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Laurence Olivier

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Laurence Olivier
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Laurence Olivier was already Britain's leading stage actor when he directed and starred in Henry V (1944), a wartime Shakespeare in bold Technicolor. Hamlet (1948) won the Oscar for Best Picture and Richard III (1955) completed a trilogy that set the template for Shakespeare on film.
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