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Celia Johnson
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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 …
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Celia Johnson's Filmography
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The Potting Shed
as Mrs Califer
All's Well That Ends Well
as Countess of Rousillon
Staying On
as Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
as Mrs. Wheeler
Les Misérables
as Sister Simplice
Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
The Emperor's New Hat
as La Comtesse de Chemaille
The Dame of Sark
as Sybil Hathaway
No Poster
Lloyd George Knew My Father
as Lady Sheila Boothroyd
No Poster
Love Affair
as Mrs Hobbish
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
as Mrs. Palfrey
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevskaya
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Miss Mackay
The Good Companions
as Miss Trant
A Kid for Two Farthings
as Joanna
The Captain's Paradise
as Maud St. James
The Holly and the Ivy
as Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You
as Matty Matheson
A Bolt of Lightning
as Mary Otis
The Astonished Heart
as Barbara Faber
Brief Encounter
as Laura Jesson
This Happy Breed
as Ethel Gibbons
No Poster
Dear Octopus
as Cynthia
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
No Poster
We Serve
Letter from Home
as Mrs Taylor