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  The other woman: Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright fit this description, and Larry set his interest on this plain, mousy, unattractive woman.
Joan Plowright was exceedingly plain, with a nice enough face but certainly not one that would make heads turn as they had just done for Vivien when she entered Sardi's.
Joan and Larry were later wed and had a large family.
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 Joan Plowright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joan Ann Olivier, The Lady Olivier, DBE (born October 28, 1929), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier.
Long known as a superb theatre actress, Plowright trained at the Old Vic in London and made her stage debut in 1951 and her London debut in 1954.
Her brother, David Plowright, was an executive at Granada Television before being sacked by Gerry Robinson, "the wealthiest Irishman in Britain" (who, coincidentally, was awarded a knighthood in the 2004 New Year's Honours together with Dame Joan).
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 Joan Plowright - Biography - Moviefone
She appeared on screen with her husband in the film versions of The Entertainer (1960) and The Three Sisters (1970), the latter of which was also directed by Olivier.
In 1961, Plowright won a Tony award for her Broadway appearance in A Taste of Honey.
While an Oscar win is long overdue (although she was awarded a CBE from the Queen in 1970), Plowright was nominated for her work in 1992's Enchanted April.
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 Joan Plowright News
The widow of British actor Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, says the man was a genius "attended by demons," the BBC reports.
Joan Plowright was still a young 59 when her husband, Laurence Olivier, died in 1989.
Joan Plowright got through 'Last Action Hero' and 'Dennis the Menace' without smudging her reputation, and in a near fatally genteel mode, 'Mrs.
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 Joan Plowright @ Filmbug
Acknowledged as one of the finest stage actresses of her generation, Joan Plowright was the daughter of a newspaper editor who was encouraged by her mother to pursue her acting career.
In 1992, Plowright was nominated for the Academy AwandP, and won the Golden Globe, for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in Enchanted April.
Plowright went on to appear in Dennis the Menace, Widow's Peak, a remake of Jane Eyre, and Tea With Mussolini (the latter two directed by Franco Zeffirelli).
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Actress Plowright becomes a dame
Actress Joan Plowright was made a Dame by the Prince of Wales at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday.
Dame Joan, the widow of Lord Laurence Oliver, said the award was "a kind of crowning in one's life achievement".
Dame Joan, 74, was named in the New Year's Honours list for her contribution to stage and screen, which has spanned more than 50 years.
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 Plowright Dame Joan Ann (Lady Olivier) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Plowright, Dame Joan Ann (Lady Olivier) (1929- ), British actress, who made her mark with contemporary roles for the English Stage Company.
Sutherland, Dame Joan (1926-), Australian soprano, born in Sydney.
She received her earliest musical education from her mother, but at the age of...
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 Joan Plowright Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Plowright spent the better part of the next two decades dividing her time between her family and the London stage, where she triumphed as Shaw's "St. Joan" (1963), as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice" (1970, to Olivier's Shylock) and in the title role of "Filumena" (1980).
In 1990, Plowright delivered two very confident and different family matriarchs: in Lawrence Kasdan's fl comedy "I Love You to Death", she was the tabloid-loving Yugoslavian mother of a woman (Tracey Ullman) plotting to kill her philandering husband (Kevin Kline), while in Barry Levinson's underrated "Avalon", she avoided stereotype as a meddling Jewish mama.
Later, in 1999, Plowright received yet another memorable role, this time as a high society Englishwoman in "Tea with Mussolini." Her role as Mary Wallace was a reminder of why Plowright continued to be a sought-after artist.
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 Joan Plowright - Moviefone
The second Lady Olivier would be a woman named Joan Plowright -- Laurence...
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 BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright is one of the finest actors of her generation, but there was a time that her talent was overshadowed by her husband.
She met Laurence Olivier in the 1950s when he was married to Vivien Leigh.
And That's Not All - The Memoirs of Joan Plowright (Weidenfeld, ISBN: 0297645943, £20.00).
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 Joan Plowright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
One of the finest stage actresses of her generation, Plowright has played almost every major role in the classical repertory.
She made her screen debut in John Huston's "Moby Dick" (1956) and was acclaimed for her performance in the film adaptation of John Osborne's play, "The Entertainer" (1960), starring her future husband Laurence Olivier.
Plowright has subsequently made selective appearances in films including "Equus" (1977) and "Britannia Hospital" (1982)....
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A familiar face in several costume dramas, Joan Plowright began acting in the early 1950s, and made her London stage debut in 1954.
After developing a film career through the 1970s and 1980s, Plowright has appeared in such films as 1992's Enchanted April, 1996's Surviving Picasso and 1999's Tea With Mussolini.
Plowright was married to Sir Lawrence Olivier from 1961 until his death in 1989.
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 Dame Joan Ann Plowright (Lady Olivier) (1929-), Actress
In 1956 she joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and played opposite Laurence Olivier (whom she married in 1961) in The Entertainer (1957).
In 1959 she played Beattie in Arnold Wesker's Roots and in 1963 Plowright joined the National Theatre for its first season.
Dame Joan Ann Plowright (Lady Olivier); Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier; Hon.
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 Joan Plowright - CinemaReview.com....Cast/Crew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Long considered one of Britain's finest stage actresses, it wasn’t until the 1980s that JOAN PLOWRIGHT (Miss Plushbottom) came into her own as a character actress in films.
She received acclaim for her title roles in Major Barbara and Saint Joan and won a Tony for her Broadway performance in A Taste of Honey.
She made her film debut in Moby Dick (1956), but received more attention when she re-created her stage role in the film adaptation of The Entertainer (1960), playing the daughter of Laurence Olivier, whom she married in 1961.
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 Joan Plowright — Infoplease.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tea With Mussolini - Starring Cher, Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith
Dance With Me - Starring Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski
Larry and Vivien and Joan and Orson and Ken.(Brief Article)
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 Joan Plowright Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin, Fiona Shaw, John Wood, Josephine Serre, Billie Whitelaw, Maria Schneider.
Starring Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright, Dean Stockwell, John Livingston, Robert Goulet, Peter White, Hope Davis, Polly Holliday.
Starring Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, Jim Broadbent, Gerard McSorley, Michael James Ford, Britta Smith, Ingrid Craigie, Eileen Colgan.
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 Joan Plowright — FactMonster.com
A stage actress of distinction, Plowright has performed most of the major roles in the classical theater repertoire.
Plowright was married to actor Laurence Olivier from 1960 until his death in 1989.
I Am David - Starring Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Ben Tibber, Clem Tibber, Maria Bonnevie
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 Joan Plowright
Brother: David Ernest Plowright (ex-Chairman of Granada TV)
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 Joan Plowright Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
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