Sir Laurence Oliver

Olivier was born May 22, 1907. He was introduced to the arts at a young age. As a young boy he attended the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art. He made his acting debut at the age of fifteen at the All Saints Choir School for boys. He played Katherine in the production on The Taming of the Shrew. He continued playing Shakespearean roles while in training. Olivier joined The Birmingham Repertory company in 1926. His breakthrough performance came in Noel Coward’s Private Lives (1930). He was recognized by the American Film industry

Olivier retired from the stage in 1974 to focus more on motion pictures and television projects. He was in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Love Among the Ruins, and Brideshead Revisited. In 1983 he starred in an acclaimed television staging of King Lear. Towards the end of Olivier’s career (1970’s), he was repeatedly stricken by illnesses that impaired his strength and good health. Despite his poor health he continued to act, and made his last television appearance in War Requiem (1988). Olivier published his memoirs in 1982, along with his autobiography Confessions of an Actor (1984) and On Acting (1986). Sir Laurence Olivier died of cancer on July 11, 1989 and was the fifth actor in history to be buried in Westminster Abbey.

Sir Laurence Olivier was considered the greatest actor of the twentieth century. He was known as an international matinee idol. He won numerous awards, and took part of more than 120 stage roles, nearly 60 film

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