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Sir Laurence Olivier was a 20th-century English actor and director. Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia →

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