Celia Johnson
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
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)
- 1939: A Night at the Hardcastles (TV movie)
- 1941: A Letter from Home
- 1942: In Which We Serve
- 1944: Wonderful Times (This Happy Breed)
- 1945: Encounter (Brief Encounter)
- 1950: The Astonished Heart
- 1953: The Key to Paradise (The Captain's Paradise)
- 1955: Life is full of wonder (A Kid for Two Farthings)
- 1957: The Good Companions
- 1968–1971: BBC Play of the Month (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1969: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
- 1978: Romeo and Juliet (TV movie)
- 1978: Les Miserables (TV movie)
- 1983: Number Ten (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Celia Johnson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documentation: A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' (2000) , 5:30 minutes
- ↑ Biography. Retrieved June 23, 2015 (eng).
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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 |