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Laurence Olivier Theatre Award

HONOR

Awarded by the Society of London Theatre starting in 1976, with Laurence Olivier lending his name to them in 1984.

Official Website:
http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roger Allam
Actor
26-Oct-1953   Privates on Parade
Alun Armstrong
Actor
17-Jul-1946   Brian Lane on New Tricks
Howard Ashman
Songwriter
17-May-1950 14-Mar-1991 Beauty and the Beast
Eileen Atkins
Actor
16-Jun-1934   Co-Creator of Upstairs, Downstairs
Rowan Atkinson
Actor
6-Jan-1955   Mr. Bean
Kathleen Battle
Singer
13-Aug-1948   Operatic soprano
Alan Bennett
Playwright
9-May-1934   The Madness of George III
David Bradley
Actor
17-Apr-1942   Argus Filch in Harry Potter films
Peter Brook
Theater Director
21-Mar-1925   Lord of the Flies
Simon Callow
Actor
13-Jun-1949   British theatre actor
Noel Clarke
Actor
6-Dec-1975   Mickey Smith on Doctor Who
Pauline Collins
Actor
3-Sep-1940   Shirley Valentine
Brendan Coyle
Actor
2-Dec-1963   John Bates on Downton Abbey
Stephen Daldry
Film Director
2-May-1961   The Hours
Judi Dench
Actor
9-Dec-1934   Mrs. Brown
Lindsay Duncan
Actor
7-Nov-1950   Perfect Strangers
Fred Ebb
Musician
8-Apr-1935 11-Sep-2004 Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret
John Entwistle
Bassist
9-Oct-1944 27-Jun-2002 Bassist for The Who
Albert Finney
Actor
9-May-1936   Erin Brockovich
Bill Fraser
Actor
5-Jun-1908 5-Sep-1987 Claude Snudge
Michael Gambon
Actor
19-Oct-1940   The Singing Detective
John Gielgud
Actor
14-Apr-1904 21-May-2000 Prospero's Books
John Guare
Playwright
5-Feb-1938   Six Degrees of Separation
Alec Guinness
Actor
2-Apr-1914 5-Aug-2000 Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Bernard Haitink
Conductor
4-Mar-1929   Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Peter Hall
Theater Director
22-Nov-1930   Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Patricia Hodge
Actor
29-Sep-1946   Betrayal
Ian Holm
Actor
12-Sep-1931   Time Bandits
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Roy Hudd
Actor
16-May-1936   The News Headlines
Celia Imrie
Actor
15-Jul-1952   Gloria Millington on Kingdom
Griff Rhys Jones
Actor
6-Nov-1953   Alas Smith & Jones
John Kander
Composer
18-Mar-1927   Top Broadway composer
Jane Krakowski
Actor
11-Oct-1968   Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock
Alice Krige
Actor
28-Jun-1954   Borg Queen
Adrian Lester
Actor
14-Aug-1968   Mickey Stone on Hustle
Robert Lindsay
Actor
13-Dec-1949   Citizen Smith
Maureen Lipman
Actor
10-May-1946   Agony
Daniel Massey
Actor
10-Oct-1933 25-Mar-1998 Star!
Virginia McKenna
Actor
7-Jun-1931   Born Free
Janet McTeer
Actor
8-May-1961   Tumbleweeds
Sam Mendes
Film Director
1-Aug-1965   American Beauty
Arthur Mitchell
Dancer
27-Mar-1934   Dance Theatre of Harlem
Warren Mitchell
Actor
14-Jan-1926   Alf Garnett on Till Death Us Do Part
Christopher Morahan
Film Director
9-Jul-1929   Clockwise
Jeremy Northam
Actor
1-Dec-1961   Enigma
Trevor Nunn
Theater Director
14-Jan-1940   Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86
Peter O'Toole
Actor
2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
Denis Quilley
Actor
26-Dec-1927 5-Oct-2003 Privates on Parade
Corin Redgrave
Actor
16-Jul-1939 6-Apr-2010 Not About Nightingales
Vanessa Redgrave
Actor
30-Jan-1937   Julia
Eddie Redmayne
Actor
6-Jan-1982   Red
Ann Reinking
Dancer
10-Nov-1949   Broadway dancer
Ralph Richardson
Actor
19-Dec-1902 10-Oct-1983 Things To Come
Fiona Shaw
Actor
10-Jul-1958   British theatre actress
Kevin Spacey
Actor
26-Jul-1959   The Usual Suspects
Imelda Staunton
Actor
9-Jan-1956   Vera Drake
Alison Steadman
Actor
26-Aug-1946   Life Is Sweet
Robert Stephens
Actor
14-Jul-1931 12-Nov-1995 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Juliet Stevenson
Actor
30-Oct-1956   Truly Madly Deeply
Margaret Tyzack
Actor
9-Sep-1931 25-Jun-2011 The Forsyte Saga
Julie Walters
Actor
22-Feb-1950   Educating Rita
Zoë Wanamaker
Actor
13-May-1949   Susan Harper on My Family




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