A year later, she co-starred with her future husband Olivier in the original London production of Osborne’s "The Entertainer." She played Olivier’s daughter in the work, and the two reunited ...

A Tony Award winner in 1961 for Tony Richardson and George Devine’s A Taste of Honey and an Oscar nominee for Mike Newell’s Enchanted April (1991), Plowright belonged to a celebrated group of British ...

She was also a BAFTA-nominated star who earned critical praise for her performance in Tony Richardson’s 1960 film, “The Entertainer,” which also starred Olivier as her father. Plowright ...

The Entertainer, however, wasn't an obvious pick for an actor of Olivier's training and experience. Osbourne was one of the so-termed 'angry young men', a group of politicised working class writers ...

and after 1960’s “The Entertainer,” she appeared as Sonya in a 1963 feature adaptation of “Uncle Vanya” that starred Michael Redgrave and also featured Olivier as Dr. Astrov. For a ...

The Entertainer, however, wasn't an obvious pick for an actor of Olivier's training and experience. Osbourne was one of the so-termed 'angry young men', a group of politicised working class ...

LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the ...

The character Laurence Olivier (Derek Jacobi) quotes some lines from Archie Rice (one of his most feted roles) in John Osborne's play The Entertainer.

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright, one of the most notable British actresses of her generation, has died at 95.

Her marriage in 1961 to the then Sir Laurence (later Lord Olivier) after they had co-starred in John Osborne’s hit play The Entertainer, was the showbusiness sensation of the year. Throughout ...