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Nothing Like a Dame(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-05-02
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56 Votes
Time: 1h 20m
You're invited.
Overview:
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Field Day Productions
Kew Media Group
Transmission Pictures
Movie: Nothing Like a Dame
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maggie Smith
Self
Judi Dench
Self
Eileen Atkins
Self
Joan Plowright
Self
Robert Altman
Self (archive footage)
Frank Finlay
Self (archive footage)
John Gielgud
Self (archive footage)
Julian Glover
Self (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier
Self (archive footage)
Video Trailer Nothing Like a Dame
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