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Laurence Olivier: Biography, Love Life, Illness & Death

Laurence Olivier defined stage and screen royalty for a generation, but his offstage life was a tangle of three marriages, health battles, and lingering questions about his true loves. From his electric turn in Wuthering Heights to his Oscar-winning Hamlet, his career reshaped British cinema. Born: 22 May 1907, Dorking, Surrey, England · Died: 11 … Read more