Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright, wife of Laurence Olivier, dead at 95

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The Actor’s Work. “I mean it’s magic and I still feel, when a curtain goes up or the lights come on if there’s no curtain, the magic of a beginning of what is going to unfold in front of me.”As for her personal life, the beloved actress’ first marriage was to actor Roger Gage, whom she wed in 1953 and divorced in 1960.The following year, she married Laurence Olivier.

Their relationship garnered mass media attention, as their union happened hot on the heels of his divorce from Vivien Leigh.The duo stayed married until Olivier’s death in 1989.

The iconic performer died at the age of 82 following a battle with cancer.Plowright is survived by her children Tamsin, Julie-Kate, and Richard, along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.With Post wires.