Laurence Olivier

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film actor film director human producer stage actor theatre director

Laurence Olivier was a renowned 20th-century English actor and director, widely regarded as one of the greatest performers in the history of stage and screen.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Laurence Kerr Olivier 2
Andrew Wyke – Laurence Olivier 1
Laurence Olivier (uncredited contributions) 1

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
producer ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

BAFTA awards ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award

Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Life peerage (Baron Olivier) ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)

Emmy Award ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
birthDate 1907-05-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Dorking ⓘ
surface form: Dorking, Surrey, England
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1989-07-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Steyning, West Sussex, England ⓘ
directed Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
Henry V (1944 film) ⓘ
Richard III (1955 film) ⓘ
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957 film) ⓘ
educatedAt Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art ⓘ
St Edward's School, Oxford ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Laurence Olivier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Olivier
fieldOfWork film ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
fullName Laurence Olivier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laurence Kerr Olivier
gender male ⓘ
givenName Laurence ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor Shakespearean roles ⓘ
classical acting ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
marriageEnd 1940 to Jill Esmond ⓘ
1960 to Vivien Leigh ⓘ
marriageStart 1930-07-25 to Jill Esmond ⓘ
1940 to Vivien Leigh ⓘ
1961 to Joan Plowright ⓘ
memberOf National Theatre Company ⓘ
Old Vic Company ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
Henry V (1944 film) ⓘ
Marathon Man (1976 film) ⓘ
Othello (1965 film) ⓘ
Rebecca (1940 film) ⓘ
Richard III (1955 film) ⓘ
Sleuth (1972 film) ⓘ
Spartacus (1960 film) ⓘ
The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
producer ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
positionHeld Artistic Director of the National Theatre ⓘ
religion Anglican Communion ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
spouse Jill Esmond ⓘ
Joan Plowright ⓘ
Vivien Leigh ⓘ
title Baron Olivier ⓘ

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Othello (1965 film) → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Rebecca (1940 film) → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Richard III (1955 film) → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Sleuth (1972 film) → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
The Boys from Brazil (1978 film) → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
The Entertainer (1960 film) → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
The Sleeping Prince → starring → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
subject surface form: The Prince and the Showgirl
subject surface form: The Prince and the Showgirl
A Bridge Too Far → stars → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
The Bounty → stars → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
My Week with Marilyn (2011 film) → subject → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
subject surface form: My Week with Marilyn
Claire Bloom → workedWith → Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Vivien Leigh → workedWith → Laurence Olivier ⓘ