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Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Baroness Olivier, is one of the most distinguished actors of her generation. She may be best remembered as the third wife and widow of Laurence Olivier, generally considered the greatest anglophone actor of the 20th Century, but she had a distinguished career of her own on stage and screen spanning six decades. Born in ...
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Born:in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
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Actress (77 credits)
Actress (77 credits)
1998-1999
Encore! Encore!
(TV Series)
Marie Pinoni
Marie Pinoni
- A Review to Remember
(1999)
... Marie Pinoni
- The Doubt of the Benefit
(1999)
... Marie Pinoni
- To Soeur with Love
(1999)
... Marie Pinoni
- Crime & Punishment
(1999)
... Marie Pinoni
- I Know How the Caged Bird Tastes
(1999)
... Marie Pinoni
1982
Summer Festivals
(TV Series documentary)
Nurse Edith Cavell in Cavell
Nurse Edith Cavell in Cavell
- Chichester
(1982)
... Nurse Edith Cavell in Cavell
1970
ITV Sunday Night Theatre
(TV Series)
Viola - Sebastian
Viola - Sebastian
- Twelfth Night
(1970)
... Viola - Sebastian
1954-1956
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
(TV Series)
Adriana / Phoebe
Adriana / Phoebe
- You Touched Me
(1956)
... Phoebe
- The Comedy of Errors/II
(1954)
... Adriana
- The Comedy of Errors
(1954)
... Adriana
1951
Sara Crewe
(TV Series)
Winnie
Winnie
- Sara Leaves Miss Minchin's
(1951)
... Winnie
- The Transformation
(1951)
... Winnie
- The Party
(1951)
... Winnie
- The Indian Gentleman
(1951)
... Winnie
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Soundtrack (1 credit)
Soundtrack (1 credit)
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Self (18 credits)
Self (18 credits)
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Archive footage (5 credits)
Archive footage (5 credits)
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Stage: Appeared at the Old Vic School Show's "The Doctor's Duty", Sir John Vanbrugh's play, "A Journey to London", and "Fortunio's Song", (Program A) at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, with John Abineri, Yvonne Bonnamy, Patrick Wymark, Prunella Scales CBE, Christopher Hancock, Colin Jeavons, Rosalind Knight, Dilys Hamlett, ... See more »Alternate Names:
Dame Joan PlowrightHeight:
5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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