Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench,​ Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith​, Joan Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

Plowright was part of an era of British acting that has included the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Vanessa Redgrave. One of Plowright’s’ most recent projects was the documentary Tea with the Dames where alongside Smith and Dench she looked back on her career and joked that Dench had taken all the best roles.

Dame Joan Plowright, a British acting titan whose partnership with her late husband Sir Laurence Olivier turned the British theatre scene into one of the finest in the world, has died at the age of 95,

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright, one of the most notable British actresses of her generation, has died at 95.

Theaters in London's West End will dim their lights for two minutes in honor of the legendary actress, who was also nominated for an Oscar and Emmy during her storied career.

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 April.

Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decades-long career included an Oscar-nominated turn in "Enchanted April" and films "The Entertainer" and "Stalin," has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall,

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.