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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 — 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. She was 95.

Joan Plowright, the acclaimed English actress who was also the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

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Dame Joan Plowright recounted how her agent had told her he would find her a part “(Dame) Judi Dench hasn’t got ... up with friends Dame Judi, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to ...

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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 ...

Oscar nominee Dame Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95, her family said today. The British actress, who was married to Lord Laurence Olivier, was known for her Golden Globe award-winning ...

(Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU / POOL / AFP) 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 ...

Oscar-nominated English actor Joan Plowright, acknowledged as one of the leading actors of her generation, has died at the age of 95, her family said on Friday.