As a treat for her grandchildren, she played Mrs. Wilson in the 1993 adaptation of “Dennis the Menace” opposite Walter Matthau, and Nanny in the 1996 live-action retelling of “101 Dalmations ...

Dame Joan Plowright, award-winning actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, dies age 95 - Dame Joan won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award in an illustrious career spanning more than six decades ...

British actress Joan Plowright, who brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey and Enchanted April, died Thursday. She was 95.

Dame Joan’s wedding to Lord Olivier in 1961 was the sensation of the year, and their marriage was an enduring one until the theatre great’s death in 2007 at the age of 86. She became his carer ...

Plowright, who was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004, continued to act until 2014 — landing roles in 1999’s Tea With Mussolini opposite Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith, voicing ...

LONDON (AP) — 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.

LONDON (AP) — 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.

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

LONDON (AP) — 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.

LONDON (AP) — 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.