- Announced her retirement from acting in 2014 due to loss of eyesight.
- Although she played Laurence Olivier's daughter in The Entertainer (1960), they married several months after the film was released.
- Lady Olivier since 1961, after Sir Laurence Olivier divorced Vivien Leigh. They became Baron and Baroness Olivier in 1970.
- In Last Action Hero (1993), she played an English teacher who showed her students Hamlet (1948), which starred her late husband Laurence Olivier in the title role and was directed by him.
- She bore her second husband Laurence Olivier three children - a son Richard Olivier (an actor and director) and two actress daughters Tamsin Olivier and Julie Kate Olivier.
- She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- Won Broadway's 1961 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "A Taste of Honey."
- She was awarded CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1970 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- She was awarded the 1986 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performance in The House of Barnarda Alba.
- Appeared in two movies written and produced by John Hughes: Dennis the Menace (1993) and 101 Dalmatians (1996).
- Older sister of David Plowright, CBE, who was Chairman of Granada TV Ltd. until 1992 when he was ousted by Gerry Robinson, the current Chairman and former Chief Executive.
- Became an Associate Member of RADA.
- Although she played Roger Livesey's granddaughter in The Entertainer (1960), she was only 23 years his junior in real life.
- Mother-in-law of Simon Dutton, who is married to her daughter Tamsin Olivier.
- Daughter of William (1892-1962) and Daisy (née Burton) Plowright (1891-1957).
- Currently appearing in "Absolutely! {perhaps}" in London with Oliver Ford Davies. (July 2003)
- One of the nominees for a 1980 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance in 'Enjoy' but lost out to Frances de la Tour.
- Won the Variety Club of Great Britain best film actress award for Drowning by Numbers.
- Grandmother of Wilfred Laurence Dutton (b. May 1997) via daughter Tamsin Olivier and her [now ex] husband, Simon Dutton.
- Suffered a miscarriage in October 1964.
- Delivered her son Richard and daughter Tamsin naturally and her daughter Julia Kate via emergency Caesarean section.
- Covent Garden, London, England (May 2009)
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