debuted as an actress in the beloved 1956 film "Moby Dick" before breaking out in the movie industry for the 1960 film adaptation of "The Entertainer" alongside Laurence Olivier, whom she later ...

The Entertainer, however, wasn't an obvious pick for an actor ... and radical rebellion," Plowright would recall in her memoir And That's Not All, "that Laurence Olivier, king of the Establishment, ...

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 ...

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

The Entertainer, however ... rebellion," Plowright would recall in her memoir And That's Not All, "that Laurence Olivier, king of the Establishment, suddenly and unexpectedly propelled himself." ...

The couple married in 1940, but divorced 20 years later in 1960 Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in John Osborne’s play, The Entertainer in 1958Credit: AP The relationship ...

LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the ...

Joan Plowright met the love of her life in husband Laurence Olivier. Their marriage was a tale of two thespians since they met in the theatre. Against all odds, with two decades between them in ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver ... on the Rialto with Olivier in a transfer of “The Entertainer.” ...

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.