Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench,​ Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith​ ...

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver ... alongside ...

Lord Laurence Olivier, ageing, and their experiences in acting. Dame Joan Plowright recounted how her agent had told her he would find her a part “(Dame) Judi Dench hasn’t got her paws on ...

Suzanne Plunkett/AP, file Share LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier ... including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and ...

The British actress, who was married to the legendary actor and director Lord Laurence Olivier ... alongside the late Maggie Smith and Judi Dench in the 1999 film “Tea With Mussolini.” ...

Oscar nominee Dame Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95, her family said today. The British actress, who was married to Lord Laurence Olivier, was known for her Golden Globe award-winning ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver ... dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Olivier died in 1989.

Joan Plowright, the celebrated British actress whose career was often overshadowed by the fame of her husband Sir Laurence Olivier ... Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Joan Plowright having tea ...