Joan Plowright
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox person Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (Template:Nee; 28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.
Plowright studied at the Old Vic Theatre School<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> before acting onstage at the Royal National Theatre where she met her husband Laurence Olivier. She acted opposite him in the John Osborne play The Entertainer on the West End in 1957 and on Broadway in 1958. She earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her A Taste of Honey (1961). She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Filumena (1978).
She made her film debut in an uncredited role in Moby Dick (1956). She later won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Enchanted April (1991). She was BAFTA-nominated for her roles in The Entertainer (1960) and Equus (1977). She also acted in the films Uncle Vanya (1963), Three Sisters (1970), Avalon (1990), Dennis the Menace (1993), A Place for Annie (1994), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Jane Eyre (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), Bringing Down the House (2003) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005). She also voiced roles for the children's films Dinosaur (2000) and Curious George (2006).
On television she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her role in the HBO television film Stalin (1992). She retired from acting due to macular degeneration in 2014. She made her final filmed appearance in the documentary Nothing Like a Dame (2018).
Early life and education
Plowright was born on 28 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire, the daughter of Daisy Margaret (née Burton) and William Ernest Plowright, who was a journalist and newspaper editor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She attended Scunthorpe Grammar School<ref name=ST>Star Pupils Revealed at Scunthorpe Telegraph Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 9 July 2016</ref> and then trained at The Old Vic Theatre School.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="gdn-obit"/>
Career
Plowright made her stage debut at Croydon in 1948<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and her London debut in 1954. In 1956 she joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and was cast as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife. She appeared with George Devine in the Eugène Ionesco play The Chairs, and Shaw's Major Barbara and Saint Joan.
Plowright made her film debut in an uncredited role in Moby Dick (1956). In 1957, Plowright co-starred with Sir Laurence Olivier in the original London production of John Osborne's The Entertainer, taking over the role of Jean Rice from Dorothy Tutin when the play transferred from the Royal Court to the Palace Theatre. She continued to appear on stage and in films such as The Entertainer (1960). In 1961, she received a Tony Award for her role in A Taste of Honey on Broadway.
Through her marriage to Olivier, Plowright became closely associated with his work at the National Theatre from 1963 onwards. She also acted in the films Uncle Vanya (1963), Three Sisters (1970), and Equus (1977). In the 1990s, she began to appear more regularly in films, including I Love You to Death (1990); Avalon (1990); Enchanted April (1992), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination; Dennis the Menace (1993), where she played Martha Wilson; A Place for Annie (1994); The Scarlet Letter (1995); Jane Eyre (1996); 101 Dalmatians (1996), where she played the dog nanny; Dance with Me (1998); and Tea With Mussolini (1999). Among her television roles, she won another Golden Globe Award and earned an Emmy Award nomination for the HBO film Stalin in 1992 as the Soviet dictator's mother-in-law. Her pair of 1992 performances (Enchanted April and Stalin) marked only the second time an actress (after Sigourney Weaver, for performances in 1988) won two Golden Globes in the same year; as of the January 2023 presentation, only Helen Mirren (for performances in 2006) and Kate Winslet (for performances in 2008) have duplicated this feat. In 1994, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.<ref name=WIF>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2003, Plowright performed in the stage production Absolutely! (Perhaps) in London. She was appointed honorary president of the English Stage Company in March 2009, succeeding John Mortimer who died in January 2009. She was previously vice-president of the company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her later films included Bringing Down the House (2003), Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), as well as voiced roles for the children's films Dinosaur (2000) and Curious George (2006). She made her final filmed appearance in the British documentary Nothing Like a Dame (2018) with her acting Dame friends Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
Marriages and family
Plowright was first married to the actor Roger Gage in September 1953. She later divorced him and in 1961 married Laurence Olivier shortly after the end of Olivier's twenty-year marriage to the actress Vivien Leigh. Plowright and Olivier had three children together,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> all three of whom have worked in the theatre.<ref name="variety-obit"/> The couple remained married until Olivier's death in 1989. Plowright's younger brother, David Plowright (1930–2006), was an executive at Granada Television.<ref name="gdn-obit"/>
She published her memoirs, And That's Not All, in 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Illness and death
Plowright's vision declined steadily during the late 2000s and early 2010s due to macular degeneration. In 2014, she officially announced her retirement from acting because she had become legally blind.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Plowright died at Denville Hall in Northwood, London, on 16 January 2025, aged 95.<ref name="auto"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Legacy
The Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe is named in Plowright's honour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In her obituary, Variety described Plowright as "perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="variety-obit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Honours
Plowright was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
She received an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of Hull in 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting credits
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Moby Dick<ref name="gdn-obit">Template:Cite news</ref> | Starbuck's wife | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Agnes Cole || | |
| 1960 | The Entertainer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Jean Rice || | |
| 1963 | Uncle Vanya<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Sonya || | |
| 1970 | Three Sisters<ref name="bbc-obit">Template:Cite news</ref> | Masha Kulighina | |
| 1977 | Equus<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Dora Strang || | |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Phyllis Grimshaw || | |
| Brimstone and Treacle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Norma Bates || | ||
| 1985 | Revolution<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Daisy McConnahay || | |
| 1988 | Drowning by Numbers<ref name="wiegand"/> | Cissie Colpitts 1 | |
| The Dressmaker<ref name="wiegand"/> | Nellie | ||
| 1990 | I Love You to Death<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Nadja | |
| Avalon<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Eva Krichinsky || | ||
| 1991 | Enchanted April<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Mrs. Jane Fisher | |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Mrs. Martha Wilson | |
| Last Action Hero<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Teacher | ||
| 1994 | A Pin for the Butterfly<ref>A Pin for the Butterfly (1994): at the BFI</ref> | Grandma | |
| Widows' Peak<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Dawn Doyle-Counihan || | ||
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Harriet Hibbons | |
| A Pyromaniac's Love Story<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Wendy Linzer || | ||
| Hotel Sorrento<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Marge Morrisey | ||
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Nanny || | |
| Surviving Picasso<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Françoise's Grandmother || | ||
| Mr. Wrong<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Jessica Crawford || | ||
| Jane Eyre<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Mrs. Maddie Fairfax | ||
| 1997 | The Assistant<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Ida Bober || | |
| 1998 | Dance with Me<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Bea Johnson || | |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Ortensia Bartholomew || | |
| Tea with Mussolini<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Mary Wallace | ||
| 2000 | Dinosaur<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Baylene ||Voice | |
| Back to the Secret Garden<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Martha Sowerby || | ||
| 2002 | Global Heresy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Lady Foxley || | |
| Callas Forever<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Sarah Keller | ||
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Virginia Arness | |
| I Am David<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Sophie | ||
| 2004 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mother Superior || | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Mrs. Sarah Palfrey | |
| 2006 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Beatrice Fairfield || | |
| Curious George<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Victoria Plushbottom | Voice | |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick || | |
| 2009 | Knife Edge<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Marjorie | |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Herself | Documentary |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Sara Crewe<ref name="dagan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Winnie || 4 episodes | |
| 1954 | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre<ref name="dagan"/> | Adriana | 3 episodes |
| 1955 | Moby Dick—Rehearsed<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || A Young Actress/Pip || Uncompleted and lost Orson Welles film | |
| 1958 | Sword of Freedom<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Lisa Giocondo || Episode: "The Woman in the Picture" | |
| 1959 | Theatre NightTemplate:Cn | Arlette Le Boeuf | Episode: Hook, Line, and Sinker |
| World Theatre<ref name="dagan"/> | Lady Teazle | Episode: The School for Scandal | |
| ITV Play of the WeekTemplate:Cn | Winnie Verloc | Episode: The Secret Agent | |
| ITV Television PlayhouseTemplate:Cn | Jane Maxwell | Episode: Odd Man In | |
| 1967 | NET Playhouse<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | Sonya | Episode: Uncle Vanya |
| 1970 | ITV PlayhouseTemplate:Cn | Lisa | Episode: "The Plastic People" |
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Viola/Sebastian || Episode: "Twelfth Night" | ||
| 1973 | The Merchant of Venice<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Portia | Film |
| 1978 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Rosa | |
| Daphne Laureola<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Lady Pitts | ||
| 1980 | The Diary of Anne Frank<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs Frank || US film | |
| 1982 | All for Love<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Edith || Episode: "A Dedicated Man" | |
| 1983 | Wagner<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Mrs Taylor | Episode: "1.2" |
| 1986 | The Importance of Being Earnest<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Lady Bracknell | Film |
| 1987 | Theatre Night<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Meg Bowles || Episode: "The Birthday Party" | |
| 1989 | And a Nightingale Sang<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mam || rowspan="5" | Film | |
| 1990 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Sophie | |
| 1991 | The House of Bernarda Alba<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | La Poncia | |
| 1992 | Stalin<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Olga | |
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Daisy Werthan | ||
| 1993 | Screen Two<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs Monro || Episode: "The Clothes in the Wardrobe"; | |
| 1994 | The Return of the Native<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs Yeobright || rowspan="3" | Film | |
| A Place for Annie<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Dorothy | ||
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs Appletree | ||
| 1998–1999 | Encore! Encore!<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Marie Pinoni | 12 episodes |
| 1998 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Jeanne Vertefeuille || rowspan="5" | Film | |
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Rosemary | ||
| 2000 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Phoebe Harkness | |
| 2001 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Aunt Angie | |
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Narrator |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | If Four Walls Told<ref name="wiegand">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Hope (stage debut) || Croydon Repertory Theatre, England | |
| 1954 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Allison || Bristol Old Vic, England | |
| The Duenna<ref name="telegobit" /> | Donna Clara | Westminster Theatre, London | |
| 1955 | Moby Dick<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Pip | Duke of York's Theatre, London |
| 1956 | The Crucible<ref name="wiegand"/> | Mary Warren | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| Don Juan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Baptista || Royal Court Theatre | ||
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Receptionist || Royal Court Theatre | ||
| Cards of Identity<ref name="telegobit" /> | Miss Tray | Royal Court Theatre | |
| The Good Woman of Setzuan<ref name="telegobit" /> | Mrs. Shin | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 1957 | The Country Wife<ref name="wiegand"/> | Margery Pinchwife | Royal Court Theatre Adelphi Theatre, London |
| The Making of Moo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Elizabeth Compton || Royal Court Theatre | ||
| The Entertainer<ref name="wiegand"/> | Jean Rice | Palace Theatre, London | |
| 1958 | The Lesson<ref name=playbill/> | The Student | Phoenix Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| The Chairs<ref name=playbill/> | Old Woman | ||
| The Entertainer<ref name=playbill/> | Jean Rice | Royale Theatre, Broadway | |
| Major Barbara<ref name="wiegand"/> | Major Barbara | Royal Court Theatre | |
| citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Arlette || Piccadilly Theatre, London | ||
| 1959 | Roots<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Beatie Bryant | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Royal Court Theatre Duke of York's Theatre |
| 1960 | Rhinoceros<ref name="wiegand"/> | Daisy | Royal Court Theatre |
| A Taste of Honey<ref name=playbill/> | Josephine | Booth Theatre, Broadway | |
| 1962 | The Chances<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Another Constatia || Chichester Festival Theatre, England | |
| 1962–1963 | Uncle Vanya<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Sonya | Chichester Festival Theatre Old Vic Theatre, London |
| 1963 | Saint Joan<ref name="bbc-obit"/> | Saint Joan | Old Vic Theatre |
| 1964 | Hobson's Choice<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Maggie Hobson | Old Vic Theatre |
| The Master Builder<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Hilda Wangel | Old Vic Theatre | |
| 1967–1968 | Much Ado About Nothing<ref name="wiegand"/> | Beatrice | Old Vic Theatre |
| Three Sisters<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Masha | Old Vic Theatre | |
| Tartuffe<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Dorine || Old Vic Theatre | ||
| 1968 | The Advertisement<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Teresa || Old Vic Theatre | |
| Love's Labour's Lost<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Rosaline | Old Vic Theatre | |
| 1969 | Back to Methuselah, Part II<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Voice of Lilith || Old Vic Theatre | |
| 1970 | The Merchant of Venice<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Portia | Cambridge Theatre, London Old Vic Theatre |
| 1971 | A Woman Killed with Kindness<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Mistress Anne Frankford | New Theatre, London |
| The Rules of the Game<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Silla || New Theatre | ||
| 1972 | The Doctor's Dilemma<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Jennifer Dubedat || Chichester Festival Theatre | |
| The Taming of the Shrew<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Katharina | Chichester Festival Theatre | |
| 1973 | Rosmersholm<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Rebecca West || Greenwich Theatre, London | |
| 1973–1975 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Rosa | Old Vic Theatre, London Queen's Theatre, London |
| 1974 | Eden End<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Stella Kirby || Old Vic Theatre | |
| 1975 | The Seagull<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Irena Arkadina | Lyric Theatre, London |
| The Bed before Yesterday<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Alma | Lyric Theatre | |
| 1977 | Filumena<ref name="wiegand"/> | Filumena Marturano | Lyric Theatre |
| 1980 | Filumena<ref name=playbill/> | Filumena Marturano | St. James Theatre, Broadway |
| Enjoy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mam || Vaudeville Theatre, London | ||
| 1981 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Martha || Royal National Theatre, London | |
| 1982 | Cavell<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Edith Cavell | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 1983 | The Cherry Orchard<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Madame Ranevskaya | Haymarket Theatre, London |
| 1984 | The Way of the World<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Lady Wishfort | Chichester Festival Theatre Haymarket Theatre |
| 1985 | Mrs. Warren's Profession<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> || Mrs. Warren || Royal National Theatre | |
| 1986–1987 | The House of Bernarda Alba<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | La Poncia | Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London Globe Theatre, London |
| 1990 | Time and the Conways<ref name="gdn-obit"/> | Mrs. Conway | Old Vic Theatre |
Awards and nominations
Plowright was nominated for all the Triple Crown of Acting awards (Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award), winning the Tony Award in 1961. In 1993, she also became the second of only four actresses (as of 2024) to have won two Golden Globe Awards in the same year.
Book
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain
- List of actors with Academy Award nominations
References
External links
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