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.

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England. Plowright was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death.

Joan Plowright, a renowned British actress and part of a theatrical power couple with Laurence Olivier, has passed away at age 95. Her illustrious career spanned over seven decades across theatre, film,

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

One of the UK’s most celebrated stage and screen stars, and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died aged 95. View on euronews

LOS ANGELES — Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, her family said Friday in a statement to the Associated Press. She was 95.

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

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

The Oscar-nominated British star Joan Plowright, who was the widow of the late great actor Lawrence Olivier, passed away on Thursday. She was 95 years-old. Plowright’s family confirmed to The Associated Press that the actress died at Denville Hall,