Despite the age difference — Olivier was 51, Plowright 27 — the actor was smitten with the star. "I went to see The Country ...

Joan and Laurence were married until he died in 1989. Learn all about the late Baron and Baroness’ marriage. Joan Plowright ...

A Tony Award winner in 1961 for Tony Richardson and George Devine’s A Taste of Honey and an Oscar nominee for Mike Newell’s ...

DAME Joan Plowright was married to one of the most renowned actors of all time — Lawrence Olivier. Joan sadly passed away ...

Olivier was still married to his second wife, Gone with the Wind actress Vivien Leigh, when he met Plowright (his first union to Jill Esmond had ended in 1940), though the relationship had long ...

Before marrying Joan, Laurence had been married twice before. His first marriage was to actress Jill Esmond, with whom he had a son, Tarquin. The couple were wed for ten years from 1930-1940.