Biography for
Celia Johnson (I)

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Date of Birth

18 December 1908, Ellerker Gate, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Date of Death

26 April 1982, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK (stroke)

Birth Name

Celia Elizabeth Johnson

Mini Biography

Stage actress who appeared in a handful of UK films. She is best remembered for her screen performance, opposite Trevor Howard, in _Brief Encounter (1946)_.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Takacs

Spouse

Peter Fleming

(1936 - 9 August 1971) (his death) 3 children

Trivia

Knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) for her contributions to the theatre.

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).

Parents were Robert Johnson and Ethel Griffiths; she was the second daughter.

Her feature film debut, In Which We Serve (1942), was also that of both Richard Attenborough and Juliet Mills.

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

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