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.
Laura Jesson
Film 1945
Maud St. James
Film 1953
Jenny Gregory
Film 1952
Madame Ranevskaya
Film 1971
Joanna
Film 1955
Barbara Faber
Film 1950
Matty Matheson
Film 1952
Miss Trant
Film 1957
Mrs Taylor
Film 1941
Mrs Hobbish
Film 1974
Film 1970
La Comtesse de Chemaille
Film 1977
Cynthia
Film 1943
Lucy Smalley
Film 1980
Mrs. Wheeler
Film 1980
Lady Sheila Boothroyd
Film 1975
Mrs. Palfrey
Film 1973
Film 1942
Countess of Rousillon
Film 1981
Sybil Hathaway
Film 1976
Nurse
Tv 1978
Mrs. Palfrey
Tv 1970