Laurence was a towering figure in British theatre and cinema, known for his exceptional performances in Shakespearean roles and his contributions ... in 1960 Laurence Olivier and English actress ...

Desperate to extricate himself from his crumbling marriage, he decided to take a role in John Osborne's play about an ... would recall in her memoir And That's Not All, "that Laurence Olivier, king of ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday ... sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, ...

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

The actor, who was married to fellow acting great, Lord Laurence Oliver from 1961 ... mainly on the theater. Her stage roles — many of them at Olivier’s National Theatre — included Much ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier ... A prominent role in later life was keeper of the Olivier flame — bestowing awards, defending her ...

Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the age of three, her daughter had taken to the stage. She went to Scunthorpe ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier ... A prominent role in later life was keeper of the Olivier flame — bestowing awards, defending her ...

FILE – Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright ... “Goose on the Loose” didn’t rouse critics. A prominent role in later life was keeper of the Olivier flame — bestowing ...

(AP Photo/Julie Markes, File) FILE - Actor Laurence Olivier ... A prominent role in later life was keeper of the Olivier flame — bestowing awards, defending her husband in the press and curating ...