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Celia Johnson

British actress Celia Johnson in a promotional picture for the film Brief Encounter (1945). Johnson pairs a smart herringbone jacket with jumper and pearls — Celia Johnson, British actress, promotional photo for Brief Encounter

Celia Johnson

(1908–82)

British actress (died aged 73) | Brief Encounter (1945), In Which We Serve (1942), Dear Octopus (1943)

Distinguished British actress, on stage from 1928, usually in well-bred roles: films, rare.

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Photograph from Dear Octopus (1943) featuring Celia Johnson (as Cynthia), Helen Haye (as Dora Randolph), Nora Swinburne (as Edna) and Frederick Leister (as Charles Randolph) (6) — Dear Octopus (1943) photo | Celia Johnson, Helen Haye (6)

Publicity photograph from Dear Octopus (1943) featuring Celia Johnson (as Cynthia) (3) — Dear Octopus (1943) publicity photo | Celia Johnson (3)

British actress Celia Johnson in a promotional picture for the film Brief Encounter (1945). Johnson pairs a smart herringbone jacket with jumper and pearls — Celia Johnson, British actress, promotional photo for Brief Encounter

Col Tusker Smalley (Trevor Howard) and Lucy Smalley (Celia Johnson) sit in front of mountains and chat in Staying On (1980) — Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson chat in Staying On (1980)

Celia Johnson Biographies

Leading Ladies, by Boze Hadleigh. Conversations with Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Evans, Hermione Gingold, Joan Greenwood, Dame Celia Johnson, Elsa Lanchester, Beatrice Lillie, Rachel Roberts, Dame Flora Robson, Dame Margaret Rutherford, Dame Sybil Thorndike and Estelle Winwood. — Leading Ladies by Boze Hadleigh featuring Joan Greenwood

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Born

Celia Johnson was born in Ellerker Gardens, Richmond TW10 on 18^th December, 1908.
Died

Celia Johnson died of a stroke in Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames on 26^th April, 1982, aged 73.

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