Joan Plowright
Joan Ann Plowright, Lady 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.
101 Dalmatians
as NannyAn evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant...
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Dinosaur
as Baylene (voice)An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite...
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Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon...
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Dennis the Menace
as Martha WilsonMr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But...
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After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible...
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Curious George
as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)When The Man in the Yellow Hat befriends Curious George in the jungle, they set off on a...
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Bringing Down the House
as Mrs. Virginia ArnessUptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard...
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The Scarlet Letter
as Harriet HibbonsSet in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is...
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The Entertainer
as Jean RiceArchie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay...
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I Love You to Death
as NadjaJoey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When...
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Surviving Picasso
as Françoise's GrandmotherThe passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo...
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Jane Eyre
as Mrs. FairfaxJane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in...
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Dance with Me
as Bea JohnsonYoung Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the...
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I Am David
as SophieBased on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the...
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Revolution
as Mrs. McConnahayNew York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his...
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Equus
as Dora StrangA psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike...
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Drowning by Numbers
as Cissie Colpitts 1Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another...
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Avalon
as Eva KrichinskyA Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the...
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Tea with Mussolini
as Mary WallaceIn 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman,...
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George and the Dragon
as Mother SuperiorIn 12th century England, the handsome and noble knight, George, has left the Crusades behind to...
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Britannia Hospital
as Phyllis GrimshawBritannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a...
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Mr. Wrong
as Mrs. CrawfordA single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his...
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Time Without Pity
as Agnes ColeAlec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a...
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Enchanted April
as Mrs FisherFour English women, unhappy with their lives, rent an Italian villa on holiday.
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Stalin
as OlgaThe life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
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Knife Edge
as Marjorie BlakeA successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son,...
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The Return of the Native
as Frau YeobrightEustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a...
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Nothing Like a Dame
as SelfBBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs BartholomewWhen Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a...
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Callas Forever
as Sarah KellerAging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of...
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A Place for Annie
as DorothyBaby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To...
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Widows' Peak
as Mrs. Doyle-CounihanScandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated...
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Mrs. PalfreyAll but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a...
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The Diary of Anne Frank
as Edith Frank-HolländerThe story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis...
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Back to the Secret Garden
as Martha SowerbyA youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled...
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The Summer House
as Mrs. MonroMargaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to...
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Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
as Jeanne VertefeuilleFact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage...
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Brimstone & Treacle
as Norma BatesA strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady BracknellFilled with wit and wisdom, The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of Jack Worthing and...
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Three Sisters
as MashaNearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual...
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The Merchant of Venice
as PortiaAn Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Mrs. LinzerA pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is...
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Twelfth Night
as ViolaSir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of...
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Global Heresy
as Lady FoxleyA rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.
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Hotel Sorrento
as Marge MorriseyMeg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia....
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Uncle Vanya
as SonyaAdaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
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And a Nightingale Sang
as MamSet in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the...
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The House of Bernarda Alba
as PonciaA domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close...
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Goose on the Loose
as Beatrice FairfieldGrieving young Will Donnelly looks to protect his new best friend, a talking goose, from school...
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Scrooge and Marley
as NarratorEbenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The...
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The Birthday Party
as Meg BowlesIt is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC...
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On Promised Land
as Mrs. AppletreeIn the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The...
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The Dressmaker
as NellieIn England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after...
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Bailey's Mistake
as Aunt Angie"Bailey's Mistake" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck...
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Daphne Laureola
as Lady PittsA young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts whose much older husband is not pleased.
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A Dedicated Man
as EdithEdith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice...
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as RosaOne Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and...
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Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as HerselfFranco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - WinnerAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Great Performances
as SelfThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. YeobrightHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as DorothyHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Laurence Olivier Presents
as RosaLaurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran...
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Laurence Olivier Presents
as Lady PittsLaurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran...
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