Actor
Celia Johnson
December 18, 1908 · Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Michael Hordern
6 titles together
Omnibus, BBC Play of the Month, Romeo and Juliet
John Gielgud
5 titles together
Les Misérables, Omnibus, BBC Play of the Month
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Noël Coward
4 titles together
Brief Encounter, In Which We Serve, Omnibus
Joyce Carey
3 titles together
Brief Encounter, In Which We Serve, The Astonished Heart
Robert Stephens
3 titles together
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, BBC Play of the Month, ITV Playhouse
Laurence Naismith
3 titles together
I Believe in You, Romeo and Juliet, The BBC Television Shakespeare
Full filmography · 33
The Potting Shed
as Mrs Califer
1981
All's Well That Ends Well
as Countess of Rousillon
1981
Staying On
as Lucy Smalley
1980
The Hostage Tower
as Mrs. Wheeler
1980
Les Misérables
as Sister Simplice
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Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1978
The Emperor's New Hat
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
1977
The Dame of Sark
as Sybil Hathaway
1976Lloyd George Knew My Father
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
1975
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
1973
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevskaya
1971
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
cast
1970