Joan Plowright, the celebrated ... She gained recognition for her performances in dramas by the “Angry Young Men,” such as ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Joan Plowright, the distinguished ... It was through the foremost of these Angry Young Men, John Osborne, that Plowright became involved with Olivier in 1957 when she was 28 and he was 50.

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

Dame Joan Plowright death: Oscar-nominated actress dies, aged 95 ... and they fell in love while co-starring in the stage ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...

FILE - Laurence Olivier and English actress Joan Plowright in a scene from John Osborne's play, 'The Entertainer' which opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1958. (AP Photo, File) ...