It was in 1956 when the late Joan Plowright (who has died aged 95) first clocked eyes on the man who would become her second husband, Sir Laurence Olivier, when the acting legend visited the young ...

Joan Plowright, the celebrated British actress whose career was often overshadowed by the fame of her husband Sir Laurence Olivier and his ex-wife, Vivien Leigh, has died at the age of 95.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalise ... a retirement home for actors in southern England, surrounded by her loved ones.