
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 at age 73.
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Brief Encounter
1945 · as Laura Jesson

Les Misérables
1978 · as Sister Simplice

This Happy Breed
1944 · as Ethel Gibbons

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · as Miss Mackay

The Cherry Orchard
1971 · as Madame Ranevskaya

Romeo and Juliet
1978 · as Nurse

In Which We Serve
1942 · as Mrs. Kinross / Alix

The Good Companions
1957 · as Miss Trant

The Holly and the Ivy
1952 · as Jenny Gregory

The Hostage Tower
1980 · as Mrs. Wheeler

Love Affair
1974 · as Mrs Hobbish

Staying On
1980 · as Lucy Smalley

All's Well That Ends Well
1981 · as Countess of Rousillon

The Captain's Paradise
1953 · as Maud St. James

A Kid for Two Farthings
1955 · as Joanna

The Dame of Sark
1976 · as Sybil Hathaway

The Potting Shed
1981 · as Mrs Califer

I Believe in You
1952 · as Matty Matheson