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

(1908–82)

British actress (d. 73) | Brief Encounter (1945), In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944)

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

Latest Celia Johnson Pictures

British actress Celia Johnson in a promotional picture for the film Brief Encounter (1945). Johnson pairs a smart herringbone jacket with jumper and pearls
  • 4th January, 2017
Celia Johnson
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)
  • 1st November, 2015
Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson chat in Staying On (1980)
Alec (Trevor Howard) shakes hands with Laura (Celia Johnson) to bid farewell as she leaves on a train in Brief Encounter
  • 3rd October, 2015
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard
Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard bid farewell in Brief Encounter

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.
  • Boze Hadleigh
  • 1992
Leading Ladies

Select Celia Johnson Filmography

In Which We Serve (1942) opening credits
In Which We Serve (1942)
Mrs Alix Kinross
In Which We Serve (1942) opening credits
Dear Octopus (1943)
Cynthia
This Happy Breed (1944) opening credits (3)
This Happy Breed (1944)
Ethel Gibbons
Brief Encounter (1945) opening credits
Brief Encounter (1945)
Laura Jesson
The Astonished Heart (1950) opening credits
The Astonished Heart (1950)
Barbara Faber
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) opening credits (3)
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Jenny Gregory
I Believe in You (1952) opening credits
I Believe in You (1952)
Matty
The Capt’s Paradise (1953) opening credits (3)
The Captain’s Paradise (1953)
Maud St. James
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) opening credits
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Joanna
The Good Companions (1957) opening credits (3) By J B Priestley
The Good Companions (1957)
Miss Trant
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) opening credits (10)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Miss Mackay
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