Laurence Olivier

Born

May 22, 1907

Died

July 11, 1989 (aged 82)

Known as

film actor, theatre director, film director, politician, film producer, screenwriter

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his six-decade career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, Olivier had considerable success in television roles.

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