Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95 Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died.
“She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire,” the family said.
In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day, surrounded by her loved ones.
She was 95.
