Joan Plowright dead at 95

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:42am

Tony winner for A Taste of Honey, Golden Globe winner for Enchanted April, & widow of Sir Laurence Olivier. RiP

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 11:58am

Half of the cast of one of my favorite films, Tea With the Dames, is now gone. RIP

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 12:53pm

She was also glorious in one of my favorite films, AVALON, as believe it or not, a Russian-Jewish grandmother. I swear she had studied my own grandmother to play the role. One of the greats.

[daredevil]

Posted: 1/18/25 at 1:11pm

I still remember seeing her in A Taste of Honey in December of 1960. She was incandescent---brought something remarkable and fragile to the role. Have never forgotten her performance. Also there is a movie, I believe it is called Tea With the Dames,, in which she and three other female icons of their generation: Maggie Smith, Judy Dench and Geraldine McKewen share their memories. It takes place at Ms. Plowright's home; at the time her sight was failing, nevertheless she came off as warm and sensitive. A truly great artist!