Celia Johnson
Acting
1908-12-18 · Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 25 April 1982) was a British actress. She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), and for the television production Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke at age 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography(40)
tvNumber 10
as Mrs. Gladstone · 1983 · 7.0
movieThe Potting Shed
as Mrs Califer · 1981 · 0.0
tvCelebrity Playhouse
as Mrs. Callifer · 1981 · 0.0
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
as Countess of Rousillon · 1981 · 6.5
movieStaying On
as Lucy Smalley · 1980 · 7.0
movieThe Hostage Tower
as Mrs. Wheeler · 1980 · 4.8
movieLes Misérables
as Sister Simplice · 1978 · 7.2
movieRomeo and Juliet
as Nurse · 1978 · 7.6
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
as Nurse · 1978 · 6.0
movieThe Emperor's New Hat
as La Comtesse de Chemaille · 1977 · 0.0
movieThe Dame of Sark
as Sybil Hathaway · 1976 · 0.0
movieLloyd George Knew My Father
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd · 1975 · 9.0
movieLove Affair
as Mrs Hobbish · 1974 · 0.0
movieMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey · 1973 · 0.0
tvCentre Play
as La Comtesse de Chemaille · 1973 · 7.0
movieThe Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevskaya · 1971 · 7.0
tvPlay for Today
as Mrs. Palfrey · 1970 · 6.6
movieThe Cellar and the Almond Tree
as · 1970 · 0.0
movieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Miss Mackay · 1969 · 6.9
tvOmnibus
as Ellen Edgeworth · 1967 · 7.2
tvITV Playhouse
as Miss Hobish · 1967 · 7.0
tvBBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Alving · 1965 · 5.3
tvBBC Play of the Month
as Judith Bliss · 1965 · 5.3
tvBBC Play of the Month
as Sheila · 1965 · 5.3