Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

DAME Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95. The actress, who was married to Lord Laurence Olivier, passed away surrounded by her family at Denville Hall in Northwood yesterday. She was known

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright, one of the most notable British actresses of her generation, has died at 95.

Theaters in London's West End will dim their lights for two minutes in honor of the legendary actress, who was also nominated for an Oscar and Emmy during her storied career.

Joan Plowright, an award-winning British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. "She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire,

Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decades-long career included an Oscar-nominated turn in "Enchanted April" and films "The Entertainer" and "Stalin," has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall,

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.