Celia Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 18, 1908
- Died
- Apr 26, 1982 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Credits
- 36
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.
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Known for
Brief Encounter
1945Movie
Laura Jesson
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969Movie
Miss Mackay
In Which We Serve
1942Movie
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
This Happy Breed
1944Movie
Ethel Gibbons
Les Misérables
1978Movie
Sister Simplice
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955Movie
Joanna
Filmography
Number 10
1983TV
Mrs Gladstone (Anne MacKenzie Robertson)
The Potting Shed
1981Movie
Mrs Califer
Celebrity Playhouse
1981TV
Mrs. Callifer
All's Well That Ends Well
1981Movie
Countess of Rousillon
Staying On
1980Movie
Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
1980Movie
Mrs. Wheeler
Les Misérables
1978Movie
Sister Simplice
Romeo and Juliet
1978Movie
Nurse
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978TV
Nurse
The Emperor's New Hat
1977Movie
La Comtesse de Chemaille
The Dame of Sark
1976Movie
Sybil Hathaway
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975Movie
Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Love Affair
1974Movie
Mrs Hobbish
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973Movie
Mrs. Palfrey
Centre Play
1973TV
La Comtesse de Chemaille
The Cherry Orchard
1971Movie
Madame Ranevskaya
Play for Today
1970TV
Mrs. Palfrey
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970Movie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969Movie
Miss Mackay
Omnibus
1967TV
Ellen Edgeworth
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Miss Hobish
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Mrs. Alving, Judith Bliss, Sheila, Eloise, Madame Ranyevskaya
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Countess Isabel von Reger
The Good Companions
1957Movie
Miss Trant
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955Movie
Joanna
The Captain's Paradise
1953Movie
Maud St. James
The Holly and the Ivy
1952Movie
Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You
1952Movie
Matty Matheson
A Bolt of Lightning
1951Movie
Mary Otis
The Astonished Heart
1950Movie
Barbara Faber
Brief Encounter
1945Movie
Laura Jesson
This Happy Breed
1944Movie
Ethel Gibbons
Dear Octopus
1943Movie
Cynthia
In Which We Serve
1942Movie
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
We Serve
1942Movie
Letter from Home
1941Movie
Mrs Taylor