Laurence Olivier performed alongside an actress.
Laurence Olivier . In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft , and by the end of the decade he was an established star . His television appearances included an adaptation of The Moon and Sixpence ( 1960 ) , Long Day 's Journey into Night ( 1973 ) , Love Among the Ruins ( 1975 ) , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( 1976 ) , Brideshead Revisited ( 1981 ) and King Lear ( 1983 ) . Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 American made-for-television romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier which premiered on ABC on March 6 , 1975 . Rebecca (1940 film) . The film was produced by Selznick and stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young woman who becomes his second wife , with Judith Anderson and George Sanders .