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Ian McKellen Unveils Olivier Blue Plaque at Former Home

6/11/2026

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Sir Ian McKellen unveiled a blue plaque honoring Laurence Olivier at 22 Lupus Street, his former Pimlico home.
Olivier lived there from age six to eleven, turning a wooden box and blue curtains into a makeshift stage.
He later became a celebrated Shakespearean performer, won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actor for Hamlet, and saw the National Theatre’s main auditorium named after him.

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Sir Ian McKellen unveiled a blue plaque honoring Laurence Olivier at 22 Lupus Street, his former Pimlico home.
Olivier lived there from age six to eleven, turning a wooden box and blue curtains into a makeshift stage.
He later became a celebrated Shakespearean performer, won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Actor for Hamlet, and saw the National Theatre’s main auditorium named after him.