BBC film saw Joan Plowright chat with high-profile friends - The group discussed her husband Lord Laurence Olivier, ageing, and their experiences in acting.

Joan Plowright, the British actress who was celebrated for her long career in theatre and film but who was often overshadowed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize ... Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith ...

Her family 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. "She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire.

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted April.

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did ... including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright ...

The British actress, who was married to the legendary actor and director Lord Laurence Olivier, died surrounded by her loved ones at Denville Hall in England, her family said in a statement. “She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre,

LONDON -- Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who was one half of a theatrical power couple after marrying Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, surrounded by her loved ones.

Dame Joan Plowright took a playful swipe at friend and fellow actor Dame Judi Dench in a clip from Tea with the Dames. The video resurfaced following the announcement that the award-winning actor and widow of Lord Laurence Olivier died at the age of 95.

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, has died. She was

Dame Joan Plowright, a British acting titan whose partnership with her late husband Sir Laurence Olivier turned the British theatre scene into one of the finest in the world, has died at the age of 95,