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Dame Joan Plowright: Acting legend dies at 95 (BBC News)

She was one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier.

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Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95 (The Guardian)

Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End.

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Dame Joan Plowright: Acting star whose first love was theatre (BBC News)

One of the UK's finest stage actresses, she later appeared in films including Tea with Mussolini.

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Dame Joan Plowright obituary (The Guardian)

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre.

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Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British actor, dies at 95 (PBS NewsHour)

Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, Plowright won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

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Joan Plowright, star of 'Enchanted April' and 'Tea With Mussolini ... (Screen International)

Her 60-year spanning career included a Bafta-nominated role in 1960 film The Entertainer, an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe win for 1991 comedy drama ...

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British award-winning actor Dame Joan Plowright dies aged 95 (ABC News)

One of Britain's most celebrated screen and stage actors has died surrounded by her loved ones.

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