Great Dame of stage and screen

Joan Plowright Actress BORN OCTOBER 28, 1929 -DIED 16 JANUARY, 2025, AGED 95

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DAME Joan Plowright was one of Britain's most celebrated stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier.

She married Olivier in 1961 after starring as his daughter in The Entertainer, and became a leading member of the National Theatre, which he set up.

Plowright was one of a generation of great acting talents, and appeared opposite Judi Dench and Maggie Smith in the 1999 film Tea With Mussolini. More recently, she was filmed reminiscing with Dench, Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins in the 2018 documentary Nothing Like A Dame.