Celia Johnson
English actress (1908–1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson, DBE (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, whose career included stage, television and film.[1] She is especially known for her roles in the films In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Captain's Paradise (1953). For Brief Encounter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. A six-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).
Celia Johnson | |
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Born | Celia Elizabeth Johnson (1908-12-18)18 December 1908 |
Died | 26 April 1982(1982-04-26) (aged 73) Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England |
Education | St Paul's Girls' School |
Years active | 1928–1982 |
Spouse | |
Children | 3, including Lucy |
Johnson began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life, though much of her later work was in television, including winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC Play for Today, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (1973). She suffered a stroke in 1982 and died later the same day, aged 73.