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

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 ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence ... between occasional acting gigs and raising her three children by Olivier, then returned ...

She was also married to acting great Sir Laurence Olivier for 28 years, until his death in 1989. After he died, Plowright continued to act into her 80s, until failing sight forced her retirement. Joan ...

She was also married to acting great Sir Laurence Olivier for 28 years, until his death in 1989. After he died, Plowright continued to act into her 80s, until failing sight forced her retirement.

It was in 1956 when the late Joan Plowright (who has died aged 95) first clocked eyes on the man who would become her second husband, Sir Laurence Olivier, when the acting legend visited the young ...

It was in 1956 when the late Joan Plowright (who has died aged 95) first clocked eyes on the man who would become her second husband, Sir Laurence Olivier, when the acting legend visited the young ...

The widow of Sir Laurence Olivier had a career span more than 60 years, which included an Oscar nomination for 1991′s “Enchanted April.” She married Olivier in 1961 after starring with him ...