Celia Johnson
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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.
Known for
Credits
Brief Encounter (1945)
as Laura Jesson
Les Misérables (1978)
as Sister Simplice
The Cherry Orchard (1971)
as Madame Ranevskaya
In Which We Serve (1942)
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
as Miss Mackay
This Happy Breed (1944)
as Ethel Gibbons
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
as Jenny Gregory
Romeo and Juliet (1978)
as Nurse
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
as Joanna
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
as Maud St. James
The Hostage Tower (1980)
as Mrs. Wheeler
The Good Companions (1957)
as Miss Trant
Staying On (1980)
as Lucy Smalley
A Bolt of Lightning (1951)
as Mary Otis
I Believe in You (1952)
as Matty Matheson
The Cellar and the Almond Tree (1970)
Actor
Love Affair (1974)
as Mrs Hobbish
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (1973)
as Mrs. Palfrey
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
as Countess of Rousillon
Dear Octopus (1943)
as Cynthia
The Astonished Heart (1950)
as Barbara Faber
The Dame of Sark (1976)
as Sybil Hathaway
Letter from Home (1941)
as Mrs Taylor
We Serve (1942)
Actor
The Potting Shed (1981)
as Mrs Califer
The Emperor's New Hat (1977)
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
Lloyd George Knew My Father (1975)
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd