Happy 88th Birthday Dame Joan Plowright!!
Oct 28, 2017 15:46:02 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Oct 28, 2017 15:46:02 GMT
Happy Birthday Dame Joan Plowright, the Baroness Olivier 
Born October 28, 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
Brigg, Lincolnshire, market square
She made her stage debut in 1948, and her London stage debut in 1954.
Her eventual movie career came later in life after she became a widow after Lord Olivier, except a few early roles with Olivier. They met during the theatre production of The Entertainer 1957, when Oliviers marriage to Vivien Liegh was more or less over, Joan and Laurence married in 1961, she also had a former marriage to stage actor Roger Gage.
Her movie debut was Time Without Pity 1957, though her TV debut was already in 1951.
She also recieved a Tony nomination for A Taste of Honey on Broadway 1961
The Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe is named in Plowright's honour.
Movie credits include The Entertainer 1960, Three Sisters 1970, Dennis the Menace (as Mrs Wilson) 1993, Last Action Hero 1993, 101 Dalmatians 1996, Jane Eyre 1996, Dance with Me 1998, Tea with Mussolini 1999, Bringing Down the House 2003 and The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008.
Last movie appearance was in Knife Edge 2009, she continued to work on stage until 2014, when she declared officially to have retired.
She never liked the title Baroness or Lady Olivier, and never used it
With Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer 1960.
With Walter Matthau as Mr and Mrs Wilson in Dennis the Menace 1993
In Bringing Down the House 2003
Later in life photo with husband Laurence Olivier.
Born October 28, 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
Brigg, Lincolnshire, market square
She made her stage debut in 1948, and her London stage debut in 1954.
Her eventual movie career came later in life after she became a widow after Lord Olivier, except a few early roles with Olivier. They met during the theatre production of The Entertainer 1957, when Oliviers marriage to Vivien Liegh was more or less over, Joan and Laurence married in 1961, she also had a former marriage to stage actor Roger Gage.
Her movie debut was Time Without Pity 1957, though her TV debut was already in 1951.
She also recieved a Tony nomination for A Taste of Honey on Broadway 1961
The Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe is named in Plowright's honour.
Movie credits include The Entertainer 1960, Three Sisters 1970, Dennis the Menace (as Mrs Wilson) 1993, Last Action Hero 1993, 101 Dalmatians 1996, Jane Eyre 1996, Dance with Me 1998, Tea with Mussolini 1999, Bringing Down the House 2003 and The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008.
Last movie appearance was in Knife Edge 2009, she continued to work on stage until 2014, when she declared officially to have retired.
She never liked the title Baroness or Lady Olivier, and never used it
With Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer 1960.
With Walter Matthau as Mr and Mrs Wilson in Dennis the Menace 1993
In Bringing Down the House 2003
Later in life photo with husband Laurence Olivier.
