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Sir Laurence Olivier

Sir Laurence Olivier
Sir Laurence Olivier was one of the greatest British stage and film actors of all time. He was famed for his performances of Shakespeare and other classics and received three Academy Awards for his film of Hamlet. A director and producer as well as an actor, he was influential in the establishment of the Royal National Theatre, and was its first director.
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National Theatre, Royal; Olivier, Laurence Kerr, 1st Baron Olivier of Brighton
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