Laurel and Hardy

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Laurel and Hardy

(ˈlɒrəl; ˈhɑːdɪ)

(Biography) a team of US film comedians, Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, born in Britain, the thin one, and his partner, Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, the fat one

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Laurel and Hardy - United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together

Hardy, Oliver Hardy - United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Stan Laurel, Laurel - United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)

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The last laugh; Study of comedy legends Laurel and Hardy's final hurrah is a surprisingly moving depiction of the duo's complex, co-dependent relationship

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Laurel and Hardy are two of cinema's biggest names but don't command the financial clout of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton or Harold Lloyd because they don't own their pictures.

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