In Nothing Like A Dame, Dame Joan and her famous friends discussed her husband, Lord Laurence Olivier, ageing, and their experiences in acting.

BBC documentary Nothing Like A Dame saw Dame Joan Plowright – who died on Friday aged 95 – meet up with friends Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to discuss life ...

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

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

Dame Joan Plowright, who was married to fellow acting legend Lord Laurence Olivier, died on January 16, 2025, surrounded by her family

LOS ANGELES — Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, her family said Friday in a statement to the Associated Press. She was 95.

LONDON – Judi Dench, the veteran English stage and film actress, said that her vision loss had progressed to the point that she no longer attended red-carpet premieres and other events alone.

“I can’t see.” Dame Judi Dench has issued a sad health update. Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for BFI The Oscar winner, famed for playing ‘M’ in nine James Bond movies, added she ...

Dame Judi Dench has admitted she had mixed feelings when her James Bond character M was killed off after 20 years in the role. The Hollywood icon first played the part of the British spy boss in ...

Dame Judi Dench and her late husband Michael Williams shared a love story that lasted for three decades. But before their wedding in 1971, the Hollywood couple faced a unique challenge ...

BBC Arts The Duchess of Malfi, 1972 production Classic BBC Television adaptation of John Webster's play, directed by James MacTaggart