Joan Plowright

Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE (born 28 October 1929), professionally known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English retired actress whose career spanned over six decades. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy and two BAFTA Awards. She was the second of only four actresses (as of 2023) to have won two Golden Globes in the same year. She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play in 1978 for Filumena.

The Right Honourable

The Lady Olivier

DBE
Plowright in 1958
Born
Joan Ann Plowright

(1929-10-28) 28 October 1929
Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
Alma materBristol Old Vic Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active1948–2018
Spouses
  • Roger Gage
    (m. 1953; div. 1960)
  • (m. 1961; died 1989)
Children3
RelativesDavid Plowright (brother) Emily Eaton-Plowright (great-niece)
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