Dame Celia Johnson (1908-1982) was an English actress, famous for her role in the 1945 film, Brief Encounter, opposite Trevor Howard. She was born in Richmond upon Thames, and trained in acting at RADA. Her stage début was in Major Barbara in 1928. By 1931, she was starring as Ophelia in a New York production of Hamlet. She made relatively few films, of which Brief Encounter is by far the best known. Other films include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). She generally played a genteel and/or repressed Englishwoman, though she proved in many stage productions to be a talented comedienne. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brief Encounter (1945) is a British film directed by David Lean starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. ... Trevor Howard Trevor Howard CBE (September 29, 1916 - January 7, 1988) was a British actor. ... Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ... Major Barbara is a play by George Bernard Shaw about an officer in the Salvation Army. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Mikhail Vrubel Hamlet and Ophelia, 1883 Ophelia is the submissive daughter of Polonius, a chief advisor to the new King Claudius, in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays. ... The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, first published in 1962. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

She was married to Peter Fleming (1935-1971) an explorer and writer and brother of Ian Fleming. She died at home in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, from a stroke in 1982, at the age of 73, survived by her 3 children. This article is about Peter Fleming the writer. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908–August 12, 1964) is an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...