Celia Johnson

Actor 1941–1983 (42 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Brief Encounter

1945 · as Laura Jesson

7.7

Romeo and Juliet

1978 · as Nurse

7.3

Omnibus

1967 · as Ellen Edgeworth

7.2

Known For

Film

Brief Encounter

Laura Jesson

Film

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Miss Mackay

Film

In Which We Serve

Mrs. Kinross / Alix

Film

This Happy Breed

Ethel Gibbons

Film

Les Misérables

Sister Simplice

Film

The Holly and the Ivy

Jenny Gregory

Film

A Kid for Two Farthings

Joanna

Film

The Captain's Paradise

Maud St. James

Filmography

Acting (31)

Movies (26)

All's Well That Ends Well

1981

as Countess of Rousillon

The Hostage Tower

as Mrs. Wheeler

Staying On

as Lucy Smalley

Les Misérables

as Sister Simplice

Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse

The Emperor's New Hat

1977

as La Comtesse de Chemaille

The Dame of Sark

1976

as Sybil Hathaway

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975

as Lady Sheila Boothroyd

Love Affair

1974

as Mrs Hobbish

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

1973

as Mrs. Palfrey

The Cherry Orchard

1971

as Madame Ranevskaya

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

1970

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969

as Miss Mackay

6.9

The Good Companions

1957

as Miss Trant

A Kid for Two Farthings

1955

as Joanna

6.6

The Captain's Paradise

1953

as Maud St. James

5.4

The Holly and the Ivy

as Jenny Gregory

I Believe in You

as Matty Matheson

A Bolt of Lightning

as Mary Otis

The Astonished Heart

as Barbara Faber

Brief Encounter

as Laura Jesson

This Happy Breed

as Ethel Gibbons

Dear Octopus

as Cynthia

In Which We Serve

1942

as Mrs. Kinross / Alix

We Serve

Letter from Home

as Mrs Taylor

Television (5)

Number 10

1983

as Mrs. Gladstone

5.0

Centre Play

1973

as La Comtesse de Chemaille

Play for Today

as Mrs. Palfrey

Omnibus

as Ellen Edgeworth

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Mrs. Alving

5.0