Says Maggie Smith: "My grandmother had said ... of her five Oscar nominations when she played Desdemona to Laurence Olivier's Othello. "It was scary, very scary," she says. "It was very ...

Dame Maggie Smith was one of Britain's best-loved ... most iconic early roles was as Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello. Sir ...

Now, one of Dame Maggie ... in Othello, another National Theatre production captured for the screen at the famous Shepperton Studios in which Smith impressed as Desdemona opposite Laurence Olivier ...

Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses whose long career ranged from starring opposite Laurence Olivier in “Othello” on stage and screen, to roles in “Harry Potter” and ...

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith ... two Emmy Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two SAG Awards, and a Tony Award. Her critically acclaimed films include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean ...

I was an admirer of Maggie ... Olivier’s famous Othello. Although I had been primed for this great performance, the moment Desdemona arrived on the stage, as far as I was concerned, Sir Laurence ...

In Nothing Like A Dame, Dame Joan and her famous friends discussed her husband, Lord Laurence Olivier ... meet up with friends Dame Judi, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to discuss ...