Joan Plowright’s Prolific Screen Life : Movies: Laurence Olivier’s widow’s recent roles range from a crusty Victorian in ‘Enchanted April’ to Mrs. Wilson in ‘Dennis the Menace.’ ...

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 95. In a ...

While her movies ran the gamut from family films to more serious roles, her theater career spanned decades as well, and it became what she was known for best. Who are Joan Plowright and Laurence ...

Dame Joan won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award in an illustrious career spanning more than six decades ...

Roger Ebert said, “Joan Plowright might seem like an unlikely choice as the mother, but gets the movie’s biggest laugh in a ...

Dame Joan Plowright, one of the great English actors ... The other was for her portrayal of Joseph Stalin’s mother-in-law in an HBO movie about the former Soviet leader. Plowright made her ...

Joan Plowright is shown during a dress rehearsal ... actress TV award for “Stalin” and the supporting actress movie award for “Enchanted April.” For the latter, which told the story ...

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.

British actress Joan Plowright, who brought stage and screen ... Plowright was nasal and squeaky when she first made an impression on movie audiences as the adoring granddaughter of Laurence ...

Joan Plowright, an era-defining English actress ... in the beloved 1956 film "Moby Dick" before breaking out in the movie industry for the 1960 film adaptation of "The Entertainer" alongside ...

and the movies “On Promised Land,” “A Place ... Plowright also published “And That’s Not All: The Memoirs of Joan Plowright” in 2002. The memoir chronicled her upbringing, her romance ...

Born Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg ... won the supporting actress TV award for "Stalin" and the supporting actress movie award for "Enchanted April." For the latter, which told the story of a ...