Joan and Laurence were married until he died in 1989. Learn all about the late Baron and Baroness’ marriage. Joan Plowright ...

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 ...

DAME Joan Plowright was married to one of the most renowned actors of all time — Lawrence Olivier. Joan sadly passed away surrounded by her family on January 16, 2025. A family statement said: ...

Olivier was still married to his second wife, Gone with the Wind actress Vivien Leigh, when he met Plowright (his first union to Jill Esmond had ended in 1940), though the relationship had long been ...

Before marrying Joan, Laurence had been married twice before. His first marriage was to actress Jill Esmond, with whom he had a son, Tarquin. The couple were wed for ten years from 1930-1940.

Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, recently died at the age of 95. While making the news public, her family said that she reportedly died quietly in her sleep at Denville Hall on ...