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I don't think you can understand the 1960s without seeing her glorious movie, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie It captures the tension of social norms and rebellion and, if one pays attention, the natural consequences of unbridled enthusiasm. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA0N55c3iw
My favorite line from Downtown Abby: "What's a week end?"
A towering presence of British stage and screen, with Dame Judi Dench being about the last of that golden generation since the passing of Diana Riggs (Olenna Tyrell). Time for a rewatch of Gosford Park while archly sipping gin out of a china teacup with a raised pinkie.
I didn't know Diana Riggs died :( She really brought the Queen of Thorns to life.
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In Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith is playing a toned-down version of the character she played in Gosford Park.
Well maybe I'll have to watch that now.
Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery were brilliant in Downton Abbey. Their characters always seemed two to three steps ahead of everyone with their wit. And were hilarious to boot. Robert Crawley was nominally in charge of everything. But it was clear that Violet and Mary were pulling all the strings through their understanding of how the social contracts really worked. And it was fitting that in the finale Violet hand…
In Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith is playing a toned-down version of the character she played in Gosford Park.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't know Diana Riggs died :( She really brought the Queen of Thorns to life.
One of her last pieces of work was in the excellent BBC series The Detectorists, where she played a character who was mother to her real-life daughter