Celebrating Joan Plowright's brilliant legacy and her unforgettable chemistry with Cher in Tea with Mussolini, a testament to her timeless artistry

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,

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

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.‘s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II ...

Dame Joan Plowright, a British acting titan whose partnership with her late husband Sir Laurence Olivier turned the British theatre scene into one of the finest in the world, has died at the age of 95,

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II ...

Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied,

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