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 ...

Born Joan Ann Plowright in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, her mother ran an amateur drama group and Plowright was involved in the theater from age 3. She was soon spending school vacations at summer ...

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.

Joan Plowright ... starring Fanny Ardant. Plowright threw herself into a supporting role in the 2003 Steve Martin-Queen Latifah vehicle “Bringing Down the House,” with its awkward racial ...

Joan Plowright ... England, Plowright was introduced to theater at a young age through her mother’s amateur drama group, according to The New York Times. She attended summer drama sessions ...

Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress ... Once married, Olivier left London and abandoned his country house, Notley Abbey, moving with Plowright to Brighton, where they remained for most ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright ... amateur drama group and Plowright was involved in the theater from age 3. She was soon spending school vacations at summer sessions of university ...