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- NAME: Laurence Kerr Olivier
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
- BIRTH DATE: May 22, 1907
- DEATH DATE: July 11, 1989
- EDUCATION: All Saints Choir School, St. Edward's School, Central School of Dramatic Art
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Dorking, England
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
- AKA: Sir Laurence Olivier
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Laurence Olivier, a towering figure of the British stage and screen, was acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century.
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Laurence Olivier began his professional career with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company (1926–28). Three years later he made his first significant West End appearance, in Beau Geste. Also in 1929, he made his Broadway debut. In 1944 he returned to film as star of Henry V (1944). In 1984 he played his last major Shakespearean role in a TV version of King Lear.
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