Plowright made her stage debut at Croydon in 1948 [7] and her London debut in 1954. In 1956 she joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and was cast as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife .

1 day ago · Dame Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, was an actress of enormous and wide-ranging talent across a 60-year stage and screen career. Plowright was “perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century”, in Variety’s words. She was certainly a leading pioneer in post-war British theatre’s modernisation – particularly in terms of her theatrical style, as well as her geographic ...

Jan 17, 2025 · 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 was 95.

Jan 17, 2025 · Osborne, London’s hot new angry-young-man playwright, was an old neighbor of Ms. Plowright’s from Scunthorpe. (Olivier and Ms. Plowright later appeared together in a 1960 film adaptation of ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Joan Plowright (Lady Olivier), born October 28, 1929, died on January 16, aged 95, surrounded by her family at Denville Hall. She is survived by her three children, Richard, Tamsin and...

Jan 17, 2025 · Dame Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain's finest stage actresses - and later found fame on the cinema screen, although she largely preferred stage work.

Jan 17, 2025 · Dame Joan Plowright, the venerable stage and screen actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, has died, AP reports. She was 95. Plowright’s family confirmed in a statement to the outlet that she...

LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - British actor Joan Plowright, winner of two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, has died aged 95, her family said on Friday.

Jan 17, 2025 · LONDON — 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...

Jan 17, 2025 · Actor Joan Plowright helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in Lodon's West End