Joan Plowright
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.3998 |
| Birthday | 1929-10-28 |
| Place of Birth | Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, Joan Ann Olivier, Dame Joan Plowright, |
1990
I Love You to Death
6.4/295
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been che...
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I Love You to Death
1990
Avalon
6.66/94
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a bett...
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Avalon
2000
Dinosaur
6.588/2814
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
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Dinosaur
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
5.294/17
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the...
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1999
Tea with Mussolini
6.438/161
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate M...
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Tea with Mussolini
2003
Bringing Down the House
5.955/762
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating an...
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Bringing Down the House
2004
George and the Dragon
5.475/102
In 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to follow his dream of a peaceful life on his own piece o...
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George and the Dragon
1996
101 Dalmatians
5.949/3719
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
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101 Dalmatians
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
6.704/2939
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselv...
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
1993
Dennis the Menace
5.884/1644
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of g...
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Dennis the Menace
1994
Widows' Peak
6.381/21
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals...
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Widows' Peak
1991
Enchanted April
6.8/77
When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for...
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Enchanted April
1993
Last Action Hero
6.485/3098
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is...
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Last Action Hero
1982
Britannia Hospital
6.2/74
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative...
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Britannia Hospital
1985
Revolution
5.383/133
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Ser...
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Revolution
1988
Drowning by Numbers
7.041/197
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a long...
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Drowning by Numbers
2009
Knife Edge
4.5/36
A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare whe...
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Knife Edge
2000
Back to the Secret Garden
6.382/38
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the hous...
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Back to the Secret Garden
1977
Equus
6.99/145
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was c...
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Equus
1957
Time Without Pity
6.538/52
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of...
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Time Without Pity
2003
I Am David
6.8/111
A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a l...
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I Am David
2002
Global Heresy
5/29
A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.
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Global Heresy
1996
Jane Eyre
6.926/250
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...
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Jane Eyre
2005
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
6.7/46
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2002
Callas Forever
6.5/38
Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."
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Callas Forever
1998
Dance with Me
6.9/229
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't kn...
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Dance with Me
2001
Scrooge and Marley
9.25/4
Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean Jo...
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Scrooge and Marley
1960
The Entertainer
6.216/58
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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The Entertainer
1982
Brimstone & Treacle
5.864/33
A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.
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Brimstone & Treacle
1995
Hotel Sorrento
6.889/9
Meg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for 10 years has just wr...
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Hotel Sorrento
1980
The Diary of Anne Frank
5.821/14
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
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The Diary of Anne Frank
1992
Stalin
5.3/39
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film tra...
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Stalin
1994
A Place for Annie
6.1/22
Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent her from being placed in a home where they'd just w...
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A Place for Annie
1988
The Dressmaker
4.6/5
In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affai...
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The Dressmaker
1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
6/9
Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl. Both bride- and groom-to-be still l...
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The Clothes in the Wardrobe
2006
Goose on the Loose
5.35/10
Grieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school Principal Congreve Maddox, who's fattening up the bird...
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Goose on the Loose
1998
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
6.2/5
Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history
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Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1973
The Merchant of Venice
8.5/2
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
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The Merchant of Venice
1970
Twelfth Night
6.5/5
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John D...
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Twelfth Night
1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
5.6/5
Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .
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A Pin for the Butterfly
1970
Three Sisters
4.292/12
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support he...
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Three Sisters
1996
Mr. Wrong
4.119/67
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and...
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Mr. Wrong
2001
Bailey's Mistake
6.25/4
"Bailey's Mistake" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck on. Seems Liz Donovan got cut out of her husband's wil...
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Bailey's Mistake
1995
The Scarlet Letter
6.135/538
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend....
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The Scarlet Letter
1989
And a Nightingale Sang
5.2/5
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over t...
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And a Nightingale Sang
1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
0/0
A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have n...
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The House of Bernarda Alba
1994
The Return of the Native
6.225/20
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to enti...
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The Return of the Native
1996
Surviving Picasso
5.787/108
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocio...
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Surviving Picasso
1978
Daphne Laureola
7.5/2
A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.
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Daphne Laureola
2000
Frankie & Hazel
5.2/5
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is...
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Frankie & Hazel
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
6.071/21
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bart...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
2006
Curious George
6.526/583
When The Man in the Yellow Hat befriends Curious George in the jungle, they set off on a non-stop, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big c...
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Curious George
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
7/1
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage a...
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
6.8/62
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth...
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Nothing Like a Dame
1994
On Promised Land
7.5/2
In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the la...
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On Promised Land
1987
The Birthday Party
6.8/5
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.]
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The Birthday Party
1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
5.4/7
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1963
Uncle Vanya
5.5/2
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
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Uncle Vanya
1982
A Dedicated Man
10/1
Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox, the hotel's head waiter. But Edith becomes distr...
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A Dedicated Man
2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
0/0
Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience an...
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Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
1955
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
7/1
A meta-theatrical adaptation of Moby-Dick in which a rehearsal evolves into a full performance, as actors are absorbed into the roles of Ishmael, Star...
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Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1982
Laurence Olivier: A Life
10/1
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.
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