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Joan Plowright, Acting Legend of Stage and Screen and Laurence Olivier's Widow, Dies at 95

by Ellise Shafer

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and screen in her own right, especially in her native England, and was a Tony winner for "A Taste of Honey." The actress had retired in […]

SOURCE: Variety at 5:05am on January 17, 2025