BBC film saw Joan Plowright chat with high-profile friends - The group discussed her husband Lord Laurence Olivier, ageing, and their experiences in acting.

As a founding member of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court, the theatre’s honorary president, and the wife of Laurence Olivier, first director of the National Theatre, Plowright played a key role in the transformation of UK theatre in the mid-20th century.

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.

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted April.

Her family said: "It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she passed away peacefully on January 16 2025 surrounded by her family at Denville Hall aged 95. "She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire.

The British actress died surrounded by her loved ones at Denville Hall in England, her family said in a statement.

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

LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright ...

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

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone ... Working again with Zeffirelli, the actress starred with Cher, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Lily Tomlin in 1999’s “Tea With Mussolini.”

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith ...

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