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.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was 95.

One of the UK’s most celebrated stage and screen stars, and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died aged 95. View on euronews

The National Theatre, The Royal Court and Chichester Festival Theatre are among the institutions to have paid tribute to actor Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95

As the theatre world mourns the death of Dame Joan Plowright, Chichester Festival Theatre is also remembering a key figure in its very earliest years.

Joan Plowright, the distinguished actress of the post-war British stage whose considerable skill as a performer was at times eclipsed by her fame as the third and last wife of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95.

LONDON -- Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who was one half of a theatrical power couple after marrying Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, surrounded by her loved ones.