
Celia Johnson
Known for Acting · 34 credits
- Born
- 1908-12-18
- Died
- 1982-04-26
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Celia Elizabeth Johnson · Elizabeth Johnson · Селия Джонсон
Biography
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
TV Shows (7)

Play for Today
1970
as Mrs. Palfrey

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mrs. Alving / Judith Bliss / Sheila / Eloise / Madame Ranyevskaya

Omnibus
1967
as Ellen Edgeworth

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Countess Isabel von Reger

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Miss Hobish

Centre Play
1973
as La Comtesse de Chemaille

Number 10
1983
as Mrs. Gladstone
Movies (27)

Brief Encounter
1945
as Laura Jesson

Les Misérables
1978
as Sister Simplice
We Serve
1942

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Miss Mackay

In Which We Serve
1942
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix

This Happy Breed
1944
as Ethel Gibbons
Dear Octopus
1943
as Cynthia

All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Countess of Rousillon

The Hostage Tower
1980
as Mrs. Wheeler

Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Nurse

I Believe in You
1952
as Matty Matheson

The Captain's Paradise
1953
as Maud St. James

A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
as Joanna

The Astonished Heart
1950
as Barbara Faber

Letter from Home
1941
as Mrs Taylor

The Holly and the Ivy
1952
as Jenny Gregory

The Good Companions
1957
as Miss Trant

The Dame of Sark
1976
as Sybil Hathaway

Staying On
1980
as Lucy Smalley
Love Affair
1974
as Mrs Hobbish

The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd

The Potting Shed
1981
as Mrs Califer

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973
as Mrs. Palfrey

The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Madame Ranevskaya

A Bolt of Lightning
1951
as Mary Otis

The Emperor's New Hat
1977
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
About Celia Johnson
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… With 34 credits spanning from 1941 to 1983, Celia Johnson has appeared in 27 films and 7 TV shows.
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- Brief Encounter (1945) — as Laura Jesson
- Les Misérables (1978) — as Sister Simplice
- We Serve (1942)
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) — as Miss Mackay
- In Which We Serve (1942) — as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
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