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Maggie Smith : a biography / Michael Coveney.

by Coveney, Michael, 1948-

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St. Martin's Press, 2015.

791.43028 S655c

Smith, Maggie, 1934-

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Shakespearean actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Television actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

9781250117182 (pbk.)

9781250081483 (hc.)

First U. S. edition.

xi, 353 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

"Few words can fully describe the dazzling range of Dame Maggie Smith. She is an icon of stage and screen, both large and small, yet she is tantalizingly enigmatic when removed from the limelight that most actors crave. View any single performance from her illustrious 50-year career to immediately appreciate the personality and breadth she brings to even the smallest roles. No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith. This biography shines a light on the life and career of a truly remarkable performer, one whose stage and screen career spans six decades. From her days as a West End star of comedy and revue, Dame Maggie's path would cross with those of the greatest actors, playwrights and directors of the era. Whether stealing scenes from Richard Burton, answering back to Laurence Olivier, or playing opposite Judi Dench in Breath of Life, her career can be seen as a 'Who's Who' of British theatre. Her film and television career are just as starry. From the title character in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and the meddling chaperone in A Room With a View to the Harry Potter films in which she played Minerva McGonagall (as she put it 'Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard's hat') and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films in which she played the wise Muriel Donnelly, Smith has thrilled, engaged and made audiences laugh. As Violet Crawley, the formidable Dowager Countess of Downton Abbey she conquered millions more. Paradoxically she remains an enigmatic figure, rarely appearing in public. This biography, written with the actress's blessing and drawing on personal archives, as well as interviews with immediate family and close friends, is a portrait of one of the greatest actors of our time"--Provided by publisher.

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