The Emmy-winning filmmaker worked mostly in Britain with Sean Connery, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Judi Dench and Michael Caine, and wrote and directed over 100 TV, movie and stage plays.

Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play "The Entertainer," which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. ... Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins.

Rakoff as a writer, director and producer of over 100 TV, film and stage productions, as well as novels, directed Olivier and co-stars Alan Bates and Jane Asher in the 1982 TV drama A Voyage Round ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Sir Alan made his name on the big screen at the start of the Angry Young Men period in the early 1960s. The 69-year-old's first major film saw him play opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer ...

Acclaimed British actress Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95 Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, ... Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. ... Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.

Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier in 1961. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images. Born Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg, Lincolnshire, ... Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.

Dame Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British actor and widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95. January 17, 2025 / 8:35 AM EST / AP ... Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.

FILE - Actor Laurence Olivier, center, with his wife Joan Plowright, left, and actress Lauren Bacall at the U.S. premiere of Lord Olivier's only Shakespearean production made exclusively for ...