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

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, famed for her roles in “kitchen sink” dramas on stage, and the widow of Laurence Olivier, has...

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...

The widow of Lord Olivier won Golden Globes for Enchanted April and Stalin.

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

She won many accolades — and was honored with a damehood — during a seven-decade career on the London stage, in film and on Broadway.