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

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Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench,​ Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith​, Joan Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

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.

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.

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was 95.

The British actress died surrounded by her loved ones at Denville Hall in England, her family said in a statement.

Joan Plowright, the acclaimed English actress who was also the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright ...

Dame Joan Plowright recounted how her agent had told her he would find her a part “(Dame) Judi Dench hasn’t got her paws on” while reminiscing with famous friends in a BBC film. Documentary ...

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Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the age of three, her daughter had taken to the stage. She went to Scunthorpe Grammar School before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic.