The pair would go on to share the stage together in playwright John Osborne’s London and Broadway productions of The Entertainer, in which Plowright portrayed Olivier’s daughter. They also ...

Plowright came from a family of artists ... London's West End in the 1950s and first appeared alongside Olivier in John Osborne's The Entertainer at the royal court in 1957.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Plowright made her stage debut in 1948 and went on to join the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956. She co-starred with Olivier in the London production of John Osborne’s ...

After making her London stage debut in 1954, Plowright joined the Royal Court Theatre in 1956. She gained recognition for her performances in dramas by the “Angry Young Men,” such as John ...

Plowright was an icon of stage and screen ... starred with Sir Laurence Olivier in the original London production of John Osborne’s The Entertainer, before appearing in the film version of ...

Award-winning actor Dame Joan Plowright, the widow of Lord Laurence ... and they fell in love while co-starring in the stage version of John Osborne’s The Entertainer. Dame Joan’s wedding ...

tapped Plowright to appear alongside him in a production of John Osborne's The Entertainer. In 1960, Plowright and Olivier starred in a film adaptation of The Entertainer, as well as a stage ...

Plowright appeared in plays by John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney and Arnold Wesker. The new, rough-hewn, working-class actors like Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.