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Dorking is a market town in Surrey in South East England about 21 mi south-west of London. It is in Mole Valley District and the council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street run
View northeast from The Nower towards Dorking town centre and Box Hill
c. 1959
in 2022
An engraving of Deepdene House (1842) by the illustrator Thomas Allom (1804–1872)
Laurence Olivier
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the
Dorking
…Walter Dendy Sadler (1854–1923), artist and painter. Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), actor and director. A blue plaque marking his birthplace can be found in Wathen Road. Thomas McMahon (1936–2025), Roman Catholic bishop…
Olivier in 1972
The house in Wathen Road, Dorking, Surrey, where Olivier was born in 1907
Interior of All Saints, Margaret Street, which Olivier attended
Peggy Ashcroft, a contemporary and friend of Olivier's at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art in London, photographed in 1936