In Nothing Like A Dame, Dame Joan and her famous friends discussed her husband, Lord Laurence Olivier, ageing, and their experiences in acting.

BBC documentary Nothing Like A Dame saw Dame Joan Plowright – who died on Friday aged 95 – meet up with friends Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to discuss life ...

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 ...

BBC Arts The Duchess of Malfi, 1972 production Classic BBC Television adaptation of John Webster's play, directed by James MacTaggart

As a founding member of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court, the theatre’s honorary president, and the wife of Laurence Olivier, first director of the National Theatre, Plowright played a key role in the transformation of UK theatre in the mid-20th century.