The Irish-born creative counted Princess Grace of Monaco and Robert F. Kennedy's wife Ethel among her clients.

She made her film debut in 1977 as the mother of a troubled boy in Equus. Joan’s co-star Richard Burton later asked her to run away with him, but she insisted she was with Laurence “for the ...

Born on October 28, 1929, in Brigg, Lincolnshire, Joan Ann Plowright was the daughter of Daisy Margaret (née Burton) and William Ernest Plowright, a journalist and newspaper editor. She attended ...

Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain's most celebrated ... for her performance in the film version of Equus alongside Richard Burton. In Enchanted April, her role as the elegant but peevish Mrs ...

Joan Ann Plowright was born on Oct. 28 ... Her father, William Ernest Plowright, was a newspaper editor, and her mother, Daisy (Burton) Plowright, who had once hoped for a ballet career, was ...

Laurence married Joan on March 17, 1961, in New York. Richard Burton was the famous actor's best man. Their wedding was a sensation of the year, marking the beginning of an enduring marriage that ...

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 16-22 include comedian Trevor Noah, singer James Blunt and actor Drew ...

Burton William Porter ... He was predeceased by his parents Arlton and Joan (French) Porter; and 3 sisters: Hope Pinette, Alice Kupfer, and Ruth Attanasio. A memorial service will be held at ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone ... boy in the 1977 feature adaptation of “Equus,” starring Richard Burton, drawing her first BAFTA Award nomination. The same year, she ...

RCB Experimental Art Lab joins with NUNi Productions to present the theatrical comedy Private Lives, a witty and chaotic ode ...