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My very first London West End show was the 1987 Lettice and Loveage production with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench - no wonder I became hooked! She was truly a Great. 💮

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I’m so jealous!

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🤗 Forever grateful to the British drama teacher who took a bunch of kids from the middle of America - mostly Alabama - to see that show.

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Yeah that’s amazing

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“What is a week-end?” has to be one of the best-delivered lines of all time

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It’s the “Wh-what” that does it

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Another wonderful Maggie Smith line from Downton Abbey: "Why does every day involve a fight with an American?" - this is after she struggles to sit in a new-fangled swivel chair supposedly designed by Thomas Jefferson. 🤣

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Miss Jean Brodie, on whom the bluestockings with a bit of closet bad girl modelled themselves. I adored her. Thank you for these glorious clips.

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Rare example of a film matching a book imo

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can't honestly say i know of a bad performance of hers. An immensely skilled and talented individual. and imbued with some magic x factor that's probably best remaining only partially understood. feel it'd be a bit like looking into the Ark of the Covenant or something. what a life

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She never missed!

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She was a classic. For me, she will always be Professor McGonagall.

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What a joy. Thank you for sharing these!

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Maggie Smith on Talking Pictures tonight, BBC2. Perfect television.

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Great, indeed; an incredible talent. Very sad for us, to lose someone like that.

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I loved her too. One of a kind. I thought she was amazing in 'The Lady in the Van' and of course as Jean Brodie.

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So many wonderful moments. One of my favorite performances is Maggie and Gosford Park.

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She never faltered.

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“I’m old Peter. Ever so much older than twenty.”

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