Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence ... Masha in the Olivier-directed feature adaptation of Chekhov “Three Sisters” (1970 ...

The 1963 film of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya featured both actors in key roles, as did the 1970 movie Three Sisters ... is a scene from the film by Laurence Olivier," adding, "Some of you may ...

Then in 1961, she married fellow actor Laurence Olivier ... of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and the 1970 film Three Sisters, which Olivier co-directed. Meanwhile, Plowright's family statement ...

The actor, who was married to fellow acting great, Lord Laurence Oliver ... many of them at Olivier’s National Theatre — included Much Ado about Nothing, Three Sisters, Love's Labour's Lost ...

Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier at the christening of their ... Her feature films included The Entertainer (1960), Three Sisters (1970), Equus, Britannia Hospital (both 1982), Wagner ...

Dame Joan Plowright, the acclaimed British actress and widow of Sir Laurence Olivier ... Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Masha in Three Sisters. Her film career flourished later in life ...

Much Ado About Nothing and Three Sisters, he said. "In many of these she acted alongside Sir Laurence Olivier, her partner in art and life. "Joan's influence offstage on the nascent National ...

Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the age of three, her daughter had taken to the stage. She went to Scunthorpe ...