Celia Johnson
December 18, 1908 · 117 years old
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 w…
Known For
5 titles
Brief Encounter
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Eccentric and well-meaning teacher Jean Brodie's extravagantly romantic ideas about life = and love - overly impress her young pupils in 1930s Edinburgh, bringing her into direct conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.
In Which We Serve
This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
This Happy Breed
Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.
Les Miserables
Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).