Celia Johnson

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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Movies with Celia Johnson

• Brief Encounter 1945 · ★ 7.7
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969 · ★ 7.0
• In Which We Serve 1942 · ★ 6.7
• This Happy Breed 1944 · ★ 7.1
• Les Misérables 1978 · ★ 7.1
• The Holly and the Ivy 1952 · ★ 6.5
• A Kid for Two Farthings 1955 · ★ 6.6
• The Captain's Paradise 1953 · ★ 5.7
• I Believe in You 1952 · ★ 6.8
• The Hostage Tower 1980 · ★ 4.8
• Romeo and Juliet 1978 · ★ 7.6
• The Astonished Heart 1950 · ★ 4.8
• All's Well That Ends Well 1981 · ★ 6.5
• Letter from Home 1941 · ★ 7.0
• Staying On 1980 · ★ 7.0
• The Cherry Orchard 1971 · ★ 7.0
• The Good Companions 1957 · ★ 7.0
• Dear Octopus 1943 · ★ 8.0
• Lloyd George Knew My Father 1975 · ★ 9.0
• A Bolt of Lightning 1951 · ★ 7.0
• Love Affair 1974
• The Cellar and the Almond Tree 1970
• The Emperor's New Hat 1977
• Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 1973
• We Serve 1942
• The Dame of Sark 1976
• The Potting Shed 1981