Dalmatians actress Dame Joan Plowright, who won a Golden Globe Award, has died at the age of 95 her family said as they released a statement to pay tribute to the star

DAME Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95. The actress, who was married to Lord Laurence Olivier, passed away surrounded by her family at Denville Hall in Northwood yesterday. She was known

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench,​ Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith​, Joan Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

Her family said: "It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she passed away peacefully on January 16 2025 surrounded by her family at Denville Hall aged 95. "She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire.

Oscar nominee and Sussex resident Dame Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95, her family has said. The British actress, who was married to Lord Laurence Olivier, was known for her Golden Globe award-winning performances in TV biopic Stalin and Enchanted April, for which she was also nominated for an Academy Award.

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.

Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the age of three, her daughter had taken to the stage. She went to Scunthorpe Grammar School before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic.

British actress Joan Plowright has died. She was 95. Joan's family announced the award-winning star of stage and screen died surrounding by loved ones at her retirement home in England on Thursday. She was the widow of Laurence Olivier,

Oscar-nominated English actor Joan Plowright, acknowledged as one of the leading actors of her generation, has died at the age of 95, her family said on Friday, Jan. 17. A star first in theater and later on screen,

Award Winning acting legend Dame Joan Plowright died at 95 on January 16, 2025. The actor married her fellow co-star legend Lord Laurence Oliver in 1961 till his death in 1989 bids farewell at the age of 95.