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	Laurence Olivier
		Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, (May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director.
		Olivier was born May 22, 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England and died on July 11, 1989 in Steyning[?], West Sussex, England
		Sir Laurence Olivier is interred in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
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	Sir Laurence Olivier - Biography - Moviefone
		Laurence Olivier -- Sir Laurence after 1947, Lord Laurence after 1970 -- has been variously lauded as the greatest Shakespearean interpreter of the 20th century, the greatest classical actor of the era, and the greatest actor of his generation.
		Olivier was the son of an Anglican minister, who, despite his well-documented severity, was an unabashed theater lover, enthusiastically encouraging young Olivier to give acting a try.
		Olivier made his professional London debut the same year in The Suliot Officer, and joined the Birmingham Repertory in 1926; by the time Olivier was 20, he was playing leads.
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	Laurence Olivier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Olivier was born in 1907 in Dorking, Surrey.
		Olivier met and married Jill Esmond, an actress in 1930 and had one son, Tarquin, born in 1936.
		Olivier was one of the founders of the National Theatre.
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	Laurence Olivier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A PBS documentary on the career of Sir Laurence Olivier that was broadcast in 1987 covered his first sojourn in Hollywood in the early 1930s with his first wife, Jill Esmond (I) and noted that her star was higher than his at that time.
		Olivier cemented his Hollywood reputation with skillful performances in Hitchcock's Rebecca (Oscar-nominated) and Pride and Prejudice (both 1940), and scored with moviegoers across the Atlantic as the male star of That Hamilton Woman opposite Leigh, and then in the all-star war yarn 49th Parallel (both 1941).
		Olivier was married to actresses Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh (1940-60), and Joan Plowright (1961 until his death).
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	Laurence Olivier Summary
		Internationally acclaimed for his acting and directing, Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was often regarded as the supreme actor of his generation.
		The son of a clergyman, Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England.
		In Olivier's hands, one of Shakespeare's better plays (certainly not one of his best) is transformed into an intricate, subtle, coolly ironic plunge into one of those recesses of human nature that are generally avoided through the same fastidious impulses that make the manufacture of sewer covers a profitable business.
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	Portrait of Sir Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) by
		Though Sir Laurence Olivier was based mostly in England, he made a significant number of Hollywood films.
		Olivier's next big step was joining The Birmingham Repertory company in 1926.
		He was knighted in 1947, and in 1970 he was made "Baron Olivier of Brighton," for services to the theater, which allowed him to sit in the House of the Lords.
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	Lord Laurence Olivier
		Laurence Olivier is widely regarded as the 20th century's consummate English-speaking theatrical actor, a performer who was bedecked with awards and honors and was both knighted and granted a lordship by the British crown.
		Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, into a severe, confining religious household, presided over by a cleric who moved his family through a number of parish districts.
		From the end of WWII to the early 70s, Olivier made sporadic film appearances, largely owing to his involvement in the administration of London's St. James Theatre in the late 40s and the National Theatre at the Old Vic from 1963 to 1973.
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	Laurence Olivier Biography
		Olivier was repeatedly stricken by debilitating illnesses in the 1970s and 1980s.
		Olivier was knighted in 1947, and in 1970 he was elevated to a life peerage, the first of his profession to be so honoured.
		As a final tribute from the nation, it was announced that Olivier would be the fifth actor in history to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
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	Actors - Laurence Olivier
		Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989), often known as Larry Olivier, was an Oscar winning English actor and director, regarded by many critics as the greatest actor of the 20th century.
		It was his father, Gerard Kerr Olivier, an Anglican priest, who decided that Laurence — or Kim as the family called him — would become an actor.
		The Laurence Olivier Awards, organised by The Society of London Theatre, were renamed in his honour in 1984.
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	Laurence Olivier Biography
		Olivier enrolled at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, where one of his instructors was Claude Rains.
		Olivier made his first Shakespearean film, playing Orlando in Paul Czinner's production of As You Like It Now a popular movie leading man, Olivier starred in such entertainment's as Fire Over England (1937), The Divorce of Lady X (1938), Q Planes (1939) and 21 Days (1940).
		The 1950s was a transitional decade for Olivier; while he had his share of successes - his movie singing debut in The Beggar's Opera (1953), his production of Richard III (1955) - he also suffered a great many setbacks, both personal and professional.
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	Hot Couples Report for Vivien Leigh & Sir Laurence Olivier
		Sir Laurence Olivier's Venus in Aries and Vivien Leigh's Venus in Libra
		Sir Laurence Olivier is attracted to the new, the different, the first and the best.
		Verve is a nice thing and Sir Laurence Olivier has "it"--energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas and especially in artistic performance or composition.
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	Laurence Olivier Photos - Laurence Olivier News - Laurence Olivier Information
		In 1979, Laurence received an Honorary Award from the Academy Awards for the full body of his work, for the unique achievements of his entire career and his lifetime of contribution to the art of film.
		Laurence was the original TV spokesman for the launch of the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera.
		Sir Laurence Olivier: I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor — to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.
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	Laurence Olivier Biography
		Olivier's notable successes in Shakespearean roles during that time included the title role in Richard III; Hotspur in Henry IV, Part I; and Justice Shallow in Henry IV, Part II.
		From 1950 Olivier directed and acted under his own management, notably in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra with Vivien Leigh, and as Archie Rice in The Entertainer (1957) by John Osborne.
		Olivier also gave several television performances, for which he received several awards.
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	Laurence Olivier Richard III
		Sir Laurence's Richard is tremendous--a weird poisonous portraitof a super-rogue whose dark designs are candidly acknowledged with lick-lip relish and sardonic wit.
		Heavily made up with one dead eyelid, a hatchet nose, a withered hand, a humped back, a drooping shoulder and a twisted, limping leg, he is a freakish-looking figure that Sir Laurence so articulates that he has an electric vitality and a fascinatingly grotesque grace.
		More important to the character, however, is the studiousness and subtlety with which Sir Laurence builds up tension within him as his mischiefs and crimes accumulate.
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	Laurence Olivier \| Biography (1907-1989)
		Lord Laurence Olivier was born Laurence Kerr Olivier on the 22 May 1907 Dorking, Surrey, UK.
		It was around this time that Olivier reportedly became fascinated with the works of Sigmund Freud, which led to his applying a "psychological" approach to all future stage and screen characters.
		Olivier was knighted in 1947 and made a life peer in 1970.
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	Laurence Olivier News
		"This is the story of a man who could not make up his mind." Sir Laurence Olivier's voice-over prelude to his 1948 Hamlet is his avowed take on a 1910 essay about the prince and his mixed-up motives by Freud's...
		Laurence Olivier Presents Though the legendary British actor is best known for his stage and film work, Olivier, who died in 1989 at age 82, also made his mark on television.
		Sir Laurence Olivier's costumes are housed at the Theatre Museum London's Theatre Museum is to close in January after 20 years because of a lack of funds.
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	Shannon's Sir Laurence Olivier Page
		Olivier produced this film and directed himself to an acting Oscar as well and so far, he is the only actor to do that.
		Olivier is the narrator of the film but he only speaks in the beginning and the end of the film.
		Also read Laurence Olivier's book, "Laurence Olivier on Acting." *His second marriage (probably the most famous) was to Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960 (you can see her in "Gone With the Wind," another awesome flick).
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	Sir Laurence Olivier Height - Olivier's
		Sir Laurence Olivier's height is 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
		I frequently went with Nigel in 1963 to Jill's house in St.John's Wood in London, where Sir Laurence, or Larry, as we called him, would visit to see their son Tarquin.
		I met Olivier when he attended a preview of the film A Little Romance and gave a talk.
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	Astrology Software with Interpretations - Magi Astrology of Compatibility and Love - Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien ...
		Folklore is correct when it tells us that Olivier did take very good care of Vivien when it came to her health and physical well-being because he would always be around and somehow pick up the pieces after Vivien suffered her many mental meltdowns.
		When Olivier heard about Leigh's death, even though he was stricken with prostate cancer, he checked himself out of the hospital to spend time with her dead body before the mortuary came to pick up her body.
		Below is the CAC of Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh – that fl planets represent the positions of the planets when Olivier was born and the red planets represent the positions of the planets when Vivien was born.
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	Laurence Olivier at Reel Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olivier's performance as Maxim de Winter, a man tortured by the memories of his dead wife as he tries to begin life anew, earned him another Best Actor nomination.
		Olivier actually made many Shakespeare movies throughout his career and they could be his best-known work.
		In fact, just a few years earlier in 1944, Olivier produced, directed, edited, starred in, and was even given writing credit for HENRY V. In recognition of his outstanding achievement in bringing this film to the screen, the Academy awarded Olivier an honorary Oscar statuette in 1947.
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	Barnes & Noble.com - DVD, Movie, Video: Hamlet, Sir Laurence Olivier, DVD, Black & White
		Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's decision to excise large portions of the text, his cinematic version of Hamlet is widely considered the best out of several dozens (and counting).
		Hamlet (Olivier) is a medieval Danish prince who's still melancholy over the sudden death of his father and the quick, subsequent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) to his uncle, Claudius (Basil Sydney).
		Laurence Olivier's excellent adaptation of 'The Tragedy Of A Man Who Could Not Make Up His Mind' is the definitve version of Shakespeare's classic work of murder and revenge.
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	Laurence Olivier's Biography
		He is an actor who many consider to be the greatest in the English-speaking world during the twentieth century.
		In his long and versatile career, Olivier appeared in more than one hundred twenty stage roles, nearly sixty films and more than fifteen television productions.
		The official Laurence Olivier site, shown here with permission from CMG Worldwide.
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	Sir Laurence Olivier — Infoplease.com
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	IGN: The Stax Report: A Tribute to Laurence Olivier
		There's not much else that I can say about Olivier that hasn't already been said; he's to British actors what the recently departed Marlon Brando was to Americans (the one they aspire to be and will always be measured against).
		After a Muslim fanatic claiming to be "The Mahdi" (Lawrence Olivier) leads a revolt against the Egyptian-controlled Sudan and slaughters thousands of troops led by a British commander, Queen Victoria's government dispatches General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) to evacuate the city of Khartoum.
		She is the bride of the enigmatic Max de Winter (Laurence Olivier), a brooding and aloof man who harbors a dark secret about what happened to his first wife (the title character).
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	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Olivier resurrected for film role
		Legendary actor Sir Laurence Olivier is to star in a Hollywood fantasy film, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 15 years after his death.
		Footage of Lord Olivier from various films will be used to create a villainous leader of killer robots in the film due out in September.
		New dialogue was recorded by another actor for Lord Olivier's voice.
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	OLIVIER, Sir Laurence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Stanley Holloway, Peter Cushing.
		Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Renee Asherson, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, Ralph Truman.
		Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker.
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