Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage whose considerable skill as a performer was at times eclipsed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier ...

Plowright came from a family of artists ... London's West End in the 1950s and first appeared alongside Olivier in John ...

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 ...

Oscar nominee Dame Joan Plowright has died aged 95, her family said today. The British actress, who was married to Lord ...

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.