Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Celia Johnson licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 3.567
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1908-12-18
  • Place of Birth : Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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Celia Johnson Movies

  • 1945
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    Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter

    7.685 1945 HD

    Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with...

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  • 1978
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.2 1978 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1969
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    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    6.822 1969 HD

    A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with...

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  • 1953
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    The Captain's Paradise

    The Captain's Paradise

    5.5 1953 HD

    Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather...

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  • 1944
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    This Happy Breed

    This Happy Breed

    7.087 1944 HD

    In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs....

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  • 1952
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    The Holly and the Ivy

    The Holly and the Ivy

    6.7 1952 HD

    An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.

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  • 1971
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    The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

    1 1971 HD

    Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate...

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  • 1955
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    A Kid for Two Farthings

    A Kid for Two Farthings

    6.3 1955 HD

    Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to...

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  • 1950
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    The Astonished Heart

    The Astonished Heart

    4.5 1950 HD

    Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But...

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  • 1952
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    I Believe in You

    I Believe in You

    6.1 1952 HD

    A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers...

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  • 1957
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    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    1 1957 HD

    The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

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  • 1942
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    In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

    6.802 1942 HD

    The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only...

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  • 1941
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    Letter from Home

    Letter from Home

    1 1941 HD

    Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London. ...

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  • 1974
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    Love Affair

    Love Affair

    1 1974 HD

    A lonely, elderly lady strikes up a friendship with a driving instructor.

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  • 1970
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    The Cellar and the Almond Tree

    The Cellar and the Almond Tree

    1 1970 HD

    The Countess lives in her East European palace, oblivious to the new regime that has moved in. After the war Volubin, a Marxist writer, is instructed...

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  • 1977
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    The Emperor's New Hat

    The Emperor's New Hat

    1 1977 HD

    For 51 years, the Comtesse has bought a new hat to celebrate her wedding anniyear, she invites her granddaughter Sylvie to the ceremony.

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  • 1943
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    Dear Octopus

    Dear Octopus

    1 1943 HD

    Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of...

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  • 1980
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    Staying On

    Staying On

    7 1980 HD

    A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.

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  • 1980
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    The Hostage Tower

    The Hostage Tower

    4.8 1980 HD

    A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors,...

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  • 1978
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    Romeo & Juliet

    Romeo & Juliet

    7.4 1978 HD

    Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil...

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  • 1975
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    Lloyd George Knew My Father

    Lloyd George Knew My Father

    1 1975 HD

    When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to...

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  • 1973
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    Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

    Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

    1 1973 HD

    Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friendship begins.

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  • 1942
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    We Serve

    We Serve

    1 1942 HD

    Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.

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  • 1981
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    All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

    7 1981 HD

    Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill,...

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  • 1976
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    The Dame of Sark

    The Dame of Sark

    1 1976 HD

    1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.

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  • 1978
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    BBC Television Shakespeare

    BBC Television Shakespeare

    5.2 1978 HD

    The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.125 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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