Filmography
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Known For
Brief Encounter Laura Jesson (1945) -
This Happy Breed Ethel Gibbons (1944) -
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Miss Mackay (1969) -
Known For
All's Well That Ends Well Countess of Rousillon (1981) -
Actress
Number 10 Mrs. Gladstone (1983) -
Nanny Nanny Broughton (1982) -
Celebrity Playhouse Mrs. Callifer (1981) -
All's Well That Ends Well Countess of Rousillon (1981)
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Staying On Lucy Smalley (1980) -
The Hostage Tower Mrs. Wheeler (1980) -
Matilda's England Mrs. Ashburton (1979) -
Les Miserables Sister Simplice (1978) -
Romeo & Juliet Nurse (1978) -
Centre Play La Comtesse de Chemaille (1977) -
![Dame of Sark]( "Dame of Sark")
Dame of Sark Dame Sibyl Mary Hathaway (1976) -
ITV Sunday Night Drama Mary-Ann (1976)
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![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus Ellen Edgeworth (1975) -
Lloyd George Knew My Father Lady Sheila Boothroyd (1975)
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![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse Miss Hobbish (1974) -
![Play for Today]( "Play for Today")
Play for Today Mrs. Palfrey (1973) -
![BBC Play of the Month]( "BBC Play of the Month")
BBC Play of the Month Madame Ranyevskaya (1968-1971) -
![The Wednesday Play]( "The Wednesday Play")
The Wednesday Play Countess Isabel von Reger (1970) -
The Choice (1969)
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![The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]( "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie")
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Miss Mackay (1969) -
![Jackanory]( "Jackanory")
Jackanory Storyteller (1967) -
Relatively Speaking Sheila (1967)
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![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week Lady Fanny Nelson (1963-1966) -
Theatre Night Isobel Cherry (1958)
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![The Good Companions]( "The Good Companions")
The Good Companions Miss Trant (1957) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]( "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre")
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Leslie Crosbie (1956) -
The Reluctant Debutante Sheila Broadbent (1955)
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![A Kid for Two Farthings]( "A Kid for Two Farthings")
A Kid for Two Farthings Joanna (1955) -
It's Never Too Late Laura Hammond (1954)
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![The Captain's Paradise]( "The Captain's Paradise")
The Captain's Paradise Maud St. James (1953) -
![The Holly and the Ivy]( "The Holly and the Ivy")
The Holly and the Ivy Jenny Gregory (1952) -
![Celanese Theatre]( "Celanese Theatre")
Celanese Theatre (1952) -
![I Believe in You]( "I Believe in You")
I Believe in You Matty (1952) -
![Studio One in Hollywood]( "Studio One in Hollywood")
Studio One in Hollywood Mary Otis (1951) -
![Lux Video Theatre]( "Lux Video Theatre")
Lux Video Theatre Jeannie (1951) -
![The Astonished Heart]( "The Astonished Heart")
The Astonished Heart Barbara Faber (1950) -
![Brief Encounter]( "Brief Encounter")
Brief Encounter Laura Jesson (1945) -
![This Happy Breed]( "This Happy Breed")
This Happy Breed Ethel Gibbons (1944) -
![Dear Octopus]( "Dear Octopus")
Dear Octopus Cynthia (1943) -
![We Serve]( "We Serve")
We Serve (1942) -
![In Which We Serve]( "In Which We Serve")
In Which We Serve Mrs. Alix Kinross (1942) -
A Letter from Home English Mother (1941)
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ActressA Night at the Hardcastles Miss Hardcastle (1939)
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Archive footage
![Great British Railway Journeys]( "Great British Railway Journeys")
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![Perry and Croft: Made in Britain]( "Perry and Croft: Made in Britain")
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Archive footage
![Great Railway Journeys]( "Great Railway Journeys")
Great Railway Journeys (1996) -
The Book Programme (1976)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Parents were Robert Johnson and Ethel Griffiths; she was the second daughter.
Trademark
Big, round and very expressive eyes
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Personal Details
Born
Celia Elizabeth Johnson
Ellerker Gate, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Died
(age 73)
Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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