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  • NAME: Joan Plowright
  • OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
  • BIRTH DATE: October 28, 1929 (Age: 83)
  • EDUCATION: Laban Art of Movement Studio
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Scunthorpe, United Kingdom
  • ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

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Dame Joan Plowright is an English stage and film actress. She was married to Sir Laurence Olivier.


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Dame Joan Plowright was born October 28, 1929, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. She was trained at the Old Vic Theatre School and debuted in 1951. Her dual roles--as an old woman and a 17-year-old--in plays by Ionesco brought her acclaim. Plowright was nominated for a best supporting actress Academy Award for Enchanted April. She was married to Laurence Olivier until his death in 1989.

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