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.

Movies unavailable from Celia Johnson

Brief Encounter

Laura Jesson

Movie 1945

The Captain's Paradise

Maud St. James

Movie 1953

The Holly and the Ivy

Jenny Gregory

Movie 1952

The Cherry Orchard

Madame Ranevskaya

Movie 1971

A Kid for Two Farthings

Joanna

Movie 1955

The Astonished Heart

Barbara Faber

Movie 1950

I Believe in You

Matty Matheson

Movie 1952

The Good Companions

Miss Trant

Movie 1957

Letter from Home

Mrs Taylor

Movie 1941

Love Affair

Mrs Hobbish

Movie 1974

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Movie 1970

The Emperor's New Hat

La Comtesse de Chemaille

Movie 1977

Dear Octopus

Cynthia

Movie 1943

Staying On

Lucy Smalley

Movie 1980

The Hostage Tower

Mrs. Wheeler

Movie 1980

Lloyd George Knew My Father

Lady Sheila Boothroyd

Movie 1975

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey

Movie 1973

We Serve

Movie 1942

All's Well That Ends Well

Countess of Rousillon

Movie 1981

The Dame of Sark

Sybil Hathaway

Movie 1976

Tv series unavailable from Celia Johnson

BBC Television Shakespeare

Nurse

Tv 1978

Play for Today

Mrs. Palfrey

Tv 1970