Love Among the Ruins is a made-for-television movie (1975) starring Katharine Hepburn and Sir Laurence Olivier. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic star of American film and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ...

Set in Edwardian England, Love Among the Ruins tells the story of Jessica Medlicott (Hepburn), an aging grande dame of the London theater. When Medlicott is accused by a young man of seducing and then abandoning him, she retains the services of the greatest barrister in Britain (Olivier), who turns out to be a former suitor still in love with her. The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... British barristers wearing traditional dress. ...

Love Among the Ruins was the first made-for-television movie directed by film legend George Cukor, who purposefully cast Hepburn (a lifelong friend) and Olivier to give his television directorial debut star-power. George Cukor (July 7, 1899 - January 23, 1983) was an American film director. ...

The show took home several Emmy Awards, including Hepburn and Olivier for Outstanding Performance, and Cukor for Oustanding Directing. An Emmy Award. ...