She was 95. Related: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont: Plowright shines in widow's poignant story In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at Denville Hall, a retirement ...

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

Joan Plowright, a British acting legend of stage and screen and the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95, Variety reports. A cause of death has not been disclosed. She was the ...

Shrewd intelligence and impeccable comic timing were the hallmarks of the late-flourishing film career of the great theatre star Dame Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95.

And then in 2006, when the actress was 77, she starred in a charming if sentimental movie aimed at an older crowd, “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont,” about a woman, seeking independence ...

"She survived her many challenges with Plowright grit and courageous determination to make the best of them," her family says ...

Plowright was well-known for her work in “Dennis the Menace,” “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “Equus,” “The Entertainer,” “Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont,” “Encore! Encore!” ...

In “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont” (2005), she played a widow trying to make a new, independent life as a young writer (Rupert Friend) brings her joy by pretending to be her grandson.

and “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont” (2005), as the lonely retiree who befriends a much younger man (Rupert Friend). In “Last Action Hero” (1993), Ms. Plowright made a jesting appearance as ...