Joan Plowright, Golden Globe and Tony winner and Laurence Olivier's widow, dies at 95

Dame Joan Plowright, the venerable stage and screen actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at 95.

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 45 words · Rachel Thompson

She also reprised her stage roles in multiple film adaptations like 1963sUncle Vanyaand 1973sThe Merchant of Venice.

Ive been very privileged to have such a life, Plowright toldThe Actors Workin 2010.

English actress Joan Plowright, UK, 17th October 1975.

Joan Plowright.Credit:Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty

Joan Plowright attends the 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 23, 1993 at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Joan Plowright in 1993.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty