Joan Plowright Filmography

Knife Edge (2010)
stars as Marjorie

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) aka "The Spiderwick Chronicles: The IMAX Experience"
stars as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Goose on the Loose (2007)
stars as Beatrice Fairfield

Curious George (2006)
stars as Miss Plushbottom (voice)

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
stars as Mrs. Palfrey

George and the Dragon (2004)
stars as Mother Superior

I Am David (2003)
stars as Sophie

Bringing Down the House (2003)
stars as Mrs. Arness

Global Heresy (2002) aka Rock My World
stars as Lady Diana Foxley

Callas Forever (2002) aka Callas Forever
stars as Sarah Keller

Back to the Secret Garden (2001)
stars as Martha Sowerby

Bailey's Mistake (2001) - TM
stars as Aunt Angie

Frankie & Hazel (2000) - TM aka Frankie & Hazel - Zwei Mädchen starten durch (Germany)
stars as Phoebe

Dinosaur (2000)
stars as Baylene (voice)

Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
stars as Mrs. Bartholomew

Tea with Mussolini (1999) aka Te con Mussolini, Un (Italy)
stars as Mary Wallace

Dance with Me (1998)
stars as Bea Johnson

This Could Be the Last Time (1998) - TM
stars as Rosemary

Encore! Encore! (1998) - TV
stars as Marie Pinoni

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998) - TM
stars as Jeanne Vertefeuille

The Assistant (1997)
stars as Mrs. Ida Bober

Jane Eyre (1996) aka Jane Eyre
stars as Mrs. Fairfax

Mr. Wrong (1996)
stars as Mrs. Crawford

Surviving Picasso (1996)
stars as Françoise's Grandmother

101 Dalmatians (1996)
stars as Nanny

The Scarlet Letter (1995)
stars as Harriet Hibbons

Hotel Sorrento (1995) aka Sorrento Beach
stars as Marge Morrisey

A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
stars as Mrs. Linzer

The Return of the Native (1994) - TM
stars as Mrs. Yeobright

A Pin for the Butterfly (1994)
stars as Grandma

Widows' Peak (1994)
stars as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan aka Mrs. DC

A Place for Annie (1994) - TM
stars as Dorothy

On Promised Land (1994) - TM
stars as Mrs. Appletree

Dennis the Menace (1993) aka Dennis
stars as Mrs. Martha Wilson

Last Action Hero (1993)
stars as Teacher

Clothes in the Wardrobe (1992) - TM aka The Summer House
stars as Mrs. Monro

Stalin (1992) - TV aka Sztálin (Hungary)
stars as Olga

Enchanted April (1992)
stars as Mrs. Fisher

The House of Bernarda Alba (1991) - TM
stars as La Poncia

Sophie (1990)


Avalon (1990)
stars as Eva Krichinsky

I Love You to Death (1990)
stars as Nadja

And a Nightingale Sang (1989) - TM
stars as Mam

The Dressmaker (1988)
stars as Nellie

Drowning by Numbers (1988)
stars as Cissie Colpitts 1

The Birthday Party (1986) - TM
stars as Meg

The Importance of Being Earnest (1986) - TM
stars as Lady Bracknell

Revolution (1985)
stars as Mrs. McConnahay

Wagner (1983) - TV
stars as Mrs. Taylor

A Dedicated Man (1982) - TM aka All for Love: A Dedicated Man
stars as Edith

Britannia Hospital (1982)
stars as Phyllis Grimshaw

Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
stars as Norma Bates

The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) - TM
stars as Mrs. Frank

Daphne Laureola (1978) - TM aka Laurence Olivier Presents: Daphne Laureola
stars as Lady Pitts

Equus (1977)
stars as Dora Strang

The Merchant of Venice (1973) - TM
stars as Portia

Three Sisters (1970)
stars as Masha

Twelfth Night (1969) - TM
stars as Viola, Sebastian

Uncle Vanya (1963)
stars as Sonya

The Entertainer (1960)
stars as Jean Rice

Time Without Pity (1957)
stars as Agnes Cole

Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) - TM
stars as A Young Actress/Pip

BBC Sunday Night Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (1954) - TM
stars as Adriana