Celia Johnson

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Dame Celia Johnson DBE (born December 18, 1908 in Richmond , England , † April 26, 1982 in Nettlebed , England; born Celia Elizabeth Johnson ) was a British actress .

Career

The commemorative plaque attached to Celia Johnson's birthplace for her 100th birthday in 2008

She received her artistic training in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She was first seen on stage in 1928, in the role of Sarah in a performance by George Bernhard Shaw's Major Barbara . In 1942 she made her film debut. Their biggest cinematic success they had in 1945 with encounter along side Trevor Howard , for which she one Oscar nomination as Best Actress was given. Johnson achieved another success in 1952 alongside Alec Guinness with the film The Key to Paradise .

Ronald Neame , the producer of Encounter , recalled that Johnson didn't think acting was important, but she was the most emotional actress he'd known: “Celia Johnson can read the phone book and make you cry bring. "

At the end of the 1960s, she retired from cinema work. Afterwards she was seen in several television productions, for example she was seen posthumously in 1983 in a guest role in the television series Number 10 . A year before her death, she was raised to the nobility for her acting achievements.

Private

Celia Johnson was married to screenwriter Peter Fleming from 1936 until his death in 1971 . The couple had three children, the farmer Nicholas Peter Val Fleming (1939-1995), the author Kate Grimond (* 1946) and the actress Lucy Williams (* 1947).

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Documentation: A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' (2000) , 5:30 minutes
  2. ↑ Biography. Retrieved June 23, 2015 (eng).
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Celia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Celia Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , England
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1982
Place of death Nettlebed , England