Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an ...

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, ...

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, and Joan Plowright in Tea with the Dames in 2018. Joan Plowright having tea with ...

Her family said: "It is with great sadness that the family of Dame Joan Plowright, the Lady Olivier, inform you that she ...

Joan Ann Plowright was born on 29 October 1929 in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Her mother, Daisy, was a keen amateur actor and by the ...

Dame Joan Plowright, whose acting career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 95. The star's family announced the ...

Over the past 12 months, the world said goodbye to a number of cultural icons, including award-winning TV and film actors, lauded musicians, acclaimed authors, directors and comedians. The British ...

Here are ten essential films from Dame Maggie Smith’s remarkable and irreplaceable career. Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s ...

Downton Abbey 3 is set to arrive in cinemas this September but with a glaring absence. Dame Maggie Smith's iconic Dowager, who co-starred in the award-winning period drama since the TV series began, ...