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

Joan Plowright, the British actress who was celebrated for her long career in theatre and film but who was often overshadowed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

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.

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.

British actress Joan Plowright has died. She was 95. Joan's family announced the award-winning star of stage and screen died surrounding by loved ones at her retirement home in England on Thursday. She was the widow of Laurence Olivier,

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalise the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday,

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.