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Oct 31, 1989 · OLIVIER'S SON WEDS: Tarquin Olivier, eldest son of the late Laurence Olivier, fulfilled one of his father's greatest wishes Monday when he married Zelfa Draz, 38. Following a quiet family...
Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, the youngest of the three children of Agnes Louise (née Crookenden) and Reverend Gerard Kerr Olivier. He had two older siblings: Sybille and Gerard Dacres "Dickie". His great-great-grandfather was of French Huguenot descent, and Olivier came from a long line of Protestant clergymen.
May 18, 2024 · Notable Family Members: spouse Joan Plowright. Laurence Olivier (born May 22, 1907, Dorking, Surrey, England—died July 11, 1989, near London, England) was a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century.
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- Who Is Laurence Olivier?
- Early Life
- Stage Career: Hamlet and Othello
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- Death and Legacy
Laurence Olivier was one of the most acclaimed actors of the 20th century. He is known for his career-defining performances of Shakespearean roles on stage and screen, as well as memorable turns in modern classics such as Wuthering Heights and Marathon Man. He was knighted by King George VI and later made Baron Olivier of Brighton by Queen Elizabet...
Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, in Southern England, on May 22, 1907, to a strict religious family. Both his father and grandfather held prominent positions in the Anglican church; his mother too came from a family of career clerics, but she was his solace in the rigid household run by his father. As the youngest of their three children,...
Olivier enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama and followed theatrical tradition, joining the Birmingham Repertory company. He rose quickly from spear-carrier to leading man and soon moved to London's West End. An early theatrical success came with the debut of Noel Coward's Private Lives, which was quickly followed by a bold production...
Olivier's first forays into film were faltering, but he hit his stride as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, which catapulted him to matinee idol status—and helped fund his theatrical ventures. He also put to film some of his most famous Shakespearean roles, winning his first Academy Award (best actor in a leading role) and a second nomin...
Olivier published his autobiography, Confessions of an Actor, in 1984. Olivier, who has long been rumored to have had a sexual dalliance with actor Danny Kaye, admitted in his autobiography that he was tempted but never followed through with establishing a relationship with Kaye. Biographer Terry Coleman also dismissed this rumor in his 2005 work O...
Love and Larry. Laurence Olivier’s son Tarquin witnessed the passion–and disintegration–of his father’s marriage to the incomparable Vivien Leigh. The child of Olivier’s first marriage, to the actress Jill Esmond, Tarquin nevertheless became very close to his stepmother, Vivien, and she in turn wrote to him frequently.
Aug 12, 2013 · A new biography of Laurence Olivier, out next month, shows the great Shakespearean actor as a vitriolic critic of his co-stars John Gielgud, Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, Peter O’Toole and ...
Plowright was first married to the actor Roger Gage in September 1953. She later divorced him and in 1961, married Laurence Olivier shortly after the end of his twenty-year marriage to the actress Vivien Leigh. Plowright and Olivier had three children together. [12] Both daughters became actresses. [13]
