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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 18, 1908
Place of Birth:
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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Celia Johnson
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Countess of Rousillon |
| 1980 | Staying On | Lucy Smalley |
| 1980 | The Hostage Tower | Mrs. Wheeler |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Sister Simplice |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Nurse |
| 1977 | The Emperor's New Hat | La Comtesse de Chemaille |
| 1976 | The Dame of Sark | Sybil Hathaway |
| 1975 | Lloyd George Knew My Father | Lady Sheila Boothroyd |
| 1974 | Love Affair | Mrs Hobbish |
| 1973 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | Mrs. Palfrey |
| 1971 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevskaya |
| 1970 | The Cellar and the Almond Tree | |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Miss Mackay |
| 1957 | The Good Companions | Miss Trant |
| 1955 | A Kid for Two Farthings | Joanna |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise | Maud St. James |
| 1952 | The Holly and the Ivy | Jenny Gregory |
| 1952 | I Believe in You | Matty Matheson |
| 1950 | The Astonished Heart | Barbara Faber |
| 1945 | Brief Encounter | Laura Jesson |
| 1944 | This Happy Breed | Ethel Gibbons |
| 1943 | Dear Octopus | Cynthia |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Mrs. Kinross / Alix |
| 1942 | We Serve | |
| 1941 | Letter from Home | Mrs Taylor |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Nurse |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Countess of Rousillion |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Mrs. Palfrey |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Ellen Edgeworth |