Confessions of an Actor
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- 1
- First edition
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982
The first edition of Confessions of an Actor by Laurence Olivier was published in London by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1982. We track 1 edition.
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- Great Britain
- Genre
- autobiography
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- Editions recorded
- 8 on Open Library, 7 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 1 language
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The first edition of Confessions of an Actor by Laurence Olivier was published in London by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1982.
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