Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage ... In 1956, Devine invited her to join the newly formed English Stage Company, to be based at the Royal Court, and there ...

LONDON — Acclaimed British actress Dame Joan Plowright, widow of Sir Laurence ... Walls Told,” was in 1948 and she later joined the English Theatre Company. She received a damehood in the ...

Dame Joan Plowright was a decorated actress on stage and screen who starred in A Taste of Honey, Saint Joan and the 1992 film ...