Lord Olivier of Brighton
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, March 28.
Britain’s first professional actor to become a peer, Lord Olivier of Brighton, took his seat in the House of Lords, yesterday, sponsored by the chairman of the British Arts Council (Lord Goodman) and Lord Nugent. The House of Commons also has a professional actor among its members, the Labour M.P., Mr Andrew Faulds. Lord Olivier, who is 63, had thought seriously of declining the honour of a peerage, because, he told reporters: “There’s something feudal about it. It seems to suggest a difference between myself and other actors, and I don’t like-that.”
But he gave way, saying that he thought he could do some good for the theatre, and the arts in general, in the House of Lords.
When he has billings in the theatre in the future, he said, he wanted to be called "Sir Laurence Olivier,” though “Sir Larry” is what he preferred in everyday life.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32567, 29 March 1971, Page 4
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