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 and an Emmy.

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England. Plowright was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death.

Theatres across London’s West End will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm on Tuesday 21 January in remembrance of renowned British stage and screen actress Dame Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, who died earlier this week at the age of 95. pic.twitter.com/ztTtdJZuIC

Joan Plowright, the celebrated English actor whose career included the films 'Enchanted April,' 'The Entertainer' and 'Spiderwick Chronicles,' has died at 95.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Plowright racked up dozens of stage ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Plowright racked up dozens of stage ...

Actor Joan Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy. She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.(Suzanne Plunkett / AP) LONDON — Award ...

LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Plowright racked up dozens ...

Joan Plowright, an award-winning British actress ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. Plowright and her late husband, Olivier, made an impact on the U.K.’s theatrical scene ...

The renowned British actress Joan Plowright, who was married to the stage legend Laurence Olivier for 28 years, died on Thursday aged 95. She passed in her native England, her daughter said, at a retirement home for actors in the country’s south.

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Plowright racked up ...

FILE – Joan Plowright, nominated for best supporting ... She was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. From the 1950s to the 1980s, Plowright racked up dozens of stage roles in everything ...