Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95

Dame Joan Plowright, 1 of Britain's astir acclaimed signifier and surface stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died astatine the property of 95.

Her vocation spanned 60 years and included an Oscar information for the 1991 movie Enchanted April.

She joined Olivier successful 1961 aft starring other him arsenic his girl successful The Entertainer, and became a starring subordinate of the National Theatre, which helium acceptable up.

In 2014, she retired from the signifier - having mislaid her eyesight and been registered arsenic blind.

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