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Johnson, Dame Celia (1908-1982)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
DIRTY WORK1941Daisy, the maid (uncredited)
LETTER FROM HOME1941Mrs Taylor
IN WHICH WE SERVE1942Mrs Alix Kinross
DEAR OCTOPUS / THE RANDOLPH FAMILY1943Cynthia Randolph
THIS HAPPY BREED / NOEL COWARD'S THIS HAPPY BREED1944Ethel Gibbons
BRIEF ENCOUNTER1945Laura Jesson
THE ASTONISHED HEART1950Barbara Faber
I BELIEVE IN YOU / ONE SINNER1952Matty
THE HOLLY AND THE IVY1952Jenny Gregory
THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE / THE GOLDEN KEY / PARADISE1953Maud St. James
A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS1954Joanna
THE GOOD COMPANIONS1956Miss Trant
OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE BFI AT 81 DEAN STREET1960on-screen participant
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE1968Emily Mackay, headmistress
 
Television credits
 
A NIGHT AT THE HARDCASTLESBBC tx 16/4/1939Miss Hardcastle
CELANESE THEATRE: The Distaff SideABC (US) tx 14/5/1952cast member
IT'S NEVER TOO LATEBBC tx 20/7/1954Laura Hammond
PLAY OF THE WEEK: Three Roads to RomeITV tx 30/12/1963Alida Slade
GOLDEN DRAMAITV tx 31/1/1965cast member
PLAY OF THE WEEK: Helen and Edward and Henry ITV tx 9/8/1965Helen
CALL MY BLUFFBBC2 tx 17/10/1965on-screen participant
PLAY OF THE WEEK: NelsonITV tx 14/3/1966Lady Nelson
JACKANORY: Stories of BabarBBC1 tx 16-20/10/1967 (5 edns)storyteller
PLAY OF THE MONTH: GhostsBBC1 tx 17/3/1968Mrs Alving
PLAY OF THE MONTH: Hay FeverBBC1 tx 4/8/1968Judith Bliss
PLAY OF THE MONTH: Relatively SpeakingBBC1 tx 2/3/1969Sheila
PLAY OF THE MONTH: The MarquiseBBC1 tx 14/12/1969Eloise
THE WEDNESDAY PLAY: The Cellar and the Almond TreeBBC1 tx 4/3/1970Countess Von Reger
PLAY OF THE MONTH: The Cherry OrchardBBC1 tx 19/12/1971Mme Ranyevskaya
PLAY FOR TODAY: Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontBBC1 tx 18/10/1973Mrs Palfrey
PLAYHOUSE: Love AffairITV tx 3/7/1974Miss Hobbish
THE BRITISH SCREEN AWARDSBBC1 tx 26/2/1975award presenter
LLOYD GEORGE KNEW MY FATHERITV tx 19/8/1975Lady Sheila Boothroyd
THE BOOK PROGRAMMEBBC2 tx 4/11/1975on-screen participant
OMNIBUS: Living TogetherBBC1 tx 7/12/1975Ellen Edgeworth
OMNIBUS: Celebrating Jane AustenBBC1 tx 18/12/1975reader
THE NICEST MAN IN THE WORLDITV tx 16/5/1976Mary-Anne
THE DAME OF SARKITV tx 29/12/1976Dame Sibyl Mary Hathaway
CENTRE PLAY: The Emperor's New HatBBC2 tx 7/2/1977La Comtesse de Chemaille
TO DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENTBBC2 tx 27/5/1978on-screen participant
WORD FOR WORDBBC2 tx 20/11/1978reader
TONIGHT - IN TOWNBBC1 tx 1/12/1978interviewee
BBC TELEVISION SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and JulietBBC2 tx 3/12/1978nurse
THE HOSTAGE TOWERCBS (US) tx 1980Mrs. Wheeler
LES MISERABLESCBS (US) tx 27/12/1978; ITV tx 20/10/1980Sister Simplice
MATILDA'S ENGLAND: The Tennis CourtBBC2 tx 18/4/1979Mrs Ashburton
STAYING ONITV tx 28/12/1980Lucy
JOYCE GRENFELL 1910-1979BBC2 tx 1/1/1981presenter
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELLBBC2 tx 4/1/1981Countess of Rousillon
APPEAL: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ALMSHOUSESBBC1 tx 22/2/1981presenter
LOOKS FAMILIARITV tx 5/5/1981on-screen participant
THE THEATRE QUIZBBC2 tx 30/6/1981on-screen participant
THE SOCIETY OF WEST END THEATRE AWARDSBBC1 tx 7/12/1981award presenter
CELEBRITY PLAYHOUSE: The Potting ShedITV tx 13/12/1981Mrs Callifer
NANNY: Comings And GoingsBBC1 tx 16/1/1982Nanny Broughton
NUMBER 10: Old Glad EyesITV tx 13/2/1983Mrs Gladstone