Joan Plowright, whose career on both the stage ... Plowright became a member of the Royal Court Theatre in 1956. She got her big movie break in “Time Without Pity,” in 1957, The New York ...

West End theatres will dim their lights in honour of Dame Joan Plowright, after her death at ... West End and Broadway before her international movie success, having initially performed as a ...

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” while reminiscing with famous friends in a BBC film. Documentary ...

Plowright was married to Olivier from 1961 to his death in 1989, working closely with the UK icon at the National Theatre, which he set up. She was made a Dame in the 2004 New Year Honour’s list.

Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage whose considerable skill as a performer was at times eclipsed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier ...

Award-winning actress Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. Plowright, who was one of Britain’s most acclaimed stage and screen stars, passed away at the age of 95, as confirmed ...