It was in 1956 when the late Joan Plowright (who has died aged 95 ... Desperate to extricate himself from his crumbling marriage, he decided to take a role in John Osborne's play about an ageing music ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

She also stunned Eugene Ionesco's "The Chairs" and George Bernard Shaw's two main female roles, "Major Barbara" and "Saint Joan." Plowright appeared in plays by John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney and ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who did much to revitalise the UK's theatre scene in the decades after World War II, has died aged 95.

Plowright appeared in plays by John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney and Arnold Wesker. The new, rough-hewn, working-class actors like Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.

Acclaimed British actress Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95 Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.