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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Stage actress who appeared in a handful of UK films. She is best remembered... more
Trivia:
Parents were Robert Johnson and Ethel Griffiths; she was the second daughter. more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
5 wins
&
3 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Dame Celia Johnson | Elizabeth Johnson
Filmography
Actress:
- "Number 10" .... Mrs. Gladstone (1 episode, 1983)
- Old Glad Eyes (1983) TV episode .... Mrs. Gladstone - "Nanny" .... Nanny Broughton (1 episode, 1982)
- Comings and Goings (1982) TV episode .... Nanny Broughton - Lloyd George Knew My Father (1982) (TV) .... Lady Sheila Boothroyd
- All's Well That Ends Well (1981) (TV) .... Countess of Rousillon
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well (USA: video title) - Staying On (1980) (TV) .... Lucy Smalley
... aka Great Performances: Staying On (USA: series title) - The Hostage Tower (1980) (TV) .... Mrs. Wheeler
... aka Alistair MacLean's The Hostage Tower (USA: complete title) - Mathilda's England (1979) (TV) .... Mrs. Ashburton
- Les miserables (1978) (TV) .... Sister Simplice
- Romeo & Juliet (1978) (TV) .... Nurse
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (USA: video title) - "Centre Play" .... La Comtesse de Chemaille (1 episode, 1977)
- The Emporer's New Hat (1977) TV episode .... La Comtesse de Chemaille - "ITV Playhouse" (1 episode, 1974)
- Love Affair (1974) TV episode - "Play for Today" .... Mrs. Palfrey (1 episode, 1973)
- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Palfrey - "BBC Play of the Month" .... Eloise / ... (5 episodes, 1968-1971)
- The Cherry Orchard (1971) TV episode .... Madame Ranyevskaya
- The Marquise (1969) TV episode .... Eloise
- Relatively Speaking (1969) TV episode .... Sheila
- Hay Fever (1968) TV episode .... Judith Bliss
- Ghosts (1968) TV episode .... Mrs. Alving - "The Wednesday Play" .... Countess Isabel von Reger (1 episode, 1970)
- The Cellar and the Almond Tree (1970) TV episode .... Countess Isabel von Reger - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) .... Miss Mackay
- "Jackanory" .... Storyteller (6 episodes, 1967)
- Baboushka (1967) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Babar and Father Christmas (1967) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Babar at Home (1967) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Babar the King (1967) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Babar's Travels (1967) TV episode .... Storyteller
(1 more) - "ITV Play of the Week" .... Alida Slade / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1966)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Nelson: A Study in Miniature (1966) TV episode .... Lady Nelson
- Three Roads to Rome (1963) TV episode .... Alida Slade - The Good Companions (1957) .... Miss Trant
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) .... Joanna
- The Captain's Paradise (1953) .... Maud St. James
... aka Paradise
... aka The Captain's Progress - The Holly and the Ivy (1952) .... Jenny Gregory
- "Celanese Theatre" (1 episode, 1952)
- The Distaff Side (1952) TV episode - "Suspense" (1 episode, 1952)
- The Corsage (1952) TV episode - I Believe in You (1952) .... Matty Matheson
- "Studio One" .... Mary Otis (1 episode, 1951)
... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
... aka Studio One in Hollywood (USA: new title)
... aka Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
... aka Westinghouse Studio One (USA: alternative title)
... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
- A Bolt of Lightning (1951) TV episode (as Elizabeth Johnson) .... Mary Otis - The Astonished Heart (1950) .... Barbara Faber
- Brief Encounter (1945) .... Laura Jesson
... aka Noel Coward's Brief Encounter (UK: complete title) - This Happy Breed (1944) .... Ethel Gibbons
... aka Noel Coward's This Happy Breed (UK: complete title) - Dear Octopus (1943) .... Cynthia
... aka The Randolph Family - In Which We Serve (1942) .... Mrs. Kinross/Alix
- A Letter from Home (1941) .... English Mother
- A Night at the Hardcastles (1939) (TV) .... Miss Hardcastle
Self:
- "Looks Familiar" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1981)
- Episode dated 5 May 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Herself - Guest - Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979 (1980) (TV) .... Herself/Narrator
- "Call My Bluff" .... Herself (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #1.1 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
Additional 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 Miller was director and Rex Whistler was designer.
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