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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baró Olivier, OM (Dorking, Surrey, 22 de maig de 1907 - Steyning, Sussex, 11 de juliol de 1989), conegut popularment com a Laurence Olivier, fou un actor, director de teatre i productor anglès. Va ser un dels actors del segle xx més famosos i reverenciats, juntament amb els seus contemporanis John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft i Ralph Richardson.

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Laurence Olivier

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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.

His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer, a part he later played on film. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in Othello (1965) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1970).

Among Olivier's films are Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955). His later films included The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). His television appearances included an adaptation of The Moon and Sixpence (1960), Long Day's Journey into Night (1973), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and King Lear (1983).

Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death.

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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (* 22. Mai 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England; † 11. Juli 1989 in Steyning, West Sussex, England), war ein britischer Schauspieler, Regisseur, Produzent und Theaterleiter. Der dreifache Oscar-Preisträger wird als einer der größten englischsprachigen Bühnen- und Filmdarsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts angesehen. 1930 drehte er seinen ersten Film, The Temporary Widow, nach dem Theaterstück Hokuspokus von Curt Goetz. Schon bald erarbeitete er sich einen Ruf als exzellenter Darsteller, vor allem in Shakespeare-Stücken. Den endgültigen Durchbruch zum Theaterstar brachte ihm Romeo und Julia im Jahre 1935.

Laurence Olivier begann Ende der 1930er-Jahre eine Affäre mit der damals noch unbekannten Vivien Leigh. Nachdem sie ebenfalls berühmt geworden war, drehte er mehrere Filme mit ihr (darunter als Lord Nelson in Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe) und heiratete sie im August 1940. Seine Darstellung des hasserfüllten Liebhabers Heathcliff im Film Wuthering Heights (1939) nach Emily Brontës gleichnamigen Roman brachte Olivier seine erste Oscar-Nominierung ein. Durch Wuthering Heights wurde er auch in Hollywood schlagartig bekannt und war dort in der Folge meist in aufwendigen Filmen in „typisch britischen“ Rollen zu sehen. Weitere anspruchsvolle Liebhaberrollen in Literaturverfilmungen, darunter als aufbrausender Maxim de Winter in Alfred Hitchcocks Hollywood-Debüt Rebecca und als eitler Mr. Darcy in Robert Z. Leonards Stolz und Vorurteil, folgten. Seine Liebe für Shakespeares Dramen brachte er als Schauspieler und Regisseur auch durch einige Filme zum Ausdruck, bei denen er zum Teil auch als Produzent fungierte: 1944 drehte er seinen ersten Shakespeare-Film, Heinrich V., es folgten die Verfilmungen Hamlet 1948 und Richard III. 1955. In allen diesen Filmen spielte er jeweils auch die Titelrolle und erhielt exzellente Kritiken.

Als Filmregisseur trat er mit Drei Schwestern nach Tschechow 1970 das letzte Mal in Erscheinung; seinen letzten Bühnenauftritt erlebte er im März 1974 als John Tagg in Trevor Griffiths’ The Party. Bis 1985 wirkte er in Filmen von unterschiedlicher Qualität mit. Während seiner langen Karriere war er insgesamt 11-mal für einen Oscar nominiert. 1947 wurde er zum Ritter (Knight Bachelor) geschlagen und am 5. März 1971 zum Life Peer als Baron Olivier, of Brighton in the County of Sussex, erhoben. Trotz all dieser Erfolge und auch nach seiner Erhebung in den Adelsstand bestand er darauf, schlicht als „Larry“ angesprochen zu werden. Nach ihm ist der alljährlich vergebene Laurence Olivier Award für Theater- und Musicalproduktionen im Londoner West End benannt. Quelle: Wikipedia

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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Barão Olivier, (Dorking, 22 de maio de 1907 — Steyning, 11 de julho de 1989) foi um renomado ator, produtor e diretor britânico. Vencedor de quatro Oscars, três Globos de Ouro, três BAFTAs, três prêmios NBR e cinco Emmys, é considerado por muitos como o maior ator de todos os tempos, tanto no cinema quanto no teatro. Sua primeira premiação com o Oscar foi em 1946, por sua atuação e direção em "Henrique V". Dois anos depois sua produção "Hamlet" levou quatro Oscars: filme, ator principal, direção de arte e figurino. Em 1978 recebeu um Oscar especial pelo conjunto de sua obra.

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