RECENT CREDITS
The Spiderwick Chronicles (FILM)  Feb. 14, 2008
Curious George (FILM)  Feb. 10, 2006
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (FILM)  Nov. 25, 2005
I Am David (FILM)  Dec. 3, 2004
Callas Forever (FILM)  Nov. 5, 2004


HIGHLIGHTS
Made her London stage debut in the comic opera The Duenna in 1954.
Starred alongside husband Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1960 screen adaptation of The Entertainer and the 1970 drama Three Sisters.
Earned the honorary title Commander of the British Empire for her contributions to British theater in 1970.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Spiderwick Chronicles  2008 -Aunt Lucinda
Actor
Film


Curious George  2006 -Miss Plushbottom
Voice
Film


Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont  2005 -Mrs. Palfrey
Actor
Film


I Am David  2004 -Sophie
Actor
Film


Callas Forever  2004 -Sarah Keller
Actor
Film


Bringing Down the House  2003 -Mrs. Arness
Actor
Film


Dinosaur  2000 -Baylene
Voice
Film


Tea With Mussolini  1999 -Mary
Actor
Film


Enchanted April  1992 -Mrs. Fisher
Actor
Film


Avalon  1990 -Eva Krichinsky
Actor
Film


I Love You to Death  1990 -Nadja
Actor
Film


The Dressmaker  1988 -Aunt Nellie
Actor
Film


Revolution  1985 -Mrs. McConnahay
Actor
Film


A Place for Annie   -Dorothy Kilgore
Actor
TV


Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within   -Jeanne Vetrefeuille
Actor
TV


Back to the Secret Garden   -Martha Sowerby
Actor
TV


Bailey's Mistake   -Aunt Angie
Actor
TV


Encore! Encore!   -Marie Pinoni
Actor
TV


Frankie and Hazel   -Phoebe
Actor
TV


On Promised Land   -Mrs. Appletree
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Return of the Native   -Mrs. Yeobright
Actor
TV


Rock My World  2001 -Lady Foxley
Actor
Film


Dance with Me  1998 -Bea Johnson
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Assistant  1997 -Ida Bober
Actor
Film


101 Dalmatians  1996 -Nanny
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Surviving Picasso  1996 -Francoise's Grandmother
Actor
Film


Jane Eyre  1996 -Mrs. Fairfax
Actor
Film


Mr. Wrong  1996 -Mrs. Crawford
Actor
Film


The Scarlet Letter  1995 -Harriet Hibbons
Actor
Film


Hotel Sorrento  1995 -Marge Morrisey
Actor
Film


A Pyromaniac's Love Story  1995 -Mrs. Linzer
Actor
Film


Dennis the Menace  1993 -Mrs. Martha Wilson
Actor
Film


Last Action Hero  1993 -Teacher
Actor
Film


Drowning by Numbers  1991 -1st Cissie Colpitts
Actor
Film


Britannia Hospital  1983 -Phyllis
Actor
Film


Brimstone and Treacle  1982 -Norma Bates
Actor
Film


The Entertainer  1960 -Jean Rice
Actor
Film


Moby Dick  1956
Actor
Film


Merchant of Venice   -Portia
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Equus   -Dora Strang
Actor
Film


Frankie and Hazel   -Phoebe
Actor
Film


George and the Dragon   -Mother Superior
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Bailey's Mistake   -Aunt Aggie
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Place for Annie   -Dorothy
Actor
Film


On Promised Land   -Mrs. Appletree
Actor
Film


The Return of the Native   -Mrs. Yeobright
Actor
Film


The Comedy of Errors   -Adriana
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Sophie  
Actor
Film


Stalin   -Olga
Actor
Film


Widows' Peak   -Mrs. Doyle Counihan
Actor
Film


The Summer House   -Mrs. Monro
Actor
Film


Three Sisters   -Masha
Actor
Film


Time Without Pity   -Agnes Cole
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Made her London stage debut in the comic opera The Duenna in 1954.
Starred alongside husband Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1960 screen adaptation of The Entertainer and the 1970 drama Three Sisters.
Earned the honorary title Commander of the British Empire for her contributions to British theater in 1970.


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