ACTOR

Joan Plowright

1929 - 2025

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Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier (née Plowright; 28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. Plowright studied at the Old Vic Theatre School before acting onstage at the Royal National Theatre where she met her husband Laurence Olivier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Plowright has received more than 5,041,040 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Joan Plowright is the 1,075th most popular actor (up from 1,108th in 2019), the 1,170th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,234th in 2019) and the 155th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Plowright ranks 1,075 out of 13,578. Before her are Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Run Run Shaw, Bernard Blier, Kathryn Joosten, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Rosemary Harris. After her are Amrish Puri, Barbara Brylska, Hema Malini, Stacy Keach, Pedro Infante, and Megan Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Joan Plowright ranks 119. Before her are June Carter Cash, Kishore Kumar, John Polanyi, Nureddin al-Atassi, Heiner Müller, and Reino Börjesson. After her are Hugo Claus, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Don Murray, Filaret, and Carolyn S. Shoemaker. Among people deceased in 2025, Joan Plowright ranks 13. Before her are Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, Denis Law, Sofia Gubaidulina, Ágnes Keleti, and Roberta Flack. After her are Dražen Dalipagić, Costas Simitis, Geneviève Page, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Bertrand Blier, and Richard Williamson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joan Plowright ranks 1,170 out of 8,785. Before her are William the Lion (1142), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Ed Miliband (1969), John McLaughlin (1942), Rosemary Harris (1927), and Rod Evans (1947). After her are Stephen Harding (1059), Clive Granger (1934), John Charles (1931), Peter Green (1946), Robert Hardy (1925), and Glenda Jackson (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Joan Plowright ranks 155. Before her are Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Keira Knightley (1985), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Frances Fisher (1952), Bernard Lee (1908), and Rosemary Harris (1927). After her are Robert Hardy (1925), Glenda Jackson (1936), Stephen Fry (1957), Emily Blunt (1983), Ray Stevenson (1964), and Robert Shaw (1927).

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