She was one of the most popular actresses of her generation, winning two Golden Globes and an Oscar nomination for romance. Enchanted April.
British actress Joan Plowright, great lady of theater and cinema with two Golden Globes, died Thursday at the age of 95, her family announced Friday. « She passed away peacefully (…) surrounded by her loved ones », they indicated 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.
Born in 1929 in the north of England, Joan Plowright was one of the most popular actresses of her generation. Widow of Laurence Olivier, with whom she had two daughters and a son in thirty years of living together, her career began on the 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 accompanied him in the cinema. His interpretation in the biopic Stalin as well as in comedy Enchanted April earned him two Golden Globes. The Oscar for best supporting actress narrowly escaped her in 1993, again for her role in Enchanted April, romantic comedy directed in 1991 by Mike Newell, to whom we notably owe Four weddings and a funeral or Donnie Brasco.
-In 2001, she published her autobiography, And That’s Not All: The Memoirs of Joan Plowright. The general public remembers her as “Nanny” in 101 Dalmatians or in the role of Aunt Lucinda in The Spiderwick Chroniclesthe very last feature film, in 2008, from the actress who ended her career in 2014 after losing her sight.
