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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 Loftins connect to Laurence Olivier through the Washington family lineage.
Richard Blount Dorothy De La Ford 14?? - 15?? 1454 - 15??
Thomas Woodford Elizabeth Blount 14?? - 15?? 1497 - 1560 Siblings
Richard Bount
Elizabeth Lister
1509 - 1564
15?? - 1???
Walter Light Ursula Woodford 1??? - 1??? 1519 - 1596 1st
Cousins
Nicholas St. John
Elizabeth Blount
1526 - 1589
1535 - 1597
Elizabeth Light 1544 - 1621 1547 - 1599 2nd
Cousins
John St. John
Lucy Hungerford
1560 - 1594
1560 - 1627
Margaret Butler 1568 - 1616 1568 - 1622 3rd
Cousins
Edward George
VillersBarbara St. John
1585 - 1626
1592 - 1672
Frances Browne 1592 - 1642 1??? - 16?? 4th
Cousins
William Villers
Mary Bayning
1614 - 1643
1619 - 1???
Mary Flood
1631 - 1663
16?? - ????
5th
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Charles Stuart II
Barbara Villers
1630 - 1684
1641 - 1709
Elizabeth Jordan 1660 - 1725
16?? - 1??? 6th
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Edward Henry Lee
Charlotte Fitzroy
1661 - 1???
1664 - 1717
Elizabeth Washington 1660 - 1725
16?? - 1??? 7th
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Benedict Leonard Calvert
Charlotte Lee
1678 - 1???
1678 - 1721
Elizabeth Chamberlain 1712 - 1757 17?? - 17?? 8th
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Charles Calvert
Mary Janssen
1699 - 1751
1740 - 1793
1747 - 1823
9th
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(Unknown) Eden
Caroline Calvert
17?? - 1???
1734 - 1784
Susannah Sherrill
1768 - 1836
1780 - 18??
10th
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Frederick Morton Eden
1766 - 1809
Sally Lavinia Beatty
1798 - 1842
1798 - 1829
11th
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Robert Eden
1804 - 1886
1827 - 1864
1816 - 1918
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Henry Arnold Olivier
Emma Selina Eden
1835 - 1908
1851 - 1939
1855 - 1909
13th
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Gerard Kerr Olivier
Agnes Louis
1869 - 1939
1871 - 1920
1876 - 1937
1884 - 1964
14th
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Laurence Kerr Olivier
Vivien Leigh
1907 - 1989
1913 - 1967
The Johnson, Sherrill, Hamilton, Beall Family connection to Laurence Oliver
Sources:
Richard Blount http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Royals/GED2WEB/people/p000003o.htm#I3457
Gary Lewis Family Tree
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=gnl1&id=I21268
