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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to actresses Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright. Player Spencer Tracy said that Olivier was 'the greatest actor in the English-speaking world'.

Olivier played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to modern American and British drama. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. He is regarded by some to be the greatest actor of the 20th century, in the alike category as David Garrick, Richard Burbage, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving in their own centuries. Olivier's AMPAS acknowledgments are considerable: twelve Oscar nominations, with two awards (for Top Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 production Hamlet), plus two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Additionally, he was a three-time Golden Globe and BAFTA winner.

As of late, there has been much debate/discussion on the Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier Facebook page regarding Laurence Olivier’s sexual orientation. There have been many rumors about both Larry and Vivien for as long as anyone can remember. Just recently a publication called Damn You, Scarlett O’Hara was published that’s overflowing with them. But the main rumor that’s pervaded the scene since Donald Spoto published his biography of Laurence Olivier is that Larry was multi-attracted . The subject of sex and notable people’s sex lives is the sizzling ticket, especially in this day and age. I don’t focus on this topic here at vivandlarry.com very often, if at all, but since it keeps popping up elsewhere, and since it was pointed out yesterday that I “have virtually ignored [the subject] in my investigate as hearsay”, I decided it might be best to just put my two cents here, and simply allude people to it when asked so as not to have to retain repeating myself in long-winded arguments.

Why I don’t focus on Laurence Olivier’s sexual orientation:

I don’t care if he was straight/gay/bisexual/queer/asexual/fill in the blank. It doesn
Laurence Olivier’s son Tarquin witnessed the passion–and disintegration–of his father’s marriage to the incomparable Vivien Leigh. The child of Olivier’s first marriage, to the actress Jill Esmond, Tarquin nevertheless became very close to his stepmother, Vivien, and she in shift wrote to him frequently. Her letters, and many others by Olivier to Tarquin, go on sale at Sotheby’s on July 13. Here, Tarquin tells Wendy Leigh about his exciting childhood with two of the world’s most fabulous stars…
by Wendy Leighs
Weekend, June 24, 2000
For 20 glittering years, Britain and the world were mesmerized by the spectacle of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, the most romantic couple in the universe. She was alluring, coquettish, and heart-stoppingly stunning. He was a consummate actor, radiating a darkly disturbing sexuality that captured her the moment she first place eyes upon him.
The year was 1936, and Vivien Leigh was a stage actress, married to a barrister and the mother of a small daughter. Olivier was a stage star, married to the distinguished actress Jill Esmond. Yet when Vivien saw Olivier on stage all thoughts of their respecti

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Jill Esmond (born Jill Esmond Moore; 26 January 1908 – 28 July 1990) was an English stage and screen actress. She was the first wife of Laurence Olivier. Legend has it that both Jill and Laurence regretted their marriage just weeks after the ceremony, but it wasn’t until the couple’s dual performance in the Broadway hit The Green Bay Tree that really saw the beginning of the end of their marriage. The play featured multiple gay characters and a former lover of Jill’s, Phyllis Konstam, would later say, “Night after night they were speaking lines and creating characters that mirrored their own private lives. She preferred women to men. He was, at the very least, bisexual. They must acquire known that the marriage could never last.” Despite putting on a happy face for the public, Jill and Laurence’s marriage was deeply unhappy and riddled with extramarital affairs. With the birth of her son Tarquin in 1936 and her inevitable divorce f