Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright in Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright, and Baird Wallace in Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Joan Plowright in Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Joan Plowright in The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Bill Pullman, Ellen DeGeneres, and Joan Plowright in Mr. Wrong (1996)

"Dennis The Menace" Walter Matthau, Joan Plowright

Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright in Daphne Laureola (1978)

Joan Plowright and Ray Stevenson in The Return of the Native (1994)

Joan Plowright in The Return of the Native (1994)

Joan Plowright, Claire Skinner, and Ray Stevenson in The Return of the Native (1994)

Joan Plowright, Claire Skinner, Ray Stevenson, and William Waghorn in The Return of the Native (1994)

Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Joan Plowright, and Polly Walker in Enchanted April (1991)

Joan Plowright in A Place for Annie (1994)

Sissy Spacek and Joan Plowright in A Place for Annie (1994)

Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Daniel Massey and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Laurence Olivier, Roger Livesey, and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Laurence Olivier, Max Bacon, George Doonan, Roger Livesey, and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Brenda de Banzie, and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Brenda de Banzie and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Alan Bates and Joan Plowright in The Entertainer (1960)

Cher, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, and Joan Plowright in Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Sting, Suzanna Hamilton, and Joan Plowright in Brimstone & Treacle (1982)

Kevin Kline, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, William Hurt, Tracey Ullman, and Joan Plowright in I Love You to Death (1990)

Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright in The Merchant of Venice (1973)

Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend in Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)