Laurence Olivier Actor producer director peer knight

Laurence Olivier is a 82 years old Actor producer director peer knight from Dorking, England. Laurence Olivier was born on May 22, 1907 (died on July 11, 1989, he was 82 years old) in Dorking, England as Laurence Kerr Olivier. His nickname was Olivier Laurence Kerr; Olivier Sir Laurence.

About

Is Laurence Olivier still alive?

No, he died on 07/11/1989, 35 years ago. He was 82 years old when he died. Cause of death: kidney failure. He died in Ashurst and buried in Westminster Abbey .

Family

His mother is Agnes Louise Crookenden and his father is Gerald Kerr Olivier. His mother died at the age of (Laurence was 12 years old). () and Gerald Kerr Olivier was 38 years old when Laurence born.

Parents

Wives

Laurence Olivier had three marriages.

Children

He had four children, Julie-Kate , Simon (88) , Richard (62) and Tamsin (61) .

Works

Laurence Olivier Movies (92)

There are 92 movies of Laurence Olivier.

His first feature film was Spartacus (1960, as Marcus Licinius Crassus). He was 53 when he starred in this movie. Since 1960, he has appeared in 92 feature films. The last one is Jornal Português (1938-1951) (2005). In this movie, we watched him in the Himself (archive footage) character .

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Laurence Olivier movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Marcus Licinius Crassus	Spartacus (1960)	53
Zeus	Clash of the Titans (1981)	74
'Maxim' de Winter	Rebecca (1940)	32
Narrator	Romeo and Juliet (1968)	61
Dr. Jan Spaander	A Bridge Too Far (1977)	70
Andrew Wyke	Sleuth (1972)	65
Admiral Hood	The Bounty (1984)	76
Dr. Totenkopf	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)	97
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding	Battle of Britain (1969)	62
Ezra Lieberman	The Boys from Brazil (1978)	71
Christian Szell	Marathon Man (1976)	69
Mahdi	Khartoum (1966)	59
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost	Hamlet (1948)	40
Heathcliff	Wuthering Heights (1939)	31
	And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)	106
Prof. Abraham Van Helsing	Dracula (1979)	72
The Regent	The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)	50
Supt. Newhouse	Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)	58
Cantor Rabinovitch	The Jazz Singer (1980)	73
Professor James Moriarty	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)	69
Mr. Darcy	Pride and Prejudice (1940)	33
Johnnie - the Trapper	49th Parallel (1941)	34
Richard III	Richard III (1955)	48
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev	The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)	61
Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith	The Jigsaw Man (1984)	77
King Henry	Henry V (1944)	39
Julius	A Little Romance (1979)	71
Lord Horatio Nelson	That Hamilton Woman (1941)	33
Richard III	The Filth and the Fury (2000)	92
Count Witte	Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)	64
Narrator	This Happy Breed (1944)	39
Rudolf Hess	Wild Geese II (1985)	78
Archie Rice	The Entertainer (1960)	53
Gen. Burgoyne	The Devil's Disciple (1959)	52
Field Marshal Sir John French	Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)	62
Loren Hardeman	The Betsy (1978)	70
George Hurstwood	Carrie (1952)	45
	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)	84
Police Constable 94-B	The Magic Box (1952)	45
Michael Ingolby	Fire Over England (1937)	29
Tony McVane	Q Planes (1939)	32
	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)	90
Gen. Douglas MacArthur	Inchon (1982)	74
Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones	Love Among the Ruins (1975)	68
	The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)	81
Himself	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)	75
Narrator	Male of the Species (1969)	61
Duke of Wellington	Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)	65
Larry Durrant	21 Days (1940)	32
Dr. Ivan Chebutikin	Three Sisters (1970)	62
Othello	Othello (1965)	58
Himself	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)	33
Mr. Creakle	David Copperfield (1969)	62
Himself	Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)	33
The Old Soldier	War Requiem (1989)	82
	Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)	91
Everard Logan	The Divorce of Lady X (1938)	30
Harry	The Collection (1976)	68
Antonio	Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)	70
	The Ebony Tower (1984)	76
Graham Weir	Term of Trial (1962)	55
King Lear	King Lear (1983)	76
Dr. Anthony Wainwright	A Talent for Murder (1984)	76
Sir Joseph	Daphne Laureola (1978)	70
Julian Rolfe	The Yellow Ticket (1931)	24
MacHeath	The Beggar's Opera (1953)	46
Nicholas Randall	Perfect Understanding (1933)	25
	The Demi-Paradise (1943)	35
Vincent Lunardi	The Conquest of the Air (1936)	29
Orlando	As You Like It (1936)	29
Priest	The Power and the Glory (1961)	54
Himself	The Volunteer (1944)	36
Narrator	A Queen Is Crowned (1953)	46
Nicholas 'Nick' Allen	Westward Passage (1932)	25
James Tyrone Sr.	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)	65
Peter Bille	The Temporary Widow (1930)	23
The Boy	Too Many Crooks (1930)	23
Straker	Potiphar's Wife (1931)	23
Lieutenant Ned Nichols	Friends and Lovers (1931)	24
Captain Ivan Ignatoff	Moscow Nights (1935)	28
Narrator	Words for Battle (1941)	33
Narrator	Malta G.C. (1942)	34
Interviewee	Great Acting: Laurence Olivier (1966)	59
Shylock	The Merchant of Venice (1973)	66
	The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People (1976)	69
Narrator	The Gentleman Tramp (1976)	69
Big Daddy	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976)	69
Doc Delaney	Come Back, Little Sheba (1977)	70
Self	At the Haunted End of the Day (1981)	73
Clifford Mortimer	A Voyage Round My Father (1984)	76
	Directed by William Wyler (1986)	78
Himself	Jornal Português (1938-1951) (2005)	98

Laurence Olivier TV Shows (15)

His first TV Show was The Oscars (1953).

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Awards (14)

Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Film , nominated Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor in 1980 , awarded Feltrinelli Prize in 1987 , awarded Albert Medal in 1975 , awarded British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1955 ,

Education

He graduated from St Edward's School and Central School Of Speech And Drama

What was Laurence's zodiac sign?

Laurence Olivier zodiac sign was gemini.

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