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He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death. Life and career. 1907–1924: Early life and education. The house in Wathen Road, Dorking, Surrey, where Olivier was born in 1907.
Oct 9, 2017 · Though Olivier was married to actress Jill Esmond at the time and Leigh was also married with a child, the pair took an immediate liking to one another. “That's the man I'm going to marry," she...
Apr 15, 2021 · Only a year after she divorced Gage, the actress became actor Laurence Olivier's wife. She met Olivier while he was in a rocky marriage to actress Vivien Leigh. Olivier and Plowright were a terrific duo and an absolute delight to see.
She later divorced him and in 1961, married Laurence Olivier shortly after the end of his twenty-year marriage to the actress Vivien Leigh. Plowright and Olivier had three children together. Both daughters became actresses. The couple remained married until Olivier's death in 1989.
Olivier & Plowright in Daphne Laureola, Television, 1978. Above: The Family -- Joan, Olivier and their children in 1987, clockwise from top: Richard, Julie-Kate and Tamsin.
May 14, 2021 · The couple separated in 1958; Leigh began dating actor Jack Merivale, who was her partner until her death from tuberculosis in 1967, and Oliver began dating his future wife, actress Joan Plowright. Even after their 1960 divorce, Oliver and Leigh continued writing to each other.
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Jul 7, 2024 · Laurence Olivier with his first wife, Jill Esmond, arriving in New York City, 1933. Olivier enrolled at the Central School of Dramatic Art in 1924, then began his professional career with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company (1926–28).
