Spotted in New York in 1960, Dame Joan wrapped up warm in a beautiful wool coat with panelled lapels and a insulating yet ...

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

Dame Joan Plowright, whose already glittering stage career reached even greater heights after the death of her husband, ...

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England.

Despite the age difference — Olivier was 51, Plowright 27 — the actor was smitten with the star. "I went to see The Country ...

Joan Plowright, an English actress whose marriage to celebrated actor-director Laurence Olivier conferred on her instant rank ...

Born Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg ... in 1956 and gained recognition in dramas written by the so-called Angry Young Men, such as John Osborne, who were giving British theater a thorough airing ...

The British actress was born with the name Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. She started gracing the stage at the young age of 3 as her mother ran a drama group. Plowright spent ...

Born Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg ... in 1956 and gained recognition in dramas written by the so-called Angry Young Men, such as John Osborne, who were giving British theater a thorough airing ...