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Award-winning actress Joan Plowright dies aged 95 (RTE.ie)

Award-winning actress Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95, her family has announced.

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Dame Joan Plowright: Acting legend dies at 95 (BBC News)

She was one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier.

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Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95 (The Irish Times)

Actor Joan Plowright helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in Lodon's West End.

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West End theatres to dim their lights in honour of Joan Plowright (Irish Examiner)

Scunthorpe's Plowright Theatre, named in her honour, has also paid tribute to the “distinguished” actress. Venues in London's theatreland will dim their lights ...

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Dame Joan Plowright obituary (The Guardian)

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre.

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Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British actor, dies at 95 (PBS NewsHour)

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

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Joan Plowright, acclaimed British actress and wife of Laurence ... (NPR)

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted ...

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