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

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.

Advocacy for necessary change around gender and disability as well as race will continue with future generations of actors. Joan Plowright's legacy as one of the most subtly powerful inventors of the class revolution of post-war British theatre is secure.

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 actresses (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith among them) who came into their own in the 1960s and ’70s.

West End theatres will dim their lights in honour of Joan Plowright, after her death at the age of 95. Scunthorpe’s Plowright Theatre, named in her honour, has also paid tribute to the “distinguished” actress.

Joan Plowright, an English actress whose marriage to celebrated actor-director Laurence Olivier conferred on her instant rank among the theatrical nobility and who carved her own considerable and singular place on the British stage,

Dame Joan Plowright, one of the great English actors of both stage and screen died Thursday, Jan. 16, The Guardian reports. She was 95. Plowright's family confirmed her death, saying she died at a care home in Northwood,

The acclaimed actress, born in 1929, garnered a celebrated career both on stage and in film. Famed British actress Joan Plowright died peacefully at age 95, her family announced in a statement.

Legendary actress Dame Joan Plowright, widow of Lord Laurence Olivier, has passed away aged 95. A statement from her family paid tribute to the star’s “long and illustrious career” and said her final years were filled with “much laughter and fond memories.”

Award-winning actress Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95, her family has announced.

Oscar nominee Dame Joan Plowright, a star of stage and screen for six decades, has died at the age of 95, her family has confirmed. The British actress, who was married to Lord Laurence Olivier, appeared in the likes of Enchanted April, Dennis the Menace, 101 Dalmatians, and the Broadway version of A Taste of Honey.

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day, surrounded by her loved ones.