Plowright rose to prominence during the 1950s and 1960s, garnering acclaim for her work with the English Stage Company and later the National Theatre when it was led by her second husband, Laurence ...

unknown content item Plowright became one of only a handful of actors to win two Golden Globes in the same year, in 1993, when she won the supporting actress TV award for “Stalin” and the supporting ...

By Anita Gates Joan Plowright, a British actress who brought an innate dignity to her characters, whether she was playing an elegant, name-dropping dowager or a working-class teenager, died on ...

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England. Plowright was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death.