Gudrun Ure, who starred opposite Orson Welles in his London stage production of Othello, died on May 14. at the age of 98. She also dubbed Suzanne Cloutier’s performance as Desdemona in the subsequent film version.
However, Ure was best known to a younger generation as the star of the popular, Emmy Award winning 1980s children’s show Super Gran.
Her stage role as Desdemona was her first major part. Peter Finch was cast as Iago in the production, which was presented by Laurence Olivier at the Saint James Theater in London.
Ure also appeared in the 1953 film 36 Hours under the screen name Ann Gudrun. In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about the works of Shakespeare, Ure played the role of Lady Macbeth.
She was married for more than 40 years to John Ramsay, who died in 2008.
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