Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench,​ Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith​, Joan Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

DAME Joan Plowright was married to one of the most renowned actors of all time — Lawrence Olivier. Joan sadly passed away surrounded by her family on January 16, 2025. A family statement said:

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 Enchanted April (1991), Plowright belonged to a celebrated group of British actresses (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith among them) who came into their own in the 1960s and ’70s.

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was 95.

Actress Joan Plowright poses for a portrait at a New York hotel on May 4, 1999. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File) Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne’s play,

Veteran actress Joan Plowright, a two-time Golden Globe and Tony award winner who was married to Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95.

LONDON -- Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who was one half of a theatrical power couple after marrying Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, surrounded by her loved ones.

Joan Plowright, known for her performance in Three Sisters, Avalon and Bringing Down the House, was made Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) A prominent role in ...

THE lights in London’s West End will be dimmed for two minutes on Tuesday in honour of award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, who has died at the age of 95. She was a star of stage and screen

Dame Joan Plowright, celebrated Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actress and widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. Plowright’s death was confirmed by her family in a statement to the BBC on Friday,