dead Joan Plowright

[tracy 2,606]

Joan Plowright dead at 95.

[Gisooo 3,680]

Nooooo

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6 minutes ago, tracy said:

Joan Plowright dead at 95.

Very sad to hear. RIP. 

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Just now, Gisooo said:

Nooooo

Come on, 95 and in failing health for years. That's not a bad or unexpected death at all.

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4 minutes ago, drol said:

Come on, 95 and in failing health for years. That's not a bad or unexpected death at all.

 

I know but I loved her, she was such a good actress. Nominated for an Oscar, memorable roles in Dennis the Menace and 101 Dalmatians and Bringing Down the House. Sad RIP another Dame

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5th Crowdsource hit and we're not even 2/3rds of the way through January yet

[Gisooo 3,680]

And the voice of Baylene from Disney 2000 film Dinosaur

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15 minutes ago, tracy said:

Joan Plowright dead at 95.

 

The second from the Tea With The Dames-ensemble to go, just 4 months after Maggie Smith.

Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins are left, both are 90 years old.

 

I would have loved to see Joan Plowright on the DL, well...

[Windsor 2,308]

I note that she has been described as 'Baroness Olivier' and Rt Hon Lady Olivier on her wikipedia page. 

 

I may be incorrect but as the wife of a life peer she was neither a Baroness or 'Rt Hon'?

[Thatcher 2,776]

Shocking to think one of Britain’s finest on stage and screen is merely filed away in character actors, whilst we have threads for imitation cricketer Bob Uecker and professional gobshite Katie Hopkins.

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2 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Shocking to think one of Britain’s finest on stage and screen is merely filed away in character actors, whilst we have threads for imitation cricketer Bob Uecker and professional gobshite Katie Hopkins.

 

To be fair, the death of professional gobshite Katie Hopkins will give us a degree of satisfaction. 

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10 minutes ago, Windsor said:

I note that she has been described as 'Baroness Olivier' and Rt Hon Lady Olivier on her wikipedia page. 

 

I may be incorrect but as the wife of a life peer she was neither a Baroness or 'Rt Hon'?

 

Lady is correct because Laurence had a knighthood as well as a peerage. 

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10 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Shocking to think one of Britain’s finest on stage and screen is merely filed away in character actors, whilst we have threads for imitation cricketer Bob Uecker and professional gobshite Katie Hopkins.

I was shocked she didn’t have one when I was checking who on this year’s crowdsourced list didn’t have one

[prussianblue 1,115]

12 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Shocking to think one of Britain’s finest on stage and screen is merely filed away in character actors, whilst we have threads for imitation cricketer Bob Uecker and professional gobshite Katie Hopkins.

 

I felt the same way about Helen Mirren being discussed on here recently. 

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35 minutes ago, tracy said:

Joan Plowright dead at 95.

A widow for 35 years and only 7 years older than her stepson, Tarquin. A surprising omission from the list.

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Always found it Plowright weird tbh:

"She's one of the great elder dames of British acting, one of our most iconic performers"

"Oh right, what are her most famous roles?"

"The early 90s Dennis the Menace and Burning Down the House with Queen Latifah."

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No idea why my Helen Mirren comment posted twice. Anyway, her greatest role was clearly the housekeeper in live action 101 Dalmatians! 

37 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

 

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1 minute ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Always found it Plowright weird tbh:

"She's one of the great elder dames of British acting, one of our most iconic performers"

"Oh right, what are her most famous roles?"

"The early 90s Dennis the Menace and Burning Down the House with Queen Latifah."

 

Enchanted April she got an Oscar nomination for that role.

 

And yes I forgot Tea With Mussolini, loved her there too and The Spiderwick Chronicles.

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7 minutes ago, The Watcher said:

A widow for 35 years and only 7 years older than her stepson, Tarquin. A surprising omission from the list.

I picked Tarquin Olivier in the DDP this year.

 

Oh I'm  sad  to hear of Joan's passing.  I loved her in Tea with Mussolini  and back in the day when she gave more interviews she was a good link to an earlier era in the British acting world via  her raconteuring and marriage to one of the greats Laurence Olivier. 

[Ulitzer95 13,173]

The curse of 2024 has been well and truly lifted and the avalanche is now in full flow.

 

Thought Joan was a great actress. I was really angry what they did to her by casting her as a racist old lady in Bringing Down the House, a film that has aged horribly considered it was “only” released in 2003 yet seems to have been condemned to the dustbin of history for its cringe racism.
 

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If we’re to assume that the Grim Reaper is working round the table anti clockwise (Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowright), then Dame Eileen Atkins should be next, then Dame Judi Dench.

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58 minutes ago, tracy said:

Joan Plowright dead at 95.

 

She was great in the TV version of Pinter's The Birthday Party in 1987. RIP.

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2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 

If we’re to assume that the Grim Reaper is working round the table anti clockwise (Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowright), then Dame Eileen Atkins should be next, then Dame Judi Dench.

 

Is Eileen more frailer than Judi?

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41 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Shocking to think one of Britain’s finest on stage and screen is merely filed away in character actors, whilst we have threads for imitation cricketer Bob Uecker and professional gobshite Katie Hopkins.

Agreed but I'm also surprised she is here as my memory was convinced she'd just debuted on the DL!

 

Anyhow, sad loss, fine actress, Reapers on a bit of a tear this week.

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26 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Always found it Plowright weird tbh:

"She's one of the great elder dames of British acting, one of our most iconic performers"

"Oh right, what are her most famous roles?"

"The early 90s Dennis the Menace and Burning Down the House with Queen Latifah."

She was more of a theatre actress - knighthoods and damehood’s traditionally went to the theatre actors earlier and at a higher rate than the ones who did mainly films and TV.