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Acting great Dame Joan Plowright, who was married to Laurence Oliver from 1961 to his death in 1989, 'died peacefully on Jan. 16' her family said in a statement on Friday, Jan. 17

Veteran actress Joan Plowright, a two-time Golden Globe and Tony award winner who was married to Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95.

LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuters) — British actor Joan Plowright, winner of two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, has died aged 95, her family said on Friday. Plowright made her on-screen debut in 1956’s “Moby Dick” before gaining wider recognition in the 1960 film adaptation of “The Entertainer” alongside Laurence Olivier, whom she later married.

Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British stage actor and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was 95.

LONDON -- Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who was one half of a theatrical power couple after marrying Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, surrounded by her loved ones.

LONDON (AP) — Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British stage actor and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95.