Actress with an international career, Joan Plowright died Thursday January 16 at the age of 95. She enjoyed success in both theater and cinema.
British actress Joan Plowright, great lady of theater and cinema with two Golden Globes, died Thursday January 16 at the age of 95, her family announced this Friday.
“She passed away peacefully (…) surrounded by her loved ones,” they said in a press release.
“Her brilliant career will be remembered by many and her children, Richard, Tamsin and Julie-Kate, their families, and her many friends will always cherish her,” they added.
International recognition
Born in 1929 in the north of England, Joan Plowright was one of the most popular actresses of her generation. Her career began on stage in the 1950s. She experienced her first successes with The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco or even Sunday Peace by the British John Osborne.
-Success also accompanies him on screen. In 1977, she received a Bafta nomination for best supporting actress for Equus. His interpretation in the cinema film Enchanted April (1991) and the TV movie Stalin (1992) earned him two Golden Globes. The Oscar for best supporting actress narrowly escaped her in 1993, again for Enchanted April. In 1996, she appeared alongside Glenn Close in a live-action remake of the 101 Dalmatians.
In 2001, she published her autobiography, And That’s Not All: The Memoirs of Joan Plowright. In 2004, King Charles (then Prince of Wales) made her a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Joan Plowright ended her career in 2014 after losing her sight. She was married for almost 30 years to one of the legends of British theater and cinema, Laurence Olivier, until his death in 1989.
