Plowright
Britishnoun
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Born in Lincolnshire, Joan Plowright became a leading lady in London's West End in the 1950s.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
After he died, Plowright continued to act into her 80s, until failing sight forced her retirement.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
Olivier and “Gone With the Wind” star Vivien Leigh ended their marriage after 20 years in 1960 amid the former’s affair with Plowright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The 2018 project celebrated the careers of Plowright and her fellow actor-dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
A fine bullock, weighing 80 stones, was killed on the 21st, steamed on the 23rd, and roasted whole on the 25th in a temporary kitchen specially erected by Mr. Plowright, of p. 50Swaffham.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
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