Celia Johnson Overview:

Actress, Celia Johnson, was born Celia Elizabeth Johnson on Dec 18, 1908 in Ellerker Gate, Richmond. Johnson died at the age of 73 on Apr 26, 1982 in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Johnson was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1946Best ActressBrief Encounter (1945)Laura JessonNominated
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Robert Newton and head the cast in David Lean’s “This Happy Breed”

By Stephen Reginald on Jul 30, 2023 From Classic Movie Man

Robert Newton and head the cast in David Lean’s “This Happy Breed” This Happy Breed (1944) is a British drama directed by David Lean and starring Robert Newton, , Stanley Holloway, and John Mills. The screenplay is by Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, an... Read full article


and Trevor Howard have a “Brief Encounter”

By Stephen Reginald on Apr 9, 2021 From Classic Movie Man

and Trevor Howard have a “Brief Encounter” Brief Encounter (1945) is a British romantic film directed by David Lean and starring and Trevor Howard. The screenplay was written by Noel Coward which was based on his play Still Life (1936).Laura Jesson (Johns... Read full article


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Celia Johnson Quotes:

Miss Mackay: [on "La Traviata"] Violetta was a thoroughly silly woman with diseased lungs.


Miss Kerr: She always looks so... *extreme*.


Jean Brodie: Surely you cannot believe that this is the work of nine-year-olds?
Miss Mackay: I could believe it was the work of your nine-year-olds!


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Celia Johnson Facts
Daughter Kate Fleming wrote her mother's biography titled "Celia Johnson" (1991).

Her husband of 36 years was travel writer Peter Fleming, who was the elder brother of author Ian Fleming of "James Bond" fame. They had three children: son Nicol and daughters Kate and Lucy Fleming, who is also an actress, most notably in the series "Survivors" (1975).

Her daughters Kate and Lucy Fleming have bought out the literary estate of their uncle Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond). Kate Fleming's father-in-law was the late Liberal politician Jo Grimond (Lord Grimond, Life Peer) and her mother-in-law Laura, Lady Grimond (nee Bonham Carter) was a descendant of the Liberal Prime Minister H.H. Asquith (the 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith).

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