Judi Dench and Joan Plowright in Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Cher and Joan Plowright in Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Martin Short and Joan Plowright in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Richard Burton and Joan Plowright in Equus (1977)

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Aidan Quinn, and Joan Plowright in Avalon (1990)

Armin Mueller-Stahl and Joan Plowright in Avalon (1990)

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak, Aidan Quinn, and Joan Plowright in Avalon (1990)

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elijah Wood, Elizabeth Perkins, Aidan Quinn, and Joan Plowright in Avalon (1990)

Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, and Joan Plowright in Widows' Peak (1994)

Joan Plowright and Ben Tibber in I Am David (2003)

Joan Plowright and Michael Rosenbaum in Bringing Down the House (2003)

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)

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)