| Laurence Olivier  AKA Laurence Kerr Olivier
Born: 22-May-1907
Birthplace: Dorking, Surrey, England
Died: 11-Jul-1989
Location of death: Steyning, West Sussex, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Westminster Abbey, London, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Actor Nationality: England
Executive summary: Shakespearean actor Father: (clergyman)
Wife: Jill Esmond (actress, m. 25-Jul-1930, div. 29-Jan-1940)
Son: Tarquin Olivier (b. 21-Aug-1936)
Wife: Vivien Leigh (actress, m. 31-Aug-1940, div. 2-Dec-1960)
Wife: Joan Plowright (actress, m. 17-Mar-1961)
Son: Richard Olivier (b. 1962)
Daughter: Julie Kate Olivier (b. 26-Jan-1966)
Daughter: Tamsin
Slept with: Danny Kaye
Slept with: Noel Coward
Sister: Sybille (d. Apr-1989)
High School: St Edward's School, Oxford, England
University: Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England
Garrick Club
Oscar for Best Actor 1949 for Hamlet
Emmy 1960 for The Moon and Sixpence
Emmy 1973 for Long Day's Journey Into Night
Emmy 1975 for Love Among the Ruins
Emmy 1982 for Brideshead Revisited
Emmy 1984 for King Lear
Golden Globe 1949 for Hamlet
Golden Globe 1974 for Marathon Man
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6321 Hollywood Blvd.
Knight of the British Empire 1947
Sonning Prize 1966
Endorsement of Polaroid
Lost Child Custody
Appendectomy
Hip Replacement Surgery (Mar-1989)
Huguenot Ancestry
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer, Depression, Appendicitis, Gout
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Three Sisters (2-Nov-1970)
The Prince and the Showgirl (13-Jun-1957)
Richard III (16-Apr-1955)
Hamlet (28-Sep-1948)
Henry the Fift (Nov-1944)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (16-Sep-2017) · Himself
War Requiem (6-Jan-1989)
Peter the Great (2-Feb-1986)
Wild Geese II (12-Jun-1985)
The Last Days of Pompeii (6-May-1984)
The Bounty (4-May-1984) · Adm. Hood
A Voyage Round My Father (19-Apr-1984)
King Lear (26-Jan-1984)
The Ebony Tower (1984)
Wagner (Dec-1983)
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Brideshead Revisited (12-Oct-1981)
Clash of the Titans (12-Jun-1981) · Zeus
Inchon (4-May-1981)
The Jazz Singer (19-Dec-1980) · Cantor Rabinovitch
Dracula (20-Jul-1979) · Van Helsing
A Little Romance (27-Apr-1979) · Julius
The Boys From Brazil (5-Oct-1978)
The Betsy (9-Feb-1978) · Number One
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (22-Jul-1977) · Prof. Moriarty
A Bridge Too Far (15-Jun-1977)
Marathon Man (6-Oct-1976) · Szell
Love Among the Ruins (6-Mar-1975)
Sleuth (10-Dec-1972) · Andrew Wyke
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
Nicholas and Alexandra (29-Nov-1971)
Three Sisters (2-Nov-1970)
Battle of Britain (15-Sep-1969) · Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
The Dance of Death (Aug-1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War (10-Mar-1969)
David Copperfield (1969)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (14-Nov-1968) · Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Khartoum (9-Jun-1966)
Othello (15-Dec-1965) · Othello
Bunny Lake is Missing (3-Oct-1965) · Newhouse
Term of Trial (16-Aug-1962) · Graham Weir
The Power and the Glory (29-Oct-1961)
Spartacus (6-Oct-1960) · Crassus
The Entertainer (3-Oct-1960) · Archie Rice
The Devil's Disciple (21-Aug-1959) · Gen. Burgoyne
The Prince and the Showgirl (13-Jun-1957) · The Regent
Richard III (16-Apr-1955) · Richard III
The Beggar's Opera (9-Jun-1953) · Singer
Carrie (17-Jul-1952)
The Magic Box (1951)
Hamlet (28-Sep-1948) · Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Henry the Fift (Nov-1944)
Adventure for Two (18-Nov-1943) · Ivan Dimitrievich Kouznetsoff
Forty-Ninth Parallel (8-Oct-1941) · Johnnie, the Trapper
That Hamilton Woman (3-Apr-1941) · Lord Horatio Nelson
Pride and Prejudice (26-Jul-1940) · Mr. Darcy
Rebecca (27-Mar-1940) · Maxim de Winter
21 Days (7-Jan-1940)
Wuthering Heights (13-Apr-1939) · Heathcliff
Clouds Over Europe (4-Mar-1939)
The Divorce of Lady X (1-Jan-1938) · Logan
Fire Over England (8-Jan-1937) · Michael
Conquest of the Air (Dec-1936) · Vincent Lunardi
As You Like It (3-Sep-1936) · Orlando
Perfect Understanding (24-Feb-1933) · Nick Randall
Westward Passage (27-May-1932) · Nick
Friends and Lovers (3-Oct-1931) · Lt. Ned Nichols
Official Website:
http://www.laurenceolivier.com/
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