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Joan Plowright
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British actress (1929–2025)
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Joan Plowright was a British actor who worked in stage, film, and television. Born Ann Plowright in Brigg, she began her career in 1948 and was educated at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She was a citizen of the United Kingdom and worked primarily within the country, speaking English. Her professional life spanned several decades until her death in Northwood.
Plowright received numerous honors, including the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, and another Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She was also appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and held the honorific prefix Dame. Additionally, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She was married to Laurence Olivier and had three children. Plowright resided in Sussex and was buried at Westminster Abbey.
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Film & TV
Brigg, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Joan Ann Plowright, Lady Olivier, DBE (28 October 1929 - 16 January 2025), better known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards. Joan Plowright is also one of only four actresses to have won two…
Known for
- Nothing Like a Dame — Self2018
- Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life — Herself2018
- Knife Edge — Marjorie Blake2009
- The Spiderwick Chronicles — Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick2008
- Goose on the Loose — Beatrice Fairfield2006
- Curious George — Ms. Plushbottom (voice)2006
- Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont — Mrs. Palfrey2005
- George and the Dragon — Mother Superior2004
- Bringing Down the House — Mrs. Virginia Arness2003
- I Am David — Sophie2003
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Key facts
- Born
- Joan Ann Plowright , ( 1929-10-28 ) 28 October 1929, Brigg , Lincolnshire , England
- Died
- 16 January 2025 (2025-01-16) (aged 95), London , England
- Alma mater
- Old Vic Theatre School
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1948–2014 2018
- Spouses
- Roger Gage ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1960 ) Laurence Olivier ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 ; died 1989 )
- Relatives
- David Plowright (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brigg
- Place of death
- Northwood
- Spouse
- Laurence Olivier
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Joan Plowright 1960 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- United Kingdom
- Residence
- Sussex
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- date of birth
- 1929-10-28
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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- Joan Plowright
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- Joan Plowright
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- date of death
- 2025-01-16
- honorific prefix
- Dame
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
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Encyclopedic overview
Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier (née Plowright; 28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.
Plowright studied at the Old Vic Theatre School before acting onstage at the Royal National Theatre where she met her husband Laurence Olivier. She acted opposite him in the John Osborne play The Entertainer in West End in 1957 and on Broadway in 1958. She earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her A Taste of Honey (1961). She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Filumena (1978).
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