Joan Plowright, a golden Age actress, started in classics like "Tea with Mussolini" and "101 Dalmatians." Discover her life, ...

Joan Ann Plowright was born in Brigg ... Olivier came backstage to meet her with his then wife, British actress Vivien Leigh. The following year, Plowright played opposite Olivier in the original ...

Born Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg ... as had Olivier’s 20-year union with Vivien Leigh. Plowright and Olivier were married in Connecticut in 1961, while both were starring on Broadway, he in “Becket” ...

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier got divorced in 1960, after being married for 20 years. Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright were 22 years apart in age, but they were deeply in love with each other.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s ...

Dame Joan Plowright, who was married to fellow acting legend Lord Laurence Olivier, died on January 16, 2025, surrounded by her family ...

Joan Plowright, the celebrated British actress whose career was often overshadowed by the fame of her husband Sir Laurence Olivier and his ex-wife, Vivien Leigh, has died at the age of 95.

LOS ANGELES — Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died ...

THE lights in London’s West End will be dimmed for two minutes on Tuesday in honour of award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright ... was unhappily wed to Vivien Leigh, star of Gone With The ...

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 ...

Actress Joan Plowright poses for a portrait at ... as had Olivier’s 20-year union with Vivien Leigh. Plowright and Olivier were married in Connecticut in 1961, while both were starring on ...