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Joan Plowright’s Husband: About Laurence Olivier & Their Marriage


Joan and Laurence were married until he died in 1989. Learn all about the late Baron and Baroness’ marriage.

Image Credit: Bettmann Archive Joan Plowright met the love of her life in husband Laurence Olivier. In his autobiography, Confessions Of An Actor, Laurence recalled seeing the production “and was entranced by the Margery Pinchwife of Miss Joan Plowright, whose very name was enough to make me think thoughts of love.” Yes, Joan and Laurence shared children together: daughters Tamsin and Julie-Kate and son Richard, all of whom followed in their parents’ footsteps by becoming actors, according to CBS News.

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