Joan Plowright, Venerable Legend of the British Stage, Dies at 95
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 ...
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How a colourful Irish film director spotted the hidden talents of iconic James Bond star
James Bond, probably the most famous spy in the world, was created by the English writer Ian Fleming, but he owes his debonair personality to two Irishmen. The first was the film producer Kevin ...
UK Acting Star Joan Plowright Dies Aged 95
Oscar-nominated UK actress Joan Plowright, a legend of stage and screen and wife of the great actor Laurence Olivier, has ...
Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier had one of showbusiness's most enduring romances
It seems only fitting that the love affair between two of Britain's greatest actors started in the theatre. It was in 1956 ...
Joan Plowright, Acting Legend of Stage and Screen and Laurence Olivier’s Widow, Dies at 95
Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was ...
Joan Plowright, Tony-winning actress, dead at 95
Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s ...
Dame Joan Plowright: Acting star whose first love was theatre
Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the ...