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Joan Plowright: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Dame Joan Anne Plowright
Born October 28, 1929 • Scunthorpe • England
Died January 16, 2025 (aged 95) • England
Notable Family Members spouse Laurence Olivier

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Joan Plowright as Aunt Lucinda stands indoors wearing a red sweater and scarf, with a small goblin character on a cabinet behind her in The Spiderwick Chronicles.
Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, Josie Lawrence, and Joan Plowright in period costumes pose in a garden setting for a publicity still from the film Enchanted April.
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Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
English film director
Sir Ian McKellen smiling, wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and patterned scarf at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in London.
Ian McKellen
British actor
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
British actor
Judi Dench wearing a pale, beaded outfit and diamond earrings, smiling slightly at a formal event in 2006.
Judi Dench
British actress
Helena Bonham Carter wearing a red velvet jacket and red beaded earrings, standing in front of a Save the Children event backdrop.
Helena Bonham Carter
British actress
British actress Maggie Smith smiling, wearing a light-colored jacket over a dark top, with short gray hair, at an event in 2015.
Maggie Smith
British actress
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
British-born actress
English actor Nigel Hawthorne in 1986, wearing a gray suit jacket, white shirt, and paisley tie, looking at the camera.
Nigel Hawthorne
British actor
Finney, Albert
Albert Finney
British actor
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
British actress
Helen Mirren smiles on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, wearing a yellow gown and an ornate emerald and diamond necklace with matching earrings.
Helen Mirren
British actress
Portrait of Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins looking directly at the camera, wearing a dark jacket with a short beard and closely cropped hair.
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor
Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard sits at a glass table with hands clasped, wearing a dark jacket with a silver badge, in a scene from Star Trek: Picard.
Patrick Stewart
British actor
James Corden smiling in a suit and tie against a dark textured background.
James Corden
British actor, writer, and television personality
John Hurt smiling and dressed in a tuxedo with a black bow tie at the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy premiere in Venice, Italy.
John Hurt
British actor
Diana Rigg in The Avengers
Diana Rigg
British actress
Glenda Jackson smiling and holding her Academy Award for Best Actress, wearing a patterned blouse, outdoors in London.
Glenda Jackson
British actress and politician
Lenny Henry stands smiling in a theater with red seats and ornate gold balcony, wearing a dark suit and white shirt.
Lenny Henry
British actor and comedian
John Mills in Ryan's Daughter
John Mills
British actor
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Jill Haworth
British-born actress

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