Among Olivier's films are 

Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of

Shakespeare films as actor/director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955).
His later films included Spartacus (1960), The Shoes of the
Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978).
His television appearances included an adaptation of The Moon and Sixpence (1960), Long
Day's Journey into Night (1973), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and King Lear (1983).
Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of
Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British
Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The National
Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence
Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. 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