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

Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the ...

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England.

Actor Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain's most celebrated stage and screen stars, passed away at the age of 95 at Denville ...

Dame Joan Plowright, whose already glittering stage career reached even greater heights after the death of her husband, ...

Joan Plowright, the acclaimed English actress who was also the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage whose considerable skill as a performer was at times ...

Joan Plowright, the celebrated English actor whose career included the films 'Enchanted April,' 'The Entertainer' and ...

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

Her family said: "It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she ...

Plowright was part of an era of British acting that has included the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Vanessa Redgrave.

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 ...