Celia Johnson
Born in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK — Dec 18 1908• Died Apr 26 1982
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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 Cla…
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Play for Today
Mrs. Palfrey
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs. Alving
Omnibus
Ellen Edgeworth
Centre Play
La Comtesse de Chemaille
Brief Encounter
Laura Jesson
Number 10
Mrs. Gladstone
Les Misérables
Sister Simplice
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Miss Mackay
A Kid for Two Farthings
Joanna
In Which We Serve
Mrs. Kinross / Alix
This Happy Breed
Ethel Gibbons
We Serve
The Astonished Heart
Barbara Faber
Dear Octopus
Cynthia
The Holly and the Ivy
Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You
Matty Matheson
The Good Companions
Miss Trant
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
The Hostage Tower
Mrs. Wheeler
The Captain's Paradise
Maud St. James
All's Well That Ends Well
Countess of Rousillon
A Bolt of Lightning
Mary Otis
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevskaya
The Dame of Sark
Sybil Hathaway
Staying On
Lucy Smalley
Letter from Home
Mrs Taylor
The Emperor's New Hat
La Comtesse de Chemaille
Lloyd George Knew My Father
Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey
Love Affair
Mrs Hobbish
The Potting Shed
Mrs Califer