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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Female

Birthday

1908-12-18

Day of Death

1982-04-26 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

Celia Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson

Селия Джонсон

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Brief Encounter

1945

Brief Encounter

as

Laura Jesson

Les Misérables

1978

Les Misérables

as

Sister Simplice

The Captain's Paradise

1953

The Captain's Paradise

as

Maud St. James

This Happy Breed

1944

This Happy Breed

as

Ethel Gibbons

The Holly and the Ivy

1952

The Holly and the Ivy

as

Jenny Gregory

The Cherry Orchard

1971

The Cherry Orchard

as

Madame Ranevskaya

The Astonished Heart

1950

The Astonished Heart

as

Barbara Faber

I Believe in You

1952

I Believe in You

as

Matty Matheson

The Good Companions

1957

The Good Companions

as

Miss Trant

In Which We Serve

1942

In Which We Serve

as

Mrs. Kinross / Alix

Letter from Home

1941

Letter from Home

as

Mrs Taylor

Love Affair

1974

Love Affair

as

Mrs Hobbish

The Emperor's New Hat

1977

The Emperor's New Hat

as

La Comtesse de Chemaille

Dear Octopus

1943

Dear Octopus

as

Cynthia

Staying On

1980

Staying On

as

Lucy Smalley

The Hostage Tower

1980

The Hostage Tower

as

Mrs. Wheeler

Romeo and Juliet

1978

Romeo and Juliet

as

Nurse

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975

Lloyd George Knew My Father

as

Lady Sheila Boothroyd

We Serve

1942

We Serve

as

All's Well That Ends Well

1981

All's Well That Ends Well

as

Countess of Rousillon

The Dame of Sark

1976

The Dame of Sark

as

Sybil Hathaway

Play for Today

Play for Today

as

Mrs. Palfrey

Production

Crew

Directing