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Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress.〔Obituary ''Variety'', 28 April 1982.〕 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 which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards on five occasions, and won twice, for her work in the film ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969), and for the television production ''Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont'', a BBC ''Play for Today'' broadcast in 1973. Much of her later work was for television, and she continued performing in theatre for the rest of her life. She suffered a stroke and died soon after at the age of 73. ==Early life and education== Born in Richmond, Surrey, and nicknamed "Betty", Johnson was the second daughter of Robert and Ethel (née Griffiths) Johnson. Her first public performance was in 1916, when she played a role in a charity performance of ''King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid'' to raise funds for returned First World War soldiers. She attended St Paul's Girls' School in London from 1919 until 1926, and played in the school's orchestra under Gustav Holst. She acted in school productions, but had no other acting experience, when she was accepted to study at R.A.D.A. in 1926, and later spent a term in Paris, studying under Pierre Fresnay at the Comédie Française. She later recalled her choice of an acting career with the comment, "I thought I'd rather like it. It was the only thing I was good at. And I thought it might be rather wicked.”〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Celia Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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