- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Died
- April 26, 1982
Celia Johnson
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
tvNumber 10
1983 · Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson)
movieThe Potting Shed
1981 · Mrs Califer
Celebrity Playhouse
tvCelebrity Playhouse
1981 · Mrs. Callifer
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
1981 · Countess of Rousillon
movieStaying On
1980 · Lucy Smalley
movieThe Hostage Tower
1980 · Mrs. Wheeler
movieLes Misérables
1978 · Sister Simplice
movieRomeo and Juliet
1978 · Nurse
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Nurse
movieThe Emperor's New Hat
1977 · La Comtesse de Chemaille
movieThe Dame of Sark
1976 · Sybil Hathaway
Lloyd George Knew My Father
movieLloyd George Knew My Father
1975 · Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Love Affair
movieLove Affair
1974 · Mrs Hobbish
movieMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973 · Mrs. Palfrey
tvCentre Play
1973 · La Comtesse de Chemaille
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1971 · Madame Ranevskaya
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Mrs. Palfrey
movieThe Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
movieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · Miss Mackay
tvOmnibus
1967 · Ellen Edgeworth
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Miss Hobish
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Mrs. Alving, Judith Bliss, Sheila, Eloise, Madame Ranyevskaya
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Countess Isabel von Reger
movieThe Good Companions
1957 · Miss Trant
movieA Kid for Two Farthings
1955 · Joanna
movieThe Captain's Paradise
1953 · Maud St. James
movieThe Holly and the Ivy
1952 · Jenny Gregory
movieI Believe in You
1952 · Matty Matheson
movieA Bolt of Lightning
1951 · Mary Otis
movieThe Astonished Heart
1950 · Barbara Faber
movieBrief Encounter
1945 · Laura Jesson
movieThis Happy Breed
1944 · Ethel Gibbons
Dear Octopus
movieDear Octopus
1943 · Cynthia
movieIn Which We Serve
1942 · Mrs. Kinross / Alix
We Serve
movieWe Serve
1942
movieLetter from Home
1941 · Mrs Taylor