Plowright appeared in plays by John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney and Arnold Wesker. The new, rough-hewn, working-class actors like Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers.

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.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s ...

The new, rough-hewn, working-class actors like Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers. Plowright made her feature film debut with an uncredited turn in American director John ...

Loading YouTube content The new, rough-hewn, working-class actors like Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers. Plowright made her feature film debut with an uncredited turn ...

The new, rough-hewn, working-class actors like Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Anthony Hopkins were her peers. Plowright made her feature film debut with an uncredited turn in American director John ...