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Laurence
Olivier
in the title role of his film of Hamlet in 1948.
He
was also nominated for Henry V (1946), Richard III (1956)
and Othello (1965).
Other Shakespearean nominees include Norma Shearer (Juliet), Basil
Rathbone (Tybalt),
Jean Simmons (Ophelia), Marlon Brando (Marc Antony), Maggie Smith
(Desdemona),
Joyce Redman (Emilia), Frank Finlay (Iago), and Kenneth Branagh
(Henry V).
Other
Oscar-winning performances that included large sections of Shakespeare
are
Ronald Colman in A Double Life and Gwynneth Paltrow in Shakespeare
in Love,
which inlcuded the actors performing scenes from Othello and
Romeo & Juliet, respectively.
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