
Celia Johnson
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1908-12-18 – 1982-04-26
Place of birth: Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
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 Claremont, a BBC Play for Today broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She died suddenly from a stroke at age 73. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Brief Encounter
1945Laura Jesson
Les Misérables
1978Sister Simplice
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969Miss Mackay
The Captain's Paradise
1953Maud St. James
This Happy Breed
1944Ethel Gibbons
The Holly and the Ivy
1952Jenny Gregory
The Cherry Orchard
1971Madame Ranevskaya
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955Joanna
The Astonished Heart
1950Barbara Faber
I Believe in You
1952Matty Matheson
The Good Companions
1957Miss Trant
In Which We Serve
1942Mrs. Kinross / Alix
Letter from Home
1941Mrs TaylorLove Affair
1974Mrs Hobbish
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
The Emperor's New Hat
1977La Comtesse de ChemailleDear Octopus
1943Cynthia
Staying On
1980Lucy Smalley
The Hostage Tower
1980Mrs. Wheeler