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Acting

Joan Plowright

Career: Active from 1955 to 2009, busiest in 1994 and 1996 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Drowning by Numbers
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joan Plowright Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Historical Drama 5
Coming-of-Age 5
Character Study 4
Historical Setting 4
Political Intrigue 4
Melancholy 4
Period Drama 3
Psychological Drama 3
Fish-Out-of-Water 2
Biographical Drama 2
Emotional Intensity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

15 titles · average score 55

Knife Edge

36

as Marjorie Blake

The Spiderwick Chronicles

68

as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

Curious George

66

as Ms. Plushbottom (voice)

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

71

as Mrs. Palfrey

I Am David

56

as Sophie

Bringing Down the House

46

as Mrs. Virginia Arness

Callas Forever

51

as Sarah Keller

Global Heresy

61

as Lady Foxley

Bailey's Mistake

51

as Aunt Angie

Frankie & Hazel

55

as Phoebe Harkness

Back to the Secret Garden

60

as Martha Sowerby

Dinosaur

60

as Baylene (voice)

1990s

25 titles · average score 57

Tea with Mussolini

64

as Mary Wallace

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

65

as Jeanne Vertefeuille

Dance with Me

57

as Bea Johnson

Jane Eyre

72

as Mrs. Fairfax

101 Dalmatians

50

as Nanny

A Pin for the Butterfly

as Grandma

Widows' Peak

78

as Mrs. Doyle-Counihan

A Place for Annie

67

as Dorothy

Dennis the Menace

46

as Martha Wilson

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

63

as Mrs. Monro

Avalon

74

as Eva Krichinsky

I Love You to Death

56

as Nadja

1980s

12 titles · average score 59

And a Nightingale Sang

as Mam

Drowning by Numbers

82

as Cissie Colpitts

The Importance of Being Earnest

59

as Lady Bracknell

The Dressmaker

58

as Nellie

The Birthday Party

as Meg Bowles

Revolution

33

as Mrs. McConnahay

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Mrs. Monro

Theatre Night

TV show · as Meg / Lady Bracknell

Brimstone & Treacle

61

as Norma Bates

Britannia Hospital

54

as Phyllis Grimshaw

A Dedicated Man

as Edith

The Diary of Anne Frank

60

as Edith Frank-Holländer

1970s

7 titles · average score 65

Daphne Laureola

as Lady Pitts

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

as Rosa

Equus

71

as Dora Strang

Laurence Olivier Presents

TV show · as Rosa / Lady Pitts

The Merchant of Venice

78

as Portia

Twelfth Night

66

as Viola

Three Sisters

46

as Masha

1960s

4 titles · average score 64

Omnibus

72

TV show

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Lisa

Uncle Vanya

64

as Sonya

The Entertainer

57

as Jean Rice

1950s

5 titles · average score 67

Time Without Pity

68

as Agnes Cole

Theatre Night

TV show · as Arlette Le Boeuf

Moby Dick—Rehearsed

as A Young Actress /Pip

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Dorothy / Mrs. Yeobright

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Adriana / Phoebe