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
Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain's finest stage actresses - and later found fame on the cinema screen, although she largely preferred stage work.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier met in the cast of “The Entertainer” at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1956.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decades-long career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
At Ithaca and in the mountains of North Carolina I have found both forms appearing at the same season, and thus far have been unable to detect the differences noted by Plowright in the volva.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
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