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She later divorced him and in 1961, married Laurence Olivier shortly after the end of his twenty-year marriage to the actress Vivien Leigh. Plowright and Olivier had three children together. Both daughters became actresses. The couple remained married until Olivier's death in 1989.
Apr 15, 2021 · Only a year after she divorced Gage, the actress became actor Laurence Olivier's wife. She met Olivier while he was in a rocky marriage to actress Vivien Leigh. Olivier and Plowright were a terrific duo and an absolute delight to see. Both were brilliant actors whose careers were blooming.
Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Baroness Olivier, is one of the most distinguished actors of her generation. She may be best remembered as the third wife and widow of Laurence Olivier , generally considered the greatest anglophone actor of the 20th Century, but she had a distinguished career of her own on stage and screen spanning six decades.
- October 28, 1929
Sep 25, 2018 · Smith recounts her struggles performing Othello with Olivier in the delightful documentary Tea with the Dames, which co-stars Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, and Joan Plowright. By Julie...
94 Photos. Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Baroness Olivier, is one of the most distinguished actors of her generation. She may be best remembered as the third wife and widow of Laurence Olivier, generally considered the greatest anglophone actor of the 20th Century, but she had a distinguished career of her own on stage and screen spanning six ...
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Jan 1, 1993 · SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier met in the cast of “The Entertainer” at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1956. They re-created their roles in the film version...
Plowright and Sir Laurence Olivier were married from 1961 until his death in 1989. Because Olivier was made a Life Peer by Queen Elizabeth II in 1970, becoming Baron Olivier of Brighton, Plowright is entitled to style herself very grandly as "The Right Honourable The Dowager Lady Olivier."
