Sir Laurence Olivier and his new wife English actr

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 1: Sir Laurence Olivier and his new wife English actress Joan Plowright pose upon their marriage, March 1961 in London. Actor, producer and director, Olivier trained in London and began his career at Birmingham in 1926, joining the Old Vic company, London, in 1937. He played all the great Shakespearean roles. His film career includes Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III. After having been director of the Chichester Theatre (1962), he became director of the National Theatre in 1963 to 1973. After 1974, he appeared chiefly in films and on television, notably in Brideshead Revisited (1982) and King Lear (1983). He was knighted in 1947. (B/W) (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP via Getty Images)