Sep 28, 2024 · Maggie Smith and Laurence Olivier reprised their dazzling "Othello" roles in the 1965 film version, which earned Smith her first Academy Award nomination. But things took a sour turn not long afterward.

Sep 25, 2018 · Speaking from the English countryside home that Plowright built with her late husband, Laurence Olivier, the women don’t let anyone behind the cameras—or at home—forget who is in charge. When...

Directed by Stuart Burge, the film stars Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, and Frank Finlay, who all received Oscar nominations, and provided film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon.

Sep 27, 2024 · The 'spiky' Essex girl who became a superstar: How Dame Maggie Smith starred alongside Laurence Olivier in Othello, won first of two Oscars in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and was...

Smith worked extensively with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre. During a 1964 production of Othello, Olivier struck Smith across the face, knocking her out. [22] She later recalled the incident on a 2015 edition of The Graham Norton Show and in …

In the interim, the company would perform at the Old Vic and in August 1962, the National's first artistic director was named as Laurence Olivier. The company's first performance (Hamlet) followed on 22 October 1963, and the National Theatre was born.

Sep 27, 2024 · One of Dame Maggie’s most iconic early roles was as Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello. Sir Laurence Olivier, who was playing the title role, offered her the part at the National Theatre in 1963.

Othello is a 1965 film based on the National Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's Othello (1964-1966) staged by John Dexter. Directed by Stuart Burge, the film starred Laurence Olivier,...

Dec 28, 2017 · In 1960, a young Maggie Smith’s performance in The Double-Dealer at The Old Vic caught the eye of Laurence Olivier, who invited her to become part of his new National Theatre Company soon after it was formed at The Old Vic in 1962.

Sep 27, 2024 · Dame Maggie, who died today aged 89, has been remembered for her roles in the Harry Potter films and ITV’s Downton Abbey series, but she also had a significant career in theatre working with...