In 1965, Maggie Smith appeared in the film version of "Othello," playing Desdemona opposite Laurence Olivier's brooding Moor, role they had already performed together on stage at the National Theatre.

A day I have been dreading is now upon us: Dame Maggie Smith has died. She was 89, of course, and spent much of her final ...

I first became aware of Maggie in 1964, when I was 15 years old, and my mother had taken me to see Othello with Laurence ...

With the heartbreaking death of Dame Maggie Smith just short of her 90th birthday, the entertainment world lost one of its ...

In 1993, Nicholas Hytner directed Maggie Smith for the first time ... in Olivier’s famous (and now controversial) production ...

Surveying Maggie Smith’s richly busy ... 1957), and even watch a recording of her Desdemona to Laurence Olivier’s Othello ...

Dame Maggie Smith was one of Britain's best-loved and ... One of Smith’s most iconic early roles was as Desdemona in Shakespeare's Othello. Sir Laurence Olivier, who was playing the title ...

Dame Maggie Smith's flair for both comedy and tragedy ... starring opposite Laurence Olivier in "Othello", before scooping the prize four years later for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".

To a younger generation, Maggie Smith was the formidable Professor McGonagall ... whether it be Desdemona in Othello opposite Laurence Olivier or the unforgettable Reverend Mother in Sister ...

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 ...

Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith ... whom she starred alongside in Othello, Smith said, “You get a bit wobbly, ...