ACTOR

Joan Plowright

1929 - 2025

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Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier (née Plowright; 28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. Plowright studied at the Old Vic Theatre School before acting onstage at the Royal National Theatre where she met her husband Laurence Olivier. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Plowright is the 909th most popular actor (up from 1,075th in 2019), the 1,148th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,170th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Joan Plowright ranks 909 out of 13,578. Before her are Clara Bow, Cliff Robertson, Stephen Boyd, Teri Hatcher, Anne Parillaud, and Mario Adorf. After her are Nick Adams, Terence Stamp, Gert Fröbe, Ann-Margret, Richard Lynch, and Florinda Bolkan.

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Among people born in 1929, Joan Plowright ranks 107. Before her are Abdel Halim Hafez, Isabel Sarli, Peter L. Berger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, and Andriyan Nikolayev. After her are Michael Atiyah, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Věra Chytilová, Branko Zebec, and June Carter Cash. Among people deceased in 2025, Joan Plowright ranks 58. Before her are Lalo Schifrin, Georgios Roubanis, Ferdi Tayfur, Max Romeo, Heikki Hasu, and Bertrand Blier. After her are Akinori Nakayama, Dag Solstad, James Foley, Stanley Fischer, Friðrik Ólafsson, and Hossein Salami.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joan Plowright ranks 1,148 out of 8,785. Before her are James Mirrlees (1936), James Hargreaves (1720), Colin Chapman (1928), Anne Hyde (1637), Edmund Cartwright (1743), and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868). After her are Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Terence Stamp (1938), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Emperor Norton (1818), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), and Michael Atiyah (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Joan Plowright ranks 132. Before her are Tom Hardy (1977), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Bernard Cribbins (1928), Stewart Granger (1913), and Stephen Boyd (1931). After her are Terence Stamp (1938), Graham Chapman (1941), Marty Feldman (1934), Andy Serkis (1964), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), and Benedict Cumberbatch (1976).

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