British film legend Dame Joan Plowright has died aged 95.
The actor, who was married to another great actor, Lord Laurence Oliver, from 1961 until his death in 1989, “passed away peacefully on January 16, 2025, surrounded by his family,” the actor said. BBC et News from the sky » reported, citing a statement from his family.
“She enjoyed a long and illustrious career in theater, film and television for seven decades until blindness caused her to retire,” the family statement continued. He added that the news was published “with great sadness”.
One of Britain’s most acclaimed and distinguished film stars, Plowright was made a Dame by the late Queen Elizabeth in 2003.
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During her career, she won Golden Globes for a television biopic. Stalin et Enchanted Aprilfor which she was also nominated for an Oscar, British newspaper The times reported. Plowright also won a Tony Award for his performance in A taste of honeyon Broadway, and appeared in films including The seamstress et Tea with Mussolini in the 1980s and 1990s, Metro reported.
“She cherished her last 10 years in Sussex with constant visits from friends and family, filled with lots of laughter and fond memories,” the family statement continued, the BBC reported.
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-“We are very proud of everything Joan did and who she was as a loving and deeply inclusive human being. She survived her many challenges with Plowright courage and courageous determination to make the most of them, and she certainly did.
“Rest in peace, Jeanne. »
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The statement added that Plowright – who first met Olivier while playing her daughter in The artist in 1957 — is survived by “her loving family: Tamsin and Wilf, Julie-Kate and Dan, Richard, Shelley, Troy, Ali, Jeremy, her step-granddaughter and great-granddaughter Kaya and Sophia, and her great-granddaughter who will arrive soon. »
In 2018, she appeared alongside fellow castmates Maggie Smith and Judi Dench in Tea with the Ladies, an insightful and hilarious look at their careers and what they remember about them.
Following the news of his death, the Society of London Theaters said all West End theaters in the British capital would dim their lights in tribute to Plowright at 7pm on Tuesday 21 January.
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