Laurence Olivier: The Legendary First Actor Laurence Olivier is a legendary British actor born on May 22, 1907 in Dorking, England. He is considered the first great actor in the history of cinema. Olivier won several awards for his roles in films, including an Oscar for “Hamlet” in 1948 and an honorary Oscar in 1979. … Read more
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Oliver in Lady Hamilton. The most apt simile I can think of is to compare Vivien to something that lifts you up into the sky, only to drop you suddenly, as if you were never going to stop.. (Laurence Olivier) An old man watches an old movie on the TV. The … Read more
Actor and director with an already substantial theatrical career, Laurence Olivier can also be proud of prestigious roles in the cinema (he shot for William Wyler in The Wuthering Heights and for Alfred Hitchcock in Rebecca) when he decides to go behind the camera. In 1944, he signed an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, Henry … Read more
Artistic note: (4/5) Synopsis The King of Denmark is dead. His specter appears to his son, Prince Hamlet, and reveals to him that he was murdered by Claudius, his own brother, who thus seized his crown and his wife. Hamlet decides to fake madness in order to confuse the couple and plot his revenge. • … Read more
At the end of the 2000s, Olivier Marchal was successful after “36 quai des Orfèvres” and “MR 73” and worked on his “Braquo” series. On the other side of the ocean, star Ben Affleck has just launched his directing career brilliantly with “Gone Baby Gone”. A project is proposed to him, and an improbable connection … Read more
He has seven decades of professional career in his 87 years of life, two Oscars that he won triumphantly in the 70s and four other nominations throughout his career, which include films directed by classic directors such as Joseph Mankiewicz, Richard Attenborough or George Cukor. . He also shared the set with Laurence Olivier, Peter … Read more
God help those who had to take to the skies with Vivien Leigh, with her second husband, Laurence Olivier, or with the glamorous couple together. Here the tests. 1936: A troubled seaplane whose passengers included Leigh “bouncing off the waves like a stone on its way to Capri,” to the point that Leigh, a Catholic, … Read more
Olivier, a childhood friend of Jean Dujardin, confided in the columns of Télé Star in an interview to be discovered this Monday, July 26. A career of size. Jean Dujardin is an actor that we no longer present. He made his stage and television debut during the 1990s but managed to establish himself thanks to … Read more
