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Dame Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning British actress, dies at 89

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Maggie Smith, a renowned actress, passed away early Friday in a London hospital. Her sons reported that she leaves behind two sons and five grandchildren, who are deeply saddened by her loss. Smith's career was marked by numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA, which she received for her iconic role as Jean Brodie. Early in her career, Smith's unique physical appearance, including her tall stature, thin build, and red hair, was noted by playwright Beverley Cross, who saw her perform as Viola in a 1952 production of Twelfth Night.

  1. GB
    Simon Callow
    1. I blurted out various kinds of rubbish about her and she kind of withdrew. She doesn't like that sort of thing very much at all.
    2. She never wanted to talk about acting. Acting was something she was terrified to talk about because if she did, it would disappear.
  2. GB
    Alan Bennett
    1. She's very like me in that she thinks things are disastrous and hilarious in equal measure. We are both very lugubrious, but we both like to have a laugh as well.
    2. The most marvellous thing about Maggie is that she can go from comedy to tragedy in one sentence.
    3. So the fact that we only just had enough time to do it was an absolute blessing really because she was so fresh and just so into it.
  3. GB
    Maggie Smith
    1. If you want to act these days, it seems to be vital that you tell the world everything about your private life and remove every single garment you possess while you are about it.
    2. It's true I don't tolerate fools, but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky.
    3. I did so many things, you know, round the universities there. ... If you were kind of clever enough and I suppose quick enough, you could almost do weekly rep because all the colleges were doing different productions at different times.
    4. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.BBC

perspectives

  1. 1.Obituary
  2. 2.Cinema

countries

  1. 1.United KingdomGB
  2. 2.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Oxford High School
  2. 2.YouTubeUS
  3. 3.Balliol
  4. 4.Broadway in New Faces
  5. 5.Oxbridge
  6. 6.Oxford Playhouse School
  7. 7.Oxford Repertory Players

persons

  1. 1.Maggie SmithGB
  2. 2.Jean Brodie
  3. 3.Margaret Natalie Smith
  4. 4.Beverley Cross
  5. 5.Chris Larkin
  6. 6.Clair Dobbs
  7. 7.Minerva McGonagall
  8. 8.Peter Hall
  9. 9.Robert Stephens
  10. 10.Toby Stephens
  11. 11.Alan BennettGB
  12. 12.Bamber Gascoigne

technicals

  1. 1.A Room with a View
  2. 2.Downton Abbey
  3. 3.British Academy Film Awards
  4. 4.California Suite
  5. 5.Harry Potter
  6. 6.Oscars
  7. 7.A Private Function
  8. 8.Golden Globes
  9. 9.Gosford Park
  10. 10.Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  11. 11.Travels With My Aunt
  12. 12.A Bed Among the Lentils
Dame Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning British actress, dies at 89