Dame Joan Plowright recounted how her agent had told her he would find her a part “(Dame) Judi Dench hasn’t got ... Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to discuss life, ageing and ...

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.

John O'Conor joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and conductor Gavin Maloney this March at the National Concert Hall to perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, as well as Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture and Brahms' Symphony No.

The actors have called on the broadcaster's director-general Tim Davie and culture secretary Lisa Nandy to reverse their decision.

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. In a statement Friday,

Dame Joan Plowright, who was married to fellow acting legend Lord Laurence Olivier, died on January 16, 2025, surrounded by her family

LOS ANGELES — Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, her family said Friday in a statement to the Associated Press. She was 95.

Joan Plowright, the acclaimed English actress who was also the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

BBC documentary Nothing Like A Dame saw Dame Joan Plowright – who died on Friday aged 95 – meet up with friends Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to discuss life ...

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 ...

As a founding member of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court, the theatre’s honorary president, and the wife of Laurence Olivier, first director of the National Theatre, Plowright played a key role in the transformation of UK theatre in the mid-20th century.

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