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| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]
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| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Roger Gage|1953|1960|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Laurence Olivier]]|1961|1989|reason=died}}}}
| children = 3
| relatives = [[David Plowright]] (brother)
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'''Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|DBE}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiaLBAAAQBAJ&q=baroness+olivier&pg=PT358 |title=Snapshots: Encounters with Twentieth-Century Legends |author=Herbert Kretzmer |date=28 August 2014 |publisher=Biteback |access-date=31 March 2016|isbn=978-1-84954-798-7 }}</ref> (born 28 October 1929), professionally known as '''Dame Joan Plowright''', is an English retired actress whose career spanned over six decades. She has won two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and a [[Tony Award]] and has been nominated for an [[Academy Award]], an [[Emmy]] and two [[BAFTA Awards]]. She was the second of only four actresses (as of 2023) to have won two Golden Globes in the same year. She won the [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Actress of the Year in a New Play in 1978 for [[
▲'''Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|DBE}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiaLBAAAQBAJ&q=baroness+olivier&pg=PT358 |title=Snapshots: Encounters with Twentieth-Century Legends |author=Herbert Kretzmer |date=28 August 2014 |publisher=Biteback |access-date=31 March 2016|isbn=978-1-84954-798-7 }}</ref> (born 28 October 1929), professionally known as '''Dame Joan Plowright''', is an English retired actress whose career spanned over six decades. She has won two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and a [[Tony Award]] and has been nominated for an [[Academy Award]], an [[Emmy]] and two [[BAFTA Awards]]. She was the second of only four actresses (as of 2023) to have won two Golden Globes in the same year. She won the [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Actress of the Year in a New Play in 1978 for [[Filumena Marturano|Filumena]].
==Early life==
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In 1957, Plowright co-starred with [[Laurence Olivier|Sir Laurence Olivier]] in the original London production of [[John Osborne]]'s ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'', taking over the role of Jean Rice from [[Dorothy Tutin]] when the play transferred from the Royal Court to the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]]. She continued to appear on stage and in films such as ''[[The Entertainer (film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960). In 1961, she received a [[Tony Award]] for her role in ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].
Through her marriage to [[Laurence Olivier]], she became closely associated with his work at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] from 1963 onwards. In the 1990s she began to appear more regularly in films, including ''[[Enchanted April (1992 film)|Enchanted April]]'' (1992), for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and an [[Academy Award]] nomination, ''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]'' (1993),
In 2003, Plowright performed in the stage production ''Absolutely! (Perhaps)'' in London. She was appointed honorary president of the English Stage Company in March 2009, succeeding [[John Mortimer]], who died in January 2009. She was previously vice-president of the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/23708/plowright-becomes-honorary-president-of|title=Plowright becomes honorary president of English Stage Company|access-date=12 March 2009|last=Smith|first=Alistair|date=5 March 2009|work=[[The Stage]]|publisher=The Stage Newspaper Limited}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
Plowright was first married to the actor Roger Gage
Her younger brother, [[David Plowright]] (1930–2006), was an executive at [[Granada Television]].
==Legacy==
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==Styles==
Upon her second marriage she became Lady Olivier. In 1970, her husband
In 2004 she was made a [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE), and, despite being entitled now to be styled ''The Right Honourable The Lady Olivier DBE'', is professionally known as Dame Joan Plowright.
==Filmography==
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| 1956 || ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]'' || Starbuck's wife || Uncredited
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| 1957 || ''[[Time Without Pity]]'' || Agnes Cole ||
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| 1960 || ''[[The Entertainer (film)|The Entertainer]]'' || Jean Rice ||
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| 1963 || ''[[Uncle Vanya (1963 film)|Uncle Vanya]]'' || Sonya ||
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| 1998 || ''[[Dance with Me (1998 film)|Dance with Me]]'' || Bea Johnson ||
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| ''[[Tom's Midnight Garden (film)|Tom's Midnight Garden]]'' || Mrs. Ortensia Bartholomew ||
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| ''[[Tea with Mussolini]]'' || Mary Wallace ||
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| rowspan="2"| 2000
▲| rowspan=2|2000 || ''[[Dinosaur (2000 film)|Dinosaur]]'' || Baylene (voice) ||
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| ''[[Back to the Secret Garden]]'' || Martha Sowerby ||
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| ''[[Bringing Down the House (film)|Bringing Down the House]]'' || Virginia Arness ||
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| ''[[I Am David (film)|I
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| 2004 || ''George and the Dragon'' || Mother Superior ||
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| ''On Promised Land'' || Mrs. Appletree || Film
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| 1998–1999 || ''[[Encore! Encore!]]'' || Marie Pinoni || 12 episodes
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| rowspan="2"| 1998
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|rowspan=2|[[15th Tony Awards|1961]] || [[Tony Awards]] || [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]] || ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/joan-plowright-vault-0000113781|title=Joan Plowright|website=Playbill}}</ref>
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|[[31st British Academy Film Awards|1977]] || [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actress]] || ''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' || {{nom}}
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[[Category:Blind actors]]
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