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.
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.
Joan Plowright, an award-winning British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. "She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire,
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.
Acting great Dame Joan Plowright, who was married to Laurence Oliver from 1961 to his death in 1989, 'died peacefully on Jan. 16' her family said in a statement on Friday, Jan. 17
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, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was 95.
Plowright with her husband, actor and director Laurence Olivier. Plowright retired from acting in 2014 ... after being made a Dame by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace in London in February 2004.
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 ...
LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II ...