Despite the age difference — Olivier was 51, Plowright 27 — the actor was smitten by the young actress. "I went to see The Country Wife," he wrote in his autobiography, Confessions Of An Actor, "and ...

Plowright made her feature film debut with an uncredited turn in American director John Huston’s epic adaptation of Herman ...

Joan Plowright, the British actress who was celebrated for her long career in theatre and film but who was often overshadowed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier, has died at ...

It was in 1956 when the late Joan Plowright (who has died aged 95) first clocked eyes on the man who would become her second husband, Sir Laurence Olivier, when the acting legend visited the young ...

Joan was first married to Roger Gage from 1953 to 1960, before marrying Laurence Olivier, with whom she had an affair while ...

Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain's most celebrated stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died ...

Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain’s most respected stage and screen actresses, has passed away at the age of 95.

Joan Plowright, known for her performance in Three Sisters, Avalon and Bringing Down the House, was made Dame by Queen ...

Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright act out a scene from his film “The Entertainer” in 1960. A year later, she co-starred with her future husband Olivier in the original London production ...

Joan Plowright, the celebrated British actress whose career was often overshadowed by the fame of her husband Sir Laurence Olivier and his ex-wife, Vivien Leigh, has died at the age of 95.