Acting
Celia Johnson
- Titles
- 25movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1941 to 1981, with a break from 1958 to 1968, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 19top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Brief Encounter87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.0average 3.6
- Romance5.6average 3.8
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Family Dynamics6.1average 4.7
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.0, average 5.2
- Mystery2.1, average 4.1
- Crime1.6, average 3.7
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 4
- Historical Drama 3
- Period Piece 2
- Literary Adaptation 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Nostalgic Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Michael HordernActorAll's Well That Ends Well, Romeo and Juliet, The Astonished Heart
Noël CowardActorBrief Encounter, In Which We Serve, The Astonished Heart
Joyce CareyActorBrief Encounter, In Which We Serve, The Astonished Heart- EEdward ScaifeCinematographerThe Captain's Paradise, A Kid for Two Farthings, The Holly and the Ivy
David LeanDirectorBrief Encounter, In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed
Ronald NeameDirectorIn Which We Serve, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, This Happy Breed
Joyce GrenfellActorLetter from Home, The Good Companions
Athene SeylerActorLetter from Home, Dear Octopus
Stanley HollowayActorBrief Encounter, This Happy Breed
Amy VenessActorThis Happy Breed, The Astonished Heart
Trevor HowardActorBrief Encounter, Staying On
John MillsActorIn Which We Serve, This Happy Breed
Movies and TV shows
34Great
Score 80 to 89
2 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
87
as Laura Jesson
80
as Mrs. Kinross / Alix
Good
Score 70 to 79
7 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
as Miss Mackay
72
as Ethel Gibbons
72
TV show · as Mrs. Palfrey
72
TV show · as Ellen Edgeworth
71
as Sister Simplice
71
as Nurse
70
as Jenny Gregory
Decent
Score 60 to 69
4 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
68
as Matty Matheson
65
as Joanna
62
as Maud St. James
61
TV show · as Mrs. Alving / Judith Bliss
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
2 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
52
as Barbara Faber
49
as Mrs. Wheeler
Not rated yet
19 titles
Not rated yet
as Countess of Rousillon
as Miss Trant
as Mrs Taylor
as Lucy Smalley
as Mrs. Palfrey
as Cynthia
as Mrs Califer
as Mary Otis
as Mrs Hobbish
TV show · as Countess Isabel von Reger
TV show · as Miss Hobish
as Madame Ranevskaya