Celia Johnson
Acting • Born 1908-12-18 – Died 1982-04-26
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
36 credits
Brief Encounter
Movie • 1945
Laura Jesson
Les Misérables
Movie • 1978
Sister Simplice
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Movie • 1969
Miss Mackay
The Captain's Paradise
Movie • 1953
Maud St. James
This Happy Breed
Movie • 1944
Ethel Gibbons
The Holly and the Ivy
Movie • 1952
Jenny Gregory
The Cherry Orchard
Movie • 1971
Madame Ranevskaya
A Kid for Two Farthings
Movie • 1955
Joanna
The Astonished Heart
Movie • 1950
Barbara Faber
I Believe in You
Movie • 1952
Matty Matheson
The Good Companions
Movie • 1957
Miss Trant
In Which We Serve
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
Letter from Home
Movie • 1941
Mrs Taylor
Love Affair
Movie • 1974
Mrs Hobbish
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Movie • 1970
The Emperor's New Hat
Movie • 1977
La Comtesse de Chemaille
Dear Octopus
Movie • 1943
Cynthia
Staying On
Movie • 1980
Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Wheeler
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1978
Nurse
Lloyd George Knew My Father
Movie • 1975
Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Movie • 1973
Mrs. Palfrey
We Serve
Movie • 1942
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1981
Countess of Rousillon
The Dame of Sark
Movie • 1976
Sybil Hathaway
A Bolt of Lightning
Movie • 1951
Mary Otis
The Potting Shed
Movie • 1981
Mrs Califer
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Mrs. Palfrey
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Ellen Edgeworth
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Mrs. Alving
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Judith Bliss
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sheila
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Eloise
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Madame Ranyevskaya
Number 10
TV • 1983
Mrs. Gladstone
Centre Play
TV • 1973
La Comtesse de Chemaille