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 ...

It was this latter work, as Desdemona in Sir Laurence Olivier's 1965 Othello, that earned Smith her first Oscar ... played by ...

"Maggie Smith, one of the true Greats along with [Laurence] Olivier and [John] Gielgud… those who saw her dazzling talent on ...

“I had Judi Dench and Maggie Smith... I could have shot the telephone ... winning two Oscars and working with fellow stars including Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud and Alan Bennett.

He continued: “Get me back another time, and I’ll tell you about when Maggie Smith met Shirley MacLaine ... in theatre ...

A seven-bedroom Elizabethan farmhouse that belonged to the revered British actors Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Joan ... likes of Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Eileen Atkins, to ...

Sir Laurence Olivier was one of Britain’s most acclaimed actors ... It was where famous friends —including Maggie Smith, Alan Bennett, David Niven and Ian McKellen— came to visit, and where they ...

Maggie Smith's beloved characters have spanned ... as Desdemona in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Sir Laurence Olivier, who was playing the title role, offered her the part at ...