Celia Johnson
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1981 · All's Well That Ends Well as Countess of Rousillon
- 1980 · Staying On as Lucy Smalley
- 1980 · The Hostage Tower as Mrs. Wheeler
- 1978 · Les Misérables as Sister Simplice
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as Nurse
- 1978 · Romeo & Juliet as Nurse
- 1977 · The Emperor's New Hat as La Comtesse de Chemaille
- 1976 · The Dame of Sark as Sybil Hathaway
- 1975 · Lloyd George Knew My Father as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
- 1974 · Love Affair as Mrs Hobbish
- 1973 · Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont as Mrs. Palfrey
- 1971 · The Cherry Orchard as Madame Ranevskaya
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mrs. Palfrey
- 1970 · The Cellar and the Almond Tree as
- 1969 · The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Mackay
- 1957 · The Good Companions as Miss Trant
- 1955 · A Kid for Two Farthings as Joanna
- 1953 · The Captain's Paradise as Maud St. James
- 1952 · The Holly and the Ivy as Jenny Gregory
- 1952 · I Believe in You as Matty Matheson
- 1950 · The Astonished Heart as Barbara Faber
- 1945 · Brief Encounter as Laura Jesson
- 1944 · This Happy Breed as Ethel Gibbons
- 1943 · Dear Octopus as Cynthia
- 1942 · In Which We Serve as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
- 1942 · We Serve as
- 1941 · Letter from Home as Mrs Taylor