Joan was first married to Roger Gage from 1953 to 1960, before marrying Laurence Olivier, with whom she had an affair while both were still married to others. After the affair, Jo

Dame Joan won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award in an illustrious career spanning more than six decades

Plowright won a Tony Award and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy. She was awarded the title of dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.

Theaters in London's West End will dim their lights for two minutes in honor of the legendary actress, who was also nominated for an Oscar and Emmy during her storied career.

Award-winning actor Dame Joan Plowright, the widow of Lord Laurence Olivier, has died aged 95, her family has announced. A statement 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.

Veteran actress Joan Plowright, a two-time Golden Globe and Tony award winner who was married to Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95.

Theatres across London’s West End will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm on Tuesday 21 January in remembrance of renowned British stage and screen actress Dame Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, who died earlier this week at the age of 95. pic.twitter.com/ztTtdJZuIC

Joan Plowright, the celebrated English actor whose career included the films 'Enchanted April,' 'The Entertainer' and 'Spiderwick Chronicles,' has died at 95.

Joan Plowright, an award-winning British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier ... she co-starred with her future husband Olivier in the original London production of Osborne’s "The Entertainer."

who stumbles upon a London hotel full of older eccentrics. She made her Broadway debut in Ionesco’s “The Chairs and the Lesson,” directed by Tony Richardson, in 1958, a year in which she also appeared on the Rialto with Olivier in a transfer of ...

Tony Award-Winning British Actor Joan Plowright, Widow of Laurence Olivier, Dies at 95 LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did ...

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