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Laurence Kerr Olivier
Born: 22 May 1907, Dorking, Surrey, England
Died: 11 Jul 1989Actor & Film Star
Laurence Kerr Olivier was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered British actors of the 20th century.
Laurence was born on 22 May 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England. He was raised in a severe, strict, and religious household, ruled over by his father, Gerard Kerr Olivier (1869–1939), a High Anglican priest whose father was Henry Arnold Olivier, a rector. Olivier took solace in the care of his mother, Agnes Louis.
In 1918 his father became the new church minister at St. Mary's Church, Letchworth, Hertfordshire and the family lived at the Old Rectory. He was educated at the choir school of All Saints', Margaret Street, London. He played Brutus in his school's production of "Julius Caesar" at the age of 9Olivier, 17 years old, attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. Laurence Olivier saw Vivien Leigh in The Mask of Virtue in 1936, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance. While playing lovers in the film Fire Over England (1937), Olivier and Leigh developed a strong attraction toward each other. Laurence with Vivien Leigh. (Right) The film Fire Over England
Olivier travelled to Hollywood to begin filming Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff. Vivien Leigh followed soon after, partly to be with him, but also to pursue her dream of playing Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Olivier found the filming of Wuthering Heights to be difficult but it proved to be a turning point for him, both in his success in the United States, which had eluded him until then, but also in his attitude to film, which he had regarded as an inferior medium to theatre. Laurence with Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights was a hit and Olivier was praised for his performance, with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Vivien Leigh won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gone with the Wind, and the couple suddenly found themselves to be major celebrities throughout the world. They wanted to marry, but at first both Leigh's husband and Olivier's wife at the time, Jill Esmond, refused to divorce them. Finally divorced, they were married in simple ceremony on 31 August 1940 with only Katharine Hepburn and Garson Kanin as witnesses. (Left) Laurence with Greer Garson in Pride & Prejudice
(Middle) Laurence with Jean Simmons in Hamlet
They filmed That Hamilton Woman (1941) with Laurence as Horatio Nelson and Vivien Leigh as Emma Hamilton. When World War II broke out, Olivier intended to join the Royal Air Force, but was still contractually obliged to other parties. Olivier took flying lessons, and racked up over 200 hours. After two years of service, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Olivier RNVR, as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm but was never called to see action. Olivier died at his home in Steyning, West Sussex, England, from renal failure on 11 July 1989. He was survived by his son Tarquin from his first marriage, as well as his 3rd wife Joan Plowright and their three children. Lord Olivier's body was cremated and his ashes interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, London. The Johnsons connect to Laurence Olivier through the Hamilton family lineage.
John Calvert Dorothy Leonard 1525 - ???? 1527 - 1611
Robert Calvert Margaret Cubie 1557 - ???? 1577 - ???? Siblings
Leonard Calvert
Alice Grace Crossland
1550 - 1611
1556 - 1587
James Beall Anne Marie Calvert 1603 - ???? 1603 - 1646 1st
Cousins
George Calvert
Anne Mynne
1579 - 1632
1579 - 1622
Ninian Beall Ruth Moore 1625 - 1717 1652 - 1707 2nd
Cousins
Cecilus Calvert
Anne Arundel
1605 - 1675
1615 - 1649
Andrew Hamilton Mary Beall 1655 - 1719 1690 - 1719 3rd
Cousins
Charles Calvert
Jane Lowe
1637 - 1714
1667 - 1730
Ninian Hamilton Margaret Lucas 1717 - 1784 1717 - 1765 4th
Cousins
Benedict Leonard Calvert
Charlotte Lee
1678 - 1715
1678 - 1719
Archibald Hamilton Mary "Polly" Hawkins
1743 - 1820
1756 - 1834
5th
Cousins
Charles Calvert
Melusina Von Schulenburg
1699 - 1751
1693 - ????
David Sherrill Rachel Hamilton 1764 - 1827
1774 - 1858 6th
Cousins
(Unknown) Eden
Caroline Calvert
1734 - 1784
Alfred M. Sherrill Elizabeth Moore 1798 - 1870
1802 - 18?? 7th
Cousins
Frederick Morton Eden
1766 - 1809
Levina C. Sherrill Pinkney C. Johnson 1832 - 1921 1827 - 1865 8th
Cousins
Robert Eden
1804 - 1886
John Henry Johnson Nancy Caroline Leslie
1865 - 1889
1858 - 1905
9th
Cousins
Henry Arnold Olivier
Emma Selinan Eden
1835 - 1908
Martin Luther Goble
Beulah Vernesta Johnson
1888 - 1979
1887 - 1959
10th
Cousins
Gerard Kerr Olivier
Agnes Louis
1869 - 1939
1871 - 1920
Sam William Loftin
Willie Aleen Goble
1918 - 1979
1925 - 20??
11th
Cousins
Laurence Kerr Olivier
Vivien Leigh
1907 - 1989
1913 - 1967
The Loftin, Lanier, Washington, Blount family connection to Laurence Olivier
Sources:
Dowling Family Genealogy: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=dowfam3&id=I118393
Ancestry.com connecting Ninan Hamilton to Laurence Olivier
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