Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM ( /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvi.eɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. One of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, he was the youngest actor to be knighted and the first to be elevated to the peerage. He married three times, to actresses Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright. Actor Spencer Tracy said that Olivier was 'the greatest actor in the English-speaking world'.
Olivier played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to modern American and British drama. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. He is regarded by some to be the greatest actor of the 20th century, in the same category as David Garrick, Richard Burbage, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving in their own centuries. Olivier's AMPAS acknowledgments are considerable: twelve Oscar nominations, with two awards (for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet), plus two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Additionally, he was a three-time Golden Globe and BAFTA winner.
Sir Laurence Olivier receiving an Honorary Oscar®
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989)
"Look at me" Dustin Hoffman on Laurence Olivier - Inside The Actors Studio
Sir Laurence Olivier : Great Acting 1966 Interview with Kenneth Tynan (1/5)
Sir Laurence Olivier : Great Acting 1966 Interview with Kenneth Tynan (2/5)
Olivier's Hamlet film (1948): To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy
Laurence Olivier interview - 1970
Laurence Olivier Receives Cecil B. DeMille Award - Golden Globes 1983
Old Vic Voices - working with Laurence Olivier
Stephen Fry on Laurence Olivier | Charlie Rose
Incredible Acting: Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man
Peter Ustinov the Great Raconteur on Laurence Olivier and Charles Laughton
That Hamilton Woman (1941) Drama, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray
Olivier Part Two
Plot
A fictional biography of 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) mixed with series of real events in her life: childhood years, first marriage to 'James Dougherty (I)' (qv), meeting with the photographer Otto Ose, career with XX Century Fox, relationship with her mother, foster parents, life wasters 'Charles Chaplin Jr.' (qv) (Cass) and 'Edward G. Robinson Jr.' (qv) (Eddie G), baseball player 'Joe DiMaggio (I)' (qv), playwright 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv) and many other people.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, abortion, acting-class, acting-teacher, actor, actress, adoption
Imagine if Marilyn Monroe could tell you her secrets... tonight she will.
Norma Jean Baker: I'm the President's personal wind-up sex toy.
Plot
The story of how Norma Jean, once an orphan in Hollywood California, becomes Marilyn Monroe, the movie star and celebrity. The movie begins with Norma Jean as a child and ends with the mysterious way she dies. Throughout the movie, we see the highlights and lowlights of her career, including the parts of her private life not widely known.
Keywords: actress, agent, based-on-novel, career, character-name-in-title, fame, hollywood, icon, marriage, orphan
Her image was perfection.....her life was a personal hell
Sir Laurence Olivier receiving an Honorary Oscar®
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989)
"Look at me" Dustin Hoffman on Laurence Olivier - Inside The Actors Studio
Sir Laurence Olivier : Great Acting 1966 Interview with Kenneth Tynan (1/5)
Sir Laurence Olivier : Great Acting 1966 Interview with Kenneth Tynan (2/5)
Olivier's Hamlet film (1948): To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy
Laurence Olivier interview - 1970
Laurence Olivier Receives Cecil B. DeMille Award - Golden Globes 1983
Old Vic Voices - working with Laurence Olivier
Stephen Fry on Laurence Olivier | Charlie Rose
Incredible Acting: Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man
Peter Ustinov the Great Raconteur on Laurence Olivier and Charles Laughton
That Hamilton Woman (1941) Drama, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray
Olivier Part Two
Laurence Olivier & Michael Caine interview - 1973
Vivien Leigh screentest with Laurence Olivier for Rebecca
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
The Death of King Richard III, from "Richard III" (1955) - Laurence Olivier
St. Crispin's Day Speech - Henry V (1944)
Marathon Man (1976) - Laurence Olivier - Old Nazi In Diamond District
Rebecca Vostfr Alfred Hitchcock (Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, G Sanders)
Laurence Olivier's "Henry V" (1944) - The Prologue
Now is the winter of our discontent.mpg
LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (1975) Hepburn & Olivier
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen - Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson - Music by Edvard Grieg - 1946
'Mord mit kleinen Fehlern' ('Sleuth' in German) - Laurence Olivier/Michael Caine - Full film (1972)
Laurence Olivier interview with Kenneth Tynan — 1966 (WHOLE PIECE)
Richard III - Starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson - 1946
Q Planes (1939) Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson. Comedy
The Collection, Harold Pinter, 1976, with Malcolm McDowell-Alan Bates-Helen Mirren-Laurence Olivier
Fire Over England (1937) Adventure, History, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh
Beau Geste by P. C. Wren - Starring Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier - 1939
Inside The Actors Studio - Anthony Hopkins
The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk - Laurence Olivier - Radio anthology series "Theatre Royal"
That Hamilton Woman - Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier 1941
As You Like It (Laurence Olivier)
Laurence Olivier Biography - MiraGul
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Radio drama starring Laurence Olivier - 1953
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Radio drama starring Laurence Olivier - 1954
Rebecca (1940) - Full movie
The Divorce of Lady X Merle Oberon 1938
Sir Laurence Olivier : Great Acting 1966 Interview with Kenneth Tynan (3/5)
Sir Laurence Olivier : Great Acting 1966 Interview with Kenneth Tynan (4/5)
Sir Laurence Olivier interview for '60 Minutes', CBS - 1983
Radio Interview with Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier
Peter Ustinov on his work with Sir Laurence Olivier - Parkinson Interview - BBC 4
Short interviews with Richard Burton, Noel Coward and Laurence Olivier. 1960s.
Ed Bradley discusses interviewing Laurence Olivier - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG
Laurence Olivier Awards - Seatwave star interviews
Anthony Head - interview with the host of the Laurence Olivier Awards 2010 [2010-03-21]
Laurence Olivier interview - 1970 [Full Episode]
Michael Caine Interview - part two - Parkinson - BBC