Laurence Olivier
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Ország: United Kingdom
Nem: M
Születésnap: 1907-05-22
Meghalt: 1989-07-11
Életrajz
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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1. Perfect Understanding (1933), film...Nicholas Randall
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2. I Stand Condemned (1935), film...Capt. Ivan Ignatoff
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3. Ahogy tetszik (1936), film...Orlando
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4. Tüzek Anglia felett (1937), film...Michael
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5. A válóperes leány (1938), film...Everard Logan
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6. Örökké... (1939), film...Heathcliff
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7. Q szint (1939), film...Tony McVane
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8. Rebecca (1940), film...'Maxim' de Winter
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9. 21 Days Together (1940), film...Larry
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10. Lady Hamilton (1941), film...Lord Horatio Nelson
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11. A negyvenkilences szélességi fok (1941), film...Johnnie - the Trapper
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12. The Demi-Paradise (1943), film...Ivan Kouznetsoff
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13. V. Henrik (1944), film...King Henry V of England
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14. Hamlet (1948), film...Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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15. Carrie (1952), film...George Hurstwood
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16. III. Richárd (1955), film
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17. A herceg és a táncosnő (1957), film...The Regent
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18. Az ördög tanítványa (1959), film...Gen. Burgoyne
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19. Spartacus (1960), film...Crassus
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20. Spartacus (1960), sorozat...Crassus
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21. A komédiás (1960), film
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22. Bunny Lake hiányzik (1965), film...Superintendent Newhouse
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23. Othello (1965), film...Othello
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24. Khartoum - A Nílus városa (1966), film...The Mahdi
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25. A halász cipője (1968), film...Premier Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
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26. Angliai csata (1969), film...Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
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27. Haláltánc (1969), film...Edgar
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28. A három nővér (1970), film...Dr. Ivan Chebutikin
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29. A mesterdetektív (1972), film...Andrew Wyke
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30. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), film...Duke of Wellington
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31. A II. Világháború (1973), sorozat...Self - Narrator
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32. Szerelem a romok között (1975), film...Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
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33. Maraton életre-halálra (1976), film...Dr. Christian Szell
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34. A hétszázalékos megoldás (1976), film...Professor James Moriarty
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35. A Názáreti Jézus (1977), sorozat...Nicodemus
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36. A Betsy (1978), film...Number One
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37. Brazíliai fiúk (1978), film...Ezra Lieberman
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38. Drakula (1979), film...Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
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39. Egy kis romantika (1979), film...Julius
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40. Jazz énekes (1980), film...Cantor Rabinovitch
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41. Titánok harca (1981), film...Zeus
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42. Utolsó látogatás (1981), sorozat...Lord Marchmain
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43. A hazárdőr (1983), film...Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
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44. Lear király (1983), film...King Lear
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45. Wagner (1983), sorozat...Pfeuffer
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46. A Bounty (1984), film...Admiral Hood
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47. The Last Days of Pompeii (1984), sorozat...Gaius
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48. Vadlibák 2 (1985), film...Rudolf Hess
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49. Háborús rekviem (1989), film...The Old Soldier
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50. Sky kapitány és a holnap világa (2004), film...Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
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51. For No Good Reason (2012), film...Self (archive footage)
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52. Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015), sorozat...Self (archive footage)
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53. Nothing Like a Dame (2018), film...Self (archive footage)
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54. Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019), film...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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57. Mel Gibson - A Tormented Soul (2022), film...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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1. V. Henrik (1944), film
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2. Hamlet (1948), film
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3. III. Richárd (1955), film
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4. A herceg és a táncosnő (1957), film
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5. A három nővér (1970), film
Forgatókönyvíró:
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1. V. Henrik (1944), film...(uncredited)
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2. Hamlet (1948), film...(uncredited)
Termelő:
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1. V. Henrik (1944), film
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2. Hamlet (1948), film...producer (uncredited)
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3. A herceg és a táncosnő (1957), film
Hang:
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1. A Queen Is Crowned (1953), film...Self - Narrator
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2. Rómeó és Júlia (1968), film...Narrator / Lord Montague / Complementary Role