Joan Plowright

The couple were married until 1989 (his death). She died in Brighton. Together the couple had three children, Richard, Tamsin and Julie-Kate. It was her success in Hollywood that brought her recognition, and in 1960 she was created a Dame of the British Empire. She divorced him and in 1961 married Laurence Olivier. After the war, demonstrating her range, she appeared in Holiday Camp (1947), the first of a series of films which featured the very ordinary Huggett family; as the Mother Superior in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Black Narcissus (1947); as a magistrate in Goodtime Girl (1948); as a prospective Labour MP in Basil Dearden's excellent Frieda (1947); and in Dearden's costume melodrama, Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948). Joan Plowright was first married to Roger Gage. At the age of 32, Robson played the old Empress Elizabeth in Alexander Korda's Catherine the Great (1934).

As of July 2003 she was performing in the stage production Absolutely! (perhaps) in London. Lacking the glamorous looks of a leading lady, she specialised in character roles, notably that of Queen Elizabeth I in both Fire over England (1937) and The Sea Hawk (1940). After a brief hiatus to devote time to her family she has returned to the screen and can be seen in films such as Dennis the Menace, Enchanted April and Tea With Mussolini. She was born in South Shields, Durham, England and made her stage debut in 1921 at the age of 19. In 1961 she was awarded a Tony for her role in A Taste of Honey on Broadway. Flora Robson (March 28, 1902 - July 7, 1984) was a British actress renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britain's theatrical grandes dames. Plowright continued to appear on stage and in films such as The Entertainer and The Three Sisters.

She appeared in The Chairs (by Eugène Ionesco), Major Barbara, Saint Joan and in 1958 she co-starred with future husband Laurence Olivier in the production of The Entertainer. In 1956 she joined the English Theatre Company and won the role of Margery Pincher in The Country Wife. Long known as a superb theatre actress, Plowright trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in London and made her stage debut in 1951 and her London debut in 1954. In addition to being Lady Olivier (later Baroness Olivier) she was made a Dame (DBE) in her own right in the New Year's Honours for 2004.

Joan Ann Plowright (born October 28, 1929 in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England) is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. Moby Dick (1956) (uncredited, as Starbuck's Wife) (her first film role). The Entertainer (1960) as Jean Rice. Three Sisters (1970) as Masha.

Avalon (1990) as Eva Krichinsky. Fisher. Enchanted April (1992) as Mrs. Martha Wilson.

Dennis the Menace (1993) as Mrs. The Scarlet Letter (1995) as Harriet Hibbons. Tea With Mussolini (1999) as Mary Wallace. Back to the Secret Garden (2001) as Martha Sowerby.

Goose! (2004) as Beatrice Fairfield.