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Laurence Olivier |
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Born: May 22nd, 1907 |
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One of the best stage actors in England at the time he became a Hollywood star, Olivier had a strong distaste for Hollywood and film acting. He found it too technical and binding for the stage actor he was. But when Hollywood came calling, he became more and more adapted to the style of screen acting and like his stage acting ; he perfected it. Several Oscars later and a Hollywood-esque marriage to Vivien Leigh, he became a part-time player of the screen. |
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Olivier was always a stage actor, for his love of the stage was constant throughout his life. In this stage adaptation of Othello, 1969, Olivier dons the make-up and all, alongside Maggie Smith. |
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Olivier and Mariyln Monroe made an unlikely combination in the Prince and the Showgirl, 1957. |
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William Wyler, Olivier, and Vivien Leigh talk things over on the set of Carrie, 1952. |
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Olivier directed and starred in his screen masterpiece, "Hamlet" in 1948, in which he won an Oscar and also became knighted by the queen, therefore called Sir Laurence Olivier |
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