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May 26, 2022 · In “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” Violet arrives on her death bed and says a final farewell — a plot point that has left audiences in tears. But the decision to say goodbye to the character has ...
Sep 21, 2019 · The team behind the 'Downton Abbey' movie take The Hollywood Reporter inside the pivotal final scene between Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess and Michelle Dockery's Lady Mary.
- On romance. “I do think a woman’s place is eventually in the home, but I see no harm in her having some fun before she gets there.” “In my day, a lady was incapable of feeling physical attraction until she had been instructed to do so by her mama.”
- On technology and change. “First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I were living in an H.G. Wells novel.” “What is a weekend?” [On the new telephone] “Is this an instrument of communication or torture?”
- On life. “Life is a game, where the player must appear ridiculous.” “No life appears rewarding if you think about it too much.” “Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality.”
- On growing old. “Just because you’re an old widow, I see no necessity to eat off a tray.” “At my age, one must ration one’s excitement.” “All life is a series of problems which we must try and solve, first one and then the next and then the next, until at last we die.”
A Summary and Analysis of Maggie Smith’s ‘Good Bones’. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Good Bones’ is the best-known poem by the contemporary American poet Maggie Smith (born 1977) and the title poem of her third full-length poetry collection, Good Bones (2017). First published in 2016, the poem reflects on the negative ...
May 20, 2022 · In 'A New Era,' Dame Maggie Smith remains the best reason to watch 'Downton Abbey' Maggie Smith's dowager countess acquires a villa in the South of France, so the Downton household goes on a field ...
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Feb 20, 2013 · The V.I.P.s, 1963. In her third film, a sort of jet-set version of Grand Hotel set at Heathrow Airport, Smith, then 28, plays Miss Mead, the mousy, desexualized “personal private secretary” to ...
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May 10, 2024 · In a recent interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper for his talk series All There Is, Goldberg revealed how far the loss of her mother and brother, who died in 2015, had pushed her. “There were ...
