Laurence Olivier
🎂 Data nașterii: 1907-05-22 (Dorking, Surrey, England, UK)
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.
Filme în care a jucat
Rebecca
⭐ 7.9
Spartacus
⭐ 7.5
Sleuth
⭐ 7.7
Marathon Man
⭐ 7.2
La răscruce de vânturi
⭐ 7.2
To Be Hamlet
⭐ N/A
Înfruntarea titanilor
⭐ 6.9
Bunny Lake Is Missing
⭐ 7.2
The Bounty
⭐ 6.8
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
⭐ 7.0
Căpitanul Sky şi lumea viitorului
⭐ 5.9
Un pod prea îndepărtat
⭐ 7.2
Oh! What a Lovely War
⭐ 6.6
Mica romanță
⭐ 6.9
Foc deasupra Angliei
⭐ 6.2
49th Parallel
⭐ 7.0
Prințul și fata de spectacol
⭐ 6.4
Battle of Britain
⭐ 6.8
Hamlet
⭐ 7.4
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
⭐ 6.7
Dracula
⭐ 6.4
The Dance of Death
⭐ 6.7
The Jigsaw Man
⭐ 5.0
Khartoum
⭐ 6.3
War Requiem
⭐ 6.3
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
⭐ 6.2
Richard III
⭐ 7.2
Carrie
⭐ 6.4
The Jazz Singer
⭐ 5.9
That Hamilton Woman
⭐ 7.1
Pride and Prejudice
⭐ 6.9
Q Planes
⭐ 6.0
The Divorce of Lady X
⭐ 5.9
As You Like It
⭐ 5.4
Othello
⭐ 6.4
The Boys from Brazil
⭐ 6.7
Nicholas and Alexandra
⭐ 7.0
A Voyage Round My Father
⭐ 7.4
21 de zile
⭐ 6.1
The Shoes of the Fisherman
⭐ 6.8
King Lear
⭐ 6.7
Wild Geese II
⭐ 4.8
The Entertainer
⭐ 6.2
The Magic Box
⭐ 6.5
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
⭐ 6.4
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
⭐ 7.0
Term of Trial
⭐ 6.1
Discipolul diavolului
⭐ 6.7
The Betsy
⭐ 4.8
The Yellow Ticket
⭐ 5.1The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
⭐ N/A
Love Among the Ruins
⭐ 7.0
The Power and the Glory
⭐ 9.0
Inchon
⭐ 3.9
David Copperfield
⭐ 5.6
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
⭐ 5.9
Words for Battle
⭐ 6.5
The Gentleman Tramp
⭐ 7.1
The Conquest of the Air
⭐ 5.4
The Collection
⭐ 4.4
Moscow Nights
⭐ 5.9
Westward Passage
⭐ 6.3
Friends and Lovers
⭐ 4.9
Male of the Species
⭐ 5.5
Perfect Understanding
⭐ 6.6
Discovering Hamlet
⭐ 7.5
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
⭐ 4.6
The Demi-Paradise
⭐ 6.6
Revisiting Brideshead
⭐ 8.0
The Merchant of Venice
⭐ 8.5
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
⭐ 8.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
⭐ 7.0
Three Sisters
⭐ 4.3
Come Back, Little Sheba
⭐ 7.0
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
⭐ 5.0
The Beggar's Opera
⭐ 5.1
Malta G.C.
⭐ 7.0
Lady Caroline Lamb
⭐ 5.9
The Ebony Tower
⭐ N/A
The Rehearsal
⭐ 5.4
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
⭐ 6.7
This Happy Breed
⭐ 7.1
No Funny Business
⭐ 10.0
Night of 100 Stars II
⭐ 6.8
A Talent for Murder
⭐ 6.9
Romeo și Julieta
⭐ 7.4
A Queen Is Crowned
⭐ 7.1
The Bannfoot Ferry
⭐ N/A
Daphne Laureola
⭐ 7.5Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
⭐ 7.8
The Volunteer
⭐ 5.0
The Temporary Widow
⭐ 7.0
Too Many Crooks
⭐ 9.0
Potiphar's Wife
⭐ 8.0
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
⭐ 7.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
⭐ 6.3
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
⭐ 5.8
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
⭐ 8.2
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
⭐ N/A
At the Haunted End of the Day
⭐ N/AGreat Acting: Laurence Olivier
⭐ 10.0
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
⭐ 7.0
The Filth and the Fury
⭐ 6.9
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
⭐ 8.0
Directed by William Wyler
⭐ N/A
Uncle Vanya
⭐ 5.5Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
⭐ 3.8
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
⭐ 8.5
Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
⭐ 7.4
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
⭐ 6.6
Nothing Like a Dame
⭐ 6.8
The Moon and Sixpence
⭐ 7.0Tree of Life
⭐ N/A
Laurence Olivier: A Life
⭐ 10.0
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
⭐ 4.5
Private Lives
⭐ N/A
Rebecca
⭐ N/A
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
⭐ 7.2
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
⭐ 6.7Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
⭐ N/A
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
⭐ 6.0
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
⭐ 7.4
Marilyn, dernières séances
⭐ 7.0
Marilyn Monroe
⭐ 10.0The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
⭐ N/AThe Body of Marilyn Monroe
⭐ 8.0Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
⭐ 7.0
Marilyn malgré elle
⭐ 8.0
The Making of 'Rebecca'
⭐ N/A
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
⭐ 4.4Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
⭐ 2.0
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
⭐ 7.3
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
⭐ 9.0
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
⭐ N/A
The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A
⭐ 9.0
The Greats: Vivien Leigh
⭐ 7.0