Joan Plowright
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Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE
(born 28 October 1929), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is 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.
, Lincolnshire
, the daughter of Daisy Margaret (née
Burton) and William Ernest Plowright, who was a journalist and newspaper editor. She attended Scunthorpe Grammar School and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
.
and was cast as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife
. She appeared with George Devine
in the Eugène Ionesco
play, The Chairs, Shaw's Major Barbara
and Saint Joan
. In 1957 she co-starred with Sir Laurence Olivier
in the original London production of John Osborne
's The Entertainer
, taking over the role of Jean Rice from Dorothy Tutin
when the play transferred from the Royal Court to the Palace Theatre
.
Plowright continued to appear on stage and in films such as The Entertainer
(1960). In 1961 she received a Tony Award
for her role in A Taste of Honey
on Broadway
. Through her marriage to Laurence Olivier
, she became closely associated with his work at the National Theatre
from 1964 onwards.
From the 1980s she began to appear more regularly in films, including Enchanted April
(1992), for which she won a Golden Globe Award
and an Academy Award nomination, Dennis the Menace
(1993), a cameo in Last Action Hero
(also 1993), and Tea With Mussolini
(1999). She was also Nanny in 101 Dalmatians (1996).
Among her television roles, she won another Golden Globe Award
and earned an Emmy Award
nomination for the HBO film Stalin
in 1992 as the Soviet dictator's mother-in-law. In 1994, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.
She voiced Baylene the brachiosaurus in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur
.
In 2003, Plowright performed in the stage production Absolutely! in London. Plowright was appointed honorary president of the English Stage Company in March 2009, succeeding John Mortimer
, who died in January 2009. She was previously vice-president of the company.
Plowright was awarded a CBE
in 1970 and was made a Dame (DBE
) in the New Year's Honours of 2004.
She divorced him, and in 1961 married Laurence Olivier
, after the breaking of his 20-year marriage with esteemed actress Vivien Leigh
. Plowright has continually denied that she was responsible for wrecking their marriage.
Together the couple had three children, Richard Kerr, Tamsin Agnes Margaret and Julie-Kate. Both daughters are actresses. The couple remained married until his death in 1989.
Her brother, David Plowright
CBE
(1930–2006), was an executive at Granada Television
.
in her native Scunthorpe
is named in her honour. Upon her marriage to Sir Laurence Olivier, her formal title became "Lady Olivier"; however, she has never used it in her professional career. Her husband later became a life peer on the Queens honours list in 1970. This legally made her Baroness Olivier, of Brighton in the County of Sussex.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 28 October 1929), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
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.
Early life
Plowright was born in BriggBrigg
Brigg is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households . The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east-west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, the daughter of Daisy Margaret (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Burton) and William Ernest Plowright, who was a journalist and newspaper editor. She attended Scunthorpe Grammar School and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, an organisation securing the highest standards of training in the performing arts, and is an associate school of the Faculty of Creative Arts of the University of the...
.
Career
Plowright made her stage debut in 1951 and her London debut in 1954. In 1956 she joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court TheatreRoyal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
and was cast as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife
The Country Wife
The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time. The title itself contains a lewd pun...
. She appeared with George Devine
George Devine
George Alexander Cassady Devine CBE was an extremely influential theatrical manager, director, teacher and actor in London from the late 1940s until his death. He also worked in the media of TV and film.-Biography:...
in the Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd...
play, The Chairs, Shaw's Major Barbara
Major Barbara (play)
Major Barbara is a three act play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907.-Setting:*London*Act I: Lady Britomart's house in Wilton Crescent*Act II: The Salvation Army shelter in West Ham...
and Saint Joan
Saint Joan (play)
Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts...
. In 1957 she co-starred with Sir Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
in the original London production of John Osborne
John Osborne
John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre....
's The Entertainer
The Entertainer (film)
The Entertainer is a 1960 film adaptation of the stage play of the same name by John Osborne, which told the story of a failing third-rate music hall stage performer who tried to keep his career going even as his personal life fell apart....
, taking over the role of Jean Rice from Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin
Dame Dorothy Tutin DBE was an English actor of stage, film, and television.An obituary in The Daily Telegraph described her as "one of the most enchanting, accomplished and intelligent leading ladies on the post-war British stage...
when the play transferred from the Royal Court to the Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre, London
The Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster in London. It is an imposing red-brick building that dominates the west side of Cambridge Circus and is located near the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road...
.
Plowright continued to appear on stage and in films such as The Entertainer
The Entertainer (film)
The Entertainer is a 1960 film adaptation of the stage play of the same name by John Osborne, which told the story of a failing third-rate music hall stage performer who tried to keep his career going even as his personal life fell apart....
(1960). In 1961 she received a Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
for her role in A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 18. It was initially intended as a novel, but she turned it into a play because she hoped to revitalize British theatre and to address social issues that she felt were not being presented...
on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
. Through her marriage to Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
, she became closely associated with his work at the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
from 1964 onwards.
From the 1980s she began to appear more regularly in films, including Enchanted April
Enchanted April
Enchanted April is the second film adaptation Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel, The Enchanted April. The novel was adapted as a Broadway play in 1925, and as an RKO Radio film in 1935 - both using the same title as the novel. The 1992 film release received several Golden Globe and Academy Award...
(1992), for which she won a Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
and an Academy Award nomination, Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace (film)
Dennis the Menace is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name....
(1993), a cameo in Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....
(also 1993), and Tea With Mussolini
Tea With Mussolini
Tea with Mussolini is a 1999 British-Italian semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.-Plot:...
(1999). She was also Nanny in 101 Dalmatians (1996).
Among her television roles, she won another Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
and earned an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
nomination for the HBO film Stalin
Stalin (film)
Stalin is a Tollywood film directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Sharada Urvashi and Khushboo in supporting roles. Anushka Shetty performs an item number in the film. Shooting for the film was done at various locations in India...
in 1992 as the Soviet dictator's mother-in-law. In 1994, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.
She voiced Baylene the brachiosaurus in Disney's CGI film Dinosaur
Dinosaur (film)
Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 19, 2000, and is the 39th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
.
In 2003, Plowright performed in the stage production Absolutely! in London. Plowright was appointed honorary president of the English Stage Company in March 2009, succeeding John Mortimer
John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.-Early life:...
, who died in January 2009. She was previously vice-president of the company.
Plowright was awarded a CBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
in 1970 and was made a Dame (DBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
) in the New Year's Honours of 2004.
Personal life
Plowright was first married to Roger Gage, an actor, in September, 1953.She divorced him, and in 1961 married Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
, after the breaking of his 20-year marriage with esteemed actress Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier was an English actress. She won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire , a role she also played on stage in London's West End, as well as for her portrayal of the southern belle Scarlett O'Hara, alongside Clark...
. Plowright has continually denied that she was responsible for wrecking their marriage.
Together the couple had three children, Richard Kerr, Tamsin Agnes Margaret and Julie-Kate. Both daughters are actresses. The couple remained married until his death in 1989.
Her brother, David Plowright
David Plowright
David Ernest Plowright, CBE was an English television executive and producer....
CBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(1930–2006), was an executive at Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
.
Legacy
The Plowright TheatrePlowright Theatre
The Plowright Theatre, is a live entertainment venue on Laneham Street in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. It is owned and managed by North Lincolnshire Council.-Overview:...
in her native Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,...
is named in her honour. Upon her marriage to Sir Laurence Olivier, her formal title became "Lady Olivier"; however, she has never used it in her professional career. Her husband later became a life peer on the Queens honours list in 1970. This legally made her Baroness Olivier, of Brighton in the County of Sussex.
Filmography
- 1951: Sara Crewe .... Winnie (4 episodes, 1951)
- 1954: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre .... Adriana (1 episode, 1954)
- 1955: Moby Dick RehearsedMoby Dick RehearsedMoby Dick Rehearsed is the title of a play written and directed by Orson Welles. It was performed in London in 1955. A lost film of the play, directed by Welles, starred the original stage cast....
(TV) .... A Young Actress/Pip - 1956: Moby DickMoby Dick (1956 film)Moby Dick is a 1956 film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury and the director. The film starred Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, and Leo Genn...
(uncredited) .... Starbuck's Wife - 1957: Sword of FreedomSword of FreedomSword of Freedom was a 1958 drama adventure series for a family audience. Like several of its predecessors , it was produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions...
.... Lisa Giocondo (1 episode, 1957) - 1957: Time Without PityTime Without PityTime Without Pity is a thriller about a father trying to save his son from execution for murder.It stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, and Leo McKern.-Plot:David Graham has only 24 hours to save his son, Alec, from hanging...
.... Agnes Cole - 1959: The School for ScandalThe School for ScandalThe School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on May 8, 1777.The prologue, written by David Garrick, commends the play, its subject, and its author to the audience...
(TV) .... Lady Teazle - 1960: The EntertainerThe Entertainer (film)The Entertainer is a 1960 film adaptation of the stage play of the same name by John Osborne, which told the story of a failing third-rate music hall stage performer who tried to keep his career going even as his personal life fell apart....
.... Jean Rice - 1963: Uncle VanyaUncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
.... Sonya - 1969: ITV Saturday Night Theatre .... Viola (1 episode, 1969)
- 1970: ITV PlayhouseITV PlayhouseITV Playhouse was a UK comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a...
.... Lisa (1 episode, 1970) - 1970: Three Sisters .... Masha
- 1973: The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
(TV) .... Portia - 1977: EquusEquus (film)Equus is a 1977 British-American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton. Peter Shaffer wrote the screenplay based on his play Equus...
.... Dora Strang - 1978: Daphne LaureolaDaphne laureolaDaphne laureola, or Spurge-laurel , is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae...
(TV) .... Lady Pitts - 1978: Saturday, Sunday, Monday (TV) .... Rosa
- 1980: The Diary of Anne Frank (TV) .... Mrs. Frank
- 1982: Brimstone & Treacle .... Norma Bates
- 1982: All for Love .... Edith (1 episode, 1982)
- 1982: Britannia HospitalBritannia HospitalBritannia Hospital is a 1982 black comedy film by British director Lindsay Anderson which targets the National Health Service and contemporary British society...
.... Phyllis Grimshaw - 1983: Wagner .... Mrs. Taylor (1 episode, 1983)
- 1985: RevolutionRevolution (1985 film)Revolution is a 1985 film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon and starring Al Pacino, Helen Porter, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Dave King, Annie Lennox, Danny Turner, Steven Berkoff, Graham Greene, and Robbie Coltrane....
.... Mrs. McConnahay - 1986: The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
(TV) .... Lady Bracknell - 1987: Theatre Night .... Meg Bowles (1 episode, 1987)
- 1988: Drowning by NumbersDrowning by NumbersDrowning by Numbers is a 1988 British film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film's plot centers on three women — a grandmother, mother and daughter — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses each woman successively drowns her husband...
.... Cissie Colpitts 1 - 1988: The DressmakerThe DressmakerThe Dressmaker is a novel written by Beryl Bainbridge. In 1973, it was nominated for the Booker Prize. Like many of Bainbridge's earlier works, the novel is semi-autobiographical. In particular, the story draws from an affair that she had with a soldier as a teenager...
.... Nellie - 1989: And a Nightingale SangAnd a Nightingale SangAnd a Nightingale Sang is a play by British playwright C.P. Taylor and commissioned by Newcastle upon Tyne's Live Theatre Company. The play was made into a TV play in 1989 by Jack Rosenthal for Tyne Tees Television....
(TV) .... Mam - 1990: AvalonAvalon (1990 film)Avalon is a feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiographical story of a family of Polish-Jewish immigrants to the United States who settle in Baltimore, Maryland, at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie follows the family as they grow, become more prosperous, and...
.... Eva Krichinsky - 1990: I Love You to DeathI Love You to DeathI Love You to Death is a 1990 American dark comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1984, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Frances Toto repeatedly tried to kill her husband, Anthony...
.... Nadja, Rosalie's Mother - 1990: SophieSophieSophie is the French and German form of the name Sophia. In English speaking countries, Sophie has also been a diminutive of Sophia.Sophie and Sophy may refer to:-People:...
- 1991: The House of Bernarda Alba (TV) .... La Poncia
- 1992: StalinStalin (film)Stalin is a Tollywood film directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Sharada Urvashi and Khushboo in supporting roles. Anushka Shetty performs an item number in the film. Shooting for the film was done at various locations in India...
(TV) .... Olga - 1992: Driving Miss DaisyDriving Miss DaisyDriving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same name. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as Hoke Colburn and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy...
(TV) .... Daisy Werthan - 1992: Enchanted AprilEnchanted AprilEnchanted April is the second film adaptation Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel, The Enchanted April. The novel was adapted as a Broadway play in 1925, and as an RKO Radio film in 1935 - both using the same title as the novel. The 1992 film release received several Golden Globe and Academy Award...
.... Mrs. Fisher - 1993: Dennis the MenaceDennis the Menace (film)Dennis the Menace is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name....
.... Mrs. Martha Wilson - 1993: Last Action HeroLast Action HeroLast Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....
.... Teacher - 1993: Screen Two .... Mrs. Monro (1 episode, 1993)
- 1994: The Return of the NativeThe Return of the NativeThe Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel. It first appeared in the magazine Belgravia, a publication known for its sensationalism, and was presented in twelve monthly installments from January to December 1878...
(TV) .... Mrs. Yeobright - 1994: A Pin for the ButterflyA Pin for the ButterflyA Pin for the Butterfly is a 1994 British-Czech drama film directed by Hannah Kodichek and starring Ian Bannen, Hugh Laurie and Florence Hoath. A young girl tries to come terms with growing up in Stalinist Czechoslovakia. It was screened at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ian Bannen ... ...
.... Grandma - 1994: A Place for AnnieA Place for AnnieA Place for Annie is a 1994 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie that stars Sissy Spacek, Mary-Louise Parker and Joan Plowright. Directed by John Gray, the 191st presentation aired on the ABC network on May 1, 1994.-External links:*...
(TV) .... Dorothy - 1994: On Promised Land (TV) .... Mrs. Appletree
- 1994: Widows' PeakWidows' PeakWidows' Peak is a 1994 British-Irish film. It stars Mia Farrow, Dame Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar and Jim Broadbent. It is directed by John Irvin...
.... Mrs. Doyle-Counihan - 1995: The Scarlet Letter .... Harriet Hibbons
- 1995: A Pyromaniac's Love StoryA Pyromaniac's Love StoryA Pyromaniac's Love Story is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Joshua Brand. The original screenplay is by Morgan Ward. The movie was filmed in Toronto .-Plot synopsis:...
.... Mrs. Linzer - 1995: Hotel SorrentoHotel SorrentoHotel Sorrento is a 1995 Australian drama film directed by Richard Franklin. Three sisters reunite in the sleepy Australian town of Sorrento after a ten year hiatus. One of the three has written a book called Melancholy which is a thinly disguised version of their lives...
.... Marge Morrisey - 1996: 101 Dalmatians .... Nanny
- 1996: Surviving PicassoSurviving PicassoSurviving Picasso is a 1996 Merchant Ivory Film starring Anthony Hopkins as the painter Pablo Picasso. It was shot in Paris and southern France.It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant and David L. Wolper...
.... Françoise's Grandmother - 1996: Mr. WrongMr. WrongMr. Wrong is 1996 romantic comedy film starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman. DeGeneres still mentions this film occasionally in her talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.-Plot summary:...
.... Mrs. Crawford - 1996: Jane Eyre .... Mrs. Fairfax
- 1997: The AssistantThe AssistantThe Assistant may refer to:* The Assistant , a 1908 novel by Robert Walser* The Assistant , a 1957 novel by Bernard Malamud* The Assistant , a satirical reality series starring Andy Dick....
.... Mrs. Ida Bober - 1998: Encore! Encore!Encore! Encore!Encore! Encore! is an American sitcom starring Nathan Lane as an opera singer. On the verge of becoming "The Fourth Tenor", Lane's character injures his vocal cords and must move in with his family, who run a vineyard in Northern California. The series premiered on NBC on September 22, 1998.Encore!...
.... Marie Pinoni (12 episodes, 1998–1999) - 1998: Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (TV) .... Jeanne Vertefeuille
- 1998: This Could Be the Last Time (TV) .... Rosemary
- 1998: Dance with MeDance with Me (film)Dance with Me is a 1998 drama film on love and dance directed by Randa Haines and starring Vanessa L. Williams and Puerto Rican singer Chayanne.-Plot:...
.... Bea Johnson - 1999: Tom's Midnight GardenTom's Midnight GardenTom's Midnight Garden is a children's novel by Philippa Pearce. It won the Carnegie Medal in 1958, the year of its publication. It has been adapted for radio, television, the cinema, and the stage.-Plot summary:...
.... Mrs. Bartholomew - 1999: Tea with MussoliniTea with MussoliniTea with Mussolini is a 1999 British-Italian semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.-Plot:...
.... Mary Wallace - 2000: Frankie & Hazel (TV) .... Phoebe Harkness
- 2000: DinosaurDinosaur (film)Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 19, 2000, and is the 39th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
(voice) .... Baylene - 2001: Bailey's Mistake (TV) .... Aunt Angie
- 2001: Back to the Secret GardenBack to the Secret GardenBack To The Secret Garden is a 2001 family fantasy film. Produced for television, the film serves as a sequel to Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel The Secret Garden...
.... Martha Sowerby - 2001: Scrooge and Marley (TV) .... Narrator
- 2002: Global HeresyGlobal HeresyGlobal Heresy is a 2002 comedy-drama film about a highly successful American rock band recovering from the loss of their leader by going into seclusion in the United Kingdom.-Plot:...
.... Lady Foxley - 2002: Callas ForeverCallas ForeverCallas Forever is a 2002 biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Sherman. It is an homage to Zeffirelli's friend, internationally acclaimed opera diva Maria Callas, whom he directed on stage in Norma, La Traviata, and Tosca.- Plot :The partially...
.... Sarah Keller - 2003: Bringing Down the HouseBringing Down the House (film)Bringing Down the House is a 2003 American romantic comedy film, written by Jason Filardi and directed by Adam Shankman. The film stars Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.-Plot:...
.... Virginia Arness - 2003: I Am DavidI Am DavidI am David is a fiction book written by Anne Holm in 1963. In the United States, the book was at first called North to Freedom, but it is now also being published as "I am David". It tells the story of a young boy who, with the help of a prison guard, escapes from a concentration camp in Eastern...
.... Sophie - 2004: George and the Dragon .... Mother Superior
- 2005: Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontMrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is a 2005 comedy-drama film made by Claremont Films and distributed by Picture Entertainment Corporation. It was directed by Dan Ireland and produced by Lee Caplin, Carl Colpaert and Zachary Matz from a screenplay by Ruth Sacks, based on the novel by Elizabeth...
.... Mrs. Palfrey - 2006: Goose on the Loose .... Beatrice Fairfield
- 2006: Curious GeorgeCurious George (film)Curious George is a 2006 traditionally animated film adaptation of the children's stories by H.A. and Margret Rey. Will Ferrell voices Ted. Matthew O'Callaghan directed...
(voice) .... Ms. Plushbottom - 2008: The Spiderwick ChroniclesThe Spiderwick Chronicles (film)The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 fantasy film adaptation of Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's bestselling series of the same name. Set in the Spiderwick Estate in New England, United States, it follows the adventures of Jared Grace and his family as they discover a field guide to faeries, battle...
.... Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick - 2008: Brontë
- 2008: In the Shadow of Wings
- 2010: Knife EdgeKnife EdgeKnife Edge is a 2009 British thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Nathalie Press, Hugh Bonneville and Tamsin Egerton.-Plot:...
.... Marjorie