Sidney Richard Olivier CMG (1 March 1870 – 21 January 1932) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Royal Navy. The son of the Canon...
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier OM (/ˈlɒrəns ˈkɜːr əˈlɪvieɪ/ LORR-ənss-KUR-ə-LIV-ee-ay; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director...
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player Maud Olivier (born 1953), French politician Noël Olivier, daughter of Sydney Haldane Olivier, friend of Rupert Brooke Sidney Olivier (1870–1932)...
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external degree, having left the LSE to work as private secretary to Sidney Olivier, the governor of Jamaica. At the LSE, he lodged with the family of the...
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Sidney Poitier KBE (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In...
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examination for the Civil Service. He came first, beating Sidney Webb into second place. Olivier entered the Colonial Office in the spring of 1882, working...
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Sidney Arthur Lumet (/luːˈmɛt/ loo-MET; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving...
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Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge (born 5 December 1985) is an English actor. His early films include Being Julia (2004), Like Minds (2006), and The Boat...
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South Kensington in March 1917. His cousin Frederick Eden and nephew Sidney Olivier both played first-class cricket. "Frederick Morton Eden". www.thepeerage...
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Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of...
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