Joan Plowright

Joan ann plowright was born in brigg, lincolnshire. Her mother, daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the age of three, her daughter had taken to the stage. Dame joan plowright, one of britain's most celebrated stage and screen stars and the widow of sir laurence olivier, has died at the age of 95. Her career spanned 60 years and. Plowright always rated her saint joan at londons old vic theatre in 1963 as her finest work.

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