RIP Dame Maggie Smith

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Dame Maggie Smith has died at 89. What an incredible actress she was.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk7375ngkxo

Maggie Smith 1967 / 1979 my god.
Another world.

Very posh people and smoking, black and white tv

I've always loved this line in Harry Potter, because it was the way she delivered it with such a recognisable smile that so many of us do when we do something we've wanted to do for ages.

“I've always wanted to use that spell!”

Fabulous actress. From a golden era of fabulous British actors.

She was, from what I understand, quite difficult to work with!

I was going to post that!

A wonderful actress.

I watched the prime of miss Jean Brodie for the first time today. I absolutely loved it ❤️

Everytime since... to my dd .... " these are my girls"

To my dh, anytime he asksme a question. " I am in my prime"

🤣

The best thing she ever did ............
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1075069114053145

That is brilliant 😆

It's strange that The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie isn't available anymore on DVD and you can't stream it on any platform. Hopefully one of the TV channels will show it soon.

A couple of her lines from this film I wanted to share: "Six inches is perfectly adequate. More is vulgar!"

It's on YouTube. That's where I got it yesterday. It's free to watch.

I hadn't realised at the time that her then husband is Teddy in it!

Is that one of the series with Mark Cousins where he sits down with an actor and talks about clips from their performances? I recently saw the episodes with Donald Sutherland and Lauren Bacall, which were both fascinating, and great fun.

No, that was ‘Scene by Scene’, back in the late 90s.

I’m hoping the BBC will screen some of her films later this month, in tribute.

A room with a view was on film 4 yesterday
which was lovely
they are also showing A Private function and The Missionary
and Nothing Like a Dame programme was on bbc2