Biography and work of actress Joan Plaurayt

Homeland Joan Plauright - English town of Brig, located in the county of Lincolnshire. Here the actress was born in 1929 in the family of the literary editor and journalist William Ernest Plaurayt. Birthday actress - October 28.

Biographical information

Joan received primary education first at Scunthorpe, and then continued her studies enrolling in the Old Vic Theater School in Bristol.

In 1951, the girl made her debut as an actress of a provincial theater, and in 1954 she first appeared on the capital's stage. Two years later, she joined the English Theater Company and for a long time was involved in the productions of this organization.

Since March 2009, Joan Plauright took the place of John Mortimer - a deceased honorary president of the theater company.

In 1954, Joan married for the first time. With her first husband, Roger Jay, she lived only a few years.

The second husband, Lawrence Olivier, appeared in her destiny in 1961. Joanne Plauright and Lawrence Olivier lived together until the death of Lawrence (the life of a man was cut short by the development of a malignant tumor in his body).

In the second marriage, she gave birth to three children: a son and two daughters.

The children of Joan Plaurit continued their family continuity and connected their lives with the cinema. Son Joan and Lawrence, Richard Kerr Olivier, is engaged in writing scripts and directing, and both daughters - Tamsin Agnes Margaret Olivier and Julia Keith Olivier - followed in the footsteps of the mother and became film actresses.

Awards of actress Plaurayt

The artist received the Tony Award in 1961 for her role in the Broadway play Taste of Honey.

In 1993, the talent of Joan Plaurit was praised by two Golden Globe awards: for roles in the films Stalin and Koldovskaya April (for which she was awarded an Oscar in the latter).

"A Taste of Honey"

With the advent of the play, an interesting story is connected. Once a young Englishwoman Sheila Dileni, having read Terent Rattigan's "Variations on a Theme," said that she knows how to write no worse than the author, and her friends immediately concluded a bet with the girl.

The play "The Taste of Honey" written by young Sheila in just ten days, from 1958 entered the repertoire of theatrical companies throughout the world. Since then, the story of a teenage girl, timidly crossed the threshold of the world of adults, regularly reproduced on the stage of theaters of different levels.

Joan Plauright: films that are recognized as the best

On the screen, Joan first appeared in the middle of the last century, but the peak of her popularity came in the 80's.

Among the most famous screen reincarnations Joan Plaurit is to highlight her participation in film projects.

"I love you to death"

The picture was first demonstrated in 1990. This is the story of a passionate American, in whose veins Italian blood flows. He can hardly be called an exemplary husband, but his wife, as usual, learns about this last ... After learning about the adventures of his faithful, the woman makes several unsuccessful attempts to destroy the deceiver.

"The widow's mountain"

The film was released in film distribution in 1994. This is the humorous name of the village. The main inhabitants of a quiet resort town are widows ... Representatives of the city council are widows ... A young and wealthy American - the widow of Edwin - violates the quiet idyll. Easy comedy, recommended for family viewing, introduces viewers to the measured life of the Irish province of the 20s of last century.

"The Scarlet Letter"

The film was released in 1995. This is a story about the love of a beautiful American woman and the Reverend Father. The viewer will be asked to compare the American mores of the 17th century with modern permissiveness in relationships and admire the boldness of Esther, who was branded for refusing to give out the name of the beloved.

Jane Eyre

The premiere of this painting took place in 1996. The main roles in the adaptation of the novel by Charlotte Bronte about the love of the orphaned girl were played by Charlotte Ginsbourg and William Hart.

"101 Dalmatians"

The film was first shown in 1996. Adventure comedy for family viewing. Once in the pre-Christmas England, there was a kidnapping of small spotty puppies. On how quickly their hosts will come to the trail of the evil kidnapper - Cruella De Vil, the return of the small Dalmatians depends.

"Tea with Mussolini"

Another film with the participation of Joan Plauright, which was released in 1999, takes the viewer to Italian Florence of the 1930s - the days when all power in the country belonged to the insidious dictator and his henchmen. Among the general chaos, the measured and well-fed life of elderly American women and Englishwomen, idolizing Mussolini and enjoying each other's company, looks almost idealistic, until the raving idol of the venerable lady gets to them ...