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Celia Johnson (I) (1908–1982)

Actress

Stage actress who appeared in a handful of UK films. She is best remembered for her screen performance in Noel Coward's and David Lean's Brief Encounter, opposite Trevor Howard. This film wasn't released in the United States until 1946, and her subsequent nomination for an Academy Award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role did not occur until 1947. See full bio »

Born:

Celia Elizabeth Johnson
in Ellerker Gate, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Died:

(age 73) in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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1983 Number 10 (TV series)
Mrs. Gladstone
– Old Glad Eyes (1983) … Mrs. Gladstone
 
1982 Nanny (TV series)
Nanny Broughton
– Comings and Goings (1982) … Nanny Broughton
 
1982 Lloyd George Knew My Father (TV movie)
Lady Sheila Boothroyd
 
1981 All's Well That Ends Well (TV movie)
Countess of Rousillon
 
1980 Staying On (TV movie)
Lucy Smalley
 
1980 The Hostage Tower (TV movie)
Mrs. Wheeler
 
1979 Matilda's England (TV series)
Mrs. Ashburton
– The Tennis Court (1979) … Mrs. Ashburton
 
1978 Les Miserables (TV movie)
Sister Simplice
 
1978 Romeo & Juliet (TV movie)
Nurse
 
1977 Centre Play (TV series)
La Comtesse de Chemaille
– The Emporer's New Hat (1977) … La Comtesse de Chemaille
 
1976 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
Mary-Ann
– The Nicest Man in the World (1976) … Mary-Ann
 
1974 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Miss Hobbish
– Love Affair (1974) … Miss Hobbish
 
1973 Play for Today (TV series)
Mrs. Palfrey
– Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (1973) … Mrs. Palfrey
 
1968-1971 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Eloise / Judith Bliss / Madame Ranyevskaya / …
– The Cherry Orchard (1971) … Madame Ranyevskaya
– The Marquise (1969) … Eloise
– Relatively Speaking (1969) … Sheila
– Hay Fever (1968) … Judith Bliss
– Ghosts (1968) … Mrs. Alving
 
1970 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Countess Isabel von Reger
– The Cellar and the Almond Tree (1970) … Countess Isabel von Reger
 
1969 The Choice (TV movie)
 
1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Miss Mackay
 
1967 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– Baboushka (1967) … Storyteller
– Babar and Father Christmas (1967) … Storyteller
– Babar at Home (1967) … Storyteller
– Babar the King (1967) … Storyteller
– Babar's Travels (1967) … Storyteller
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1963-1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Alida Slade / Lady Nelson
– Nelson: A Study in Miniature (1966) … Lady Nelson
– Three Roads to Rome (1963) … Alida Slade
 
1957 The Good Companions
Miss Trant
 
1955 A Kid for Two Farthings
Joanna
 
1953 The Captain's Paradise
Maud St. James
 
1952 The Holly and the Ivy
Jenny Gregory
 
1952 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
– The Distaff Side (1952)
 
1952 Suspense (TV series)
– The Corsage (1952)
 
1952 I Believe in You
Matty Matheson
 
1951 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Mary Otis
– A Bolt of Lightning (1951) … Mary Otis (as Elizabeth Johnson)
 
1950 The Astonished Heart
Barbara Faber
 
1945 Brief Encounter
Laura Jesson
 
1944 This Happy Breed
Ethel Gibbons
 
1943 Dear Octopus
Cynthia
 
1942 In Which We Serve
Mrs. Kinross/Alix
 
1941 A Letter from Home (short)
English Mother
 
1939 A Night at the Hardcastles (TV movie)
Miss Hardcastle
 
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1981 The Theatre Quiz (TV series)
Herself - Panellist
– Episode #1.7 (1981) … Herself - Panellist
 
1981 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 May 1981 (1981) … Herself - Guest
 
1980 Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979 (TV documentary)
Herself/Narrator
 
1965 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1965) … Herself
 
1957 Salute to Show Business (TV movie)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1936) She acted in Helen Jerome's stage adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice," at the St. James's Theatre in London, England with Athole Stewart, Hugh Williams, Barbara Everest, Dorothy Hyson, Sir Anthony Quayle CBE, Viola Lyel, and Eva Moore in the cast. Gilbert... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Dame Celia Johnson | Elizabeth Johnson
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Her daughters Kate and Lucy Fleming have bought out the literary estate of their uncle Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond). Kate Fleming's father-in-law was the late Liberal politician Jo Grimond (Lord Grimond, Life Peer) and her mother-in-law Laura, Lady Grimond (nee Bonham Carter) was a descendant of the Liberal Prime Minister H.H. Asquith (the 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith). See more »

Star Sign:

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