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Olivier, Laurence (Kerr)

受封为奥立佛男爵(Baron Olivier (of Brighton))

英国演员、导演和演出人。1926年开始其职业演员生涯。1937年参加老维克剧团,扮演过许多莎士比亚戏剧人物。1940年与理查生共同主持老维克剧团的指导工作(1944~1950),并在《理查三世》、《亨利四世》和《伊底帕斯王》等该剧团最伟大的作品中演出。1947年受封为爵士。1950年起,在他自己主持的剧团中自导自演,其中比较着名的演出有︰《安东尼与克丽奥佩脱拉》和《艺人》(1957)。1962~1973年成为国家剧团的导演,1970年封终身贵族,是拥有这个荣誉的第一位演员。他拍摄的影片包括《咆哮山庄》(1939)、《蝴蝶梦》(1940)、《亨利五世》(1944)、《王子复仇记》(1948,获奥斯卡奖)、《理查三世》(1955)、《艺人》(1960)、《奥赛罗》(1965)、《侦探》(1972)和《纳粹大阴谋》(1978)。他分别与女演员费雯丽普劳赖特(1960年起)结婚。

1907~1989年

Olivier, Laurence (Kerr)

British actor, director, and producer. He began his professional career in 1926 and joined the Old Vic company in 1937, playing many major Shakespearean roles. With Ralph Richardson he codirected the Old Vic (1944-50), and he acted in some of its greatest productions, including Richard III, Henry IV, and Oedipus Rex. He was knighted in 1947. From 1950 he directed and acted under his own management; his notable productions included Antony and Cleopatra and The Entertainer (1957). He was the founding director of the National Theatre (1962-73), one of whose theaters is now named for him. In 1970 he was created a life peer, the first actor ever to be so honored. His many films included Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948, Academy Award), Richard III (1955), The Entertainer (1960), Othello (1965), Sleuth (1972), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). He was married to the actresses Vivien Leigh and (from 1961) Joan Plowright (born 1929).

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