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

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

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

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England. Plowright was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death.

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

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much ... Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations ...

Joan Plowright, the celebrated British actress whose career was often overshadowed by the fame of her husband Sir Laurence Olivier ... of the English stage, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench.

Suzanne Plunkett/AP, file Share LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier ... Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright won a Tony Award ...

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier ... Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith — Plowright won a Tony Award and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.