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | Harriet Hibbons | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Mrs. Linzer | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 1995 | A Pin for the Butterfly | Grandma | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Marge Morrisey | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Mrs. Doyle-Counihan | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1994 | The Return of the Native | Frau Yeobright | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1994 | A Place for Annie | Dorothy | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1994 | On Promised Land | Mrs. Appletree | Film | 7.5 | 64 |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Martha Wilson | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Teacher | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1993 | The Clothes in the Wardrobe | Mrs. Monro | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1992 | Stalin | Olga | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1991 | Enchanted April | Mrs Fisher | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1991 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Poncia | Film | — | 61 |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Nadja | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1990 | Avalon | Eva Krichinsky | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1989 | And a Nightingale Sang | Mam | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1988 | Drowning by Numbers | Cissie Colpitts | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1988 | The Dressmaker | Nellie | Film | 4.6 | 58 |
| 1988 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1987 | The Birthday Party | Meg Bowles | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Mrs. Monro | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Meg | TV | — | 55 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Lady Bracknell | TV | — | 55 |
| 1985 | Revolution | Mrs. McConnahay | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Phyllis Grimshaw | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1982 | All for Love | Edith | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: A Life | Self | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1982 | Brimstone & Treacle | Norma Bates | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1982 | A Dedicated Man | Edith | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1980 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Edith Frank-Holländer | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1978 | Daphne Laureola | Lady Pitts | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1978 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Rosa | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1977 | Equus | Dora Strang | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Rosa | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Lady Pitts | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1973 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Film | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1970 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1970 | Three Sisters | Masha | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 37 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Lisa | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1963 | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Jean Rice | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | Arlette Le Boeuf | TV | — | 27 |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity | Agnes Cole | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1955 | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Young Actress /Pip | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Yeobright | TV | 8.8 | 21 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dorothy | TV | 8.8 | 21 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Adriana | TV | 3.5 | 20 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Phoebe | TV | 3.5 | 20 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 14 |