Author photo. Photo by Carl Van Vechten, June 17, 1939<br> (LoC Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, <br>LC-USZ62-103707)

Photo by Carl Van Vechten, June 17, 1939
(LoC Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection,
LC-USZ62-103707)

Laurence Olivier (1907–1989)

Author of Confessions of an Actor: Laurence Olivier an Autobiography

Includes the names: Olivier Laurence, Lawrence Olivier, Sir Laurence Olivier, Lawrence Olivier - Director

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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (1907–1989), British actor; knighted in 1947 becoming Sir Laurence Olivier; created a life peer in 1970 as Baron Olivier, of Brighton in the County of Sussex

Works by Laurence Olivier

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Confessions of an Actor: Laurence Olivier an Autobiography 161 copies, 1 review
On Acting 78 copies, 2 reviews
Hamlet (Director; Actor; Director) 51 copies, 1 review
Richard III 10 copies
Henry V 7 copies, 1 review
Camus (French Edition) 4 copies
The Prince and the Showgirl 3 copies
Film Scripts One: Henry 5, Streetcar Named Desire, the Big Sleep 2 copies
Näyttelijän tunnustuksia 2 copies
Vous avez dit "terrorisme"! : le 11 septembre ébranle les consciences 1 copy
Hamlet - scnes from the film, presented by Laurence Olivier 1 copy
The Bible The King James Version (36 Biblical Stories & 23 Psalms plus… 1 copy
The World at War: An unsurpassed Visual History of WW II; The Complete… 1 copy
Hercova zpověď 1 copy

" Henry V" Screenplay 1 copy

The Devil's Disciple [VHS] 1 copy

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at… 1 copy

[Olivier obits] People Magazine (cover) July 24 1989; Washington Post… 1 copy

23 Psalms 1 copy

The Bible: 36 Biblical Stories & Psalms [With "Guide to the Bible"-80… 1 copy

Bekännelser 1 copy

William Shakespeare's King Lear 1 copy

Peter the Great 1 copy

Olivier : Shakespeare 1 copy

Also by Laurence Olivier

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Jesus of Nazareth [film - 1977] (Actor) 50 copies, 1 review
Rebecca [Film] (Actor) 27 copies, 2 reviews
Spartacus (Actor) 25 copies, 4 reviews
The Seven-per-cent solution (Actor) 3 copies

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1907-05-22

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1989-07-11

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Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK

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Plowright, Joan (wife)

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Knight Bachelor (1947)

Life Peerage (Baron Olivier ∙ 1970)

Order of Merit (1981)

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