Celia Johnson
Dame Celia Johnson DBE ( born December 18, 1908 in Richmond, England, † April 26, 1982 in Nettlebed, England; native Celia Elizabeth Johnson) was a British actress.
Career
Her artistic education she received in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ). 1928 saw them for the first time on stage as Sarah in a performance of GB Shaw's Major Barbara. In 1942, she made her film debut. Her biggest success came in 1945 with cinematic encounter on the side of Trevor Howard, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Another success achieved Johnson in 1952 on the side of Alec Guinness with the film The key to paradise. In 1968 she retired from the film business.
The actress a year before her death raised to the peerage had been seen in their last active years in several television productions, so also in 1982 Number 10
Private
Celia Johnson was married from 1936 until his death in 1971, with screenwriter Peter Fleming. The couple had three children.