The Greatest 20th Century British Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: May 22, 1907

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Dorking, Surrey, England

Died: July 11, 1989

Four-time Academy Award-winning actor Laurence Olivier began his career with stage, mostly playing Shakespearean characters. He founded London’s National Theatre. Some of his noteworthy films were Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, and the movie version of Hamlet. He had received the knighthood, the Order of Merit, and a life peerage.

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