Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright in a scene from ... While they kept their affair a secret at the time, they later divorced their exes and married in 1961. A love letter from Laurence to ...

In Joan, Olivier saw a different life — one where he could settle down and have more children. Vivien eventually agreed to a divorce and Laurence went on to marry Joan at a US register office in ...

British actor Dame Joan Plowright’s remarkable Hollywood career spanned decades, earning her a spot as one of the most beloved faces in entertainment history. Known for portraying characters ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was ...

A Tony Award winner in 1961 for Tony Richardson and George Devine’s A Taste of Honey and an Oscar nominee for Mike Newell’s Enchanted April (1991), Plowright belonged to a celebrated group of British ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Directed by and starring Laurence Olivier in the title role, this film version of the play was critically acclaimed and a huge success. Not only was it the ...

In the 1960s she married fellow screen star Sir Laurence Olivier who she remained with until his death. Plowright's’ family said she died on Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home popular ...

openly carrying on affairs with the likes of Lord Byron (Richard Chamberlain) and the Duke of Wellington (Laurence Olivier). The film met with scathing reviews, leading to - as some speculated ...