Laurence Olivier
Acting
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles. His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer, a part he later played on film. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in Othello (1965) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1970). Among Olivier's films are Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955). His later films included The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). His television appearances included an adaptation of The Moon and Sixpence (1960), Long Day's Journey into Night (1973), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and King Lear (1983). Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death.
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
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Age 117 (now 82)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
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Age 116 (now 82)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
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Age 113 (now 82)
Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
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Age 113 (now 82)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
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Jornal Português (1938-1951)
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
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Age 104 (now 82)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
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Age 102 (now 82)
Marilyn, dernières séances
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Age 101 (now 82)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
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Age 97 (now 82)
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
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Age 94 (now 82)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
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Age 93 (now 82)
The Filth and the Fury
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Age 92 (now 82)Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
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Age 91 (now 82)Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
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Age 83 (now 82)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
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Gregory Peck: His Own Man
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
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Age 69 (now 82)
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
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Age 69 (now 82)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
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Age 65 (now 82)
Oh! What a Lovely War
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Age 61 (now 82)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
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Great Acting: Laurence Olivier
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Age 59 (now 82)
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
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Age 45 (now 82)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
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Age 33 (now 82)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
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Age 107 (now 82)
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
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Age 61 (now 82)
The Carol Burnett Show
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Age 60 (now 82)
Golden Globe Awards
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Age 36 (now 82)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Лоуренс Оливье, Sir Laurence Olivier, Laurence Kerr Olivier, Лоуренс Олівʼє, لارنس الیویه
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