Dame Joan Plowright, the Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning British actress has died. She was 95.
Plowright died peacefully Friday surrounded by family at Denville Hall in London, according to the BBC.
“She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theater, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire,” a statement from Plowright’s family read.
Born in Lincolnshire, England in 1929, Plowright made her stage debut in 1948 and joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre in 1956. She went on to co-star with legendary actor Laurence Olivier in “The Entertainer” (1957) before marrying him in 1961.
Plowright received a Tony Award in 1961 for her performance in “A Taste of Honey” on Broadway.
The actress landed an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1991 film “Enchanted April” and won Golden Globes for both that performance and her portrayal of Joseph Stalin’s mother-in-law in the 1992 HBO film “Stalin.”
After her husband died in 1989, Plowright appeared more frequently in films during the ‘90s and 2000s. She acted in projects like “Dennis the Menace,” “101 Dalmatians,” “The Spiderwick Chronicles” and “Bringing Down the House.”
Her last acting credit came in 2009’s “Knife Edge.”
Plowright retired from acting in 2014 after macular degeneration left her legally blind.
The England native was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II. She appeared as herself in the 2018 documentary “Tea with the Dames” alongside fellow acting legends Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins.
Plowright is survived by her son (Richard Olivier) two daughters (actresses Tamsin Olivier and Julie-Kate Olivier) and several grandchildren.