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From: jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: OT: Dame Maggie Smith Died
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:43:37 -0400
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On 9/27/2024 8:27 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 0:17:27 +0000, jmcquown wrote:
> 
>> On 9/27/2024 6:00 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-27 4:22 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> That character, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, really brought her to
>> the forefront for a lot of people who had never heard of her.  I
>> remember seeing her in the film 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brody' and later
>> some silly 1970's comedy called 'California Suite'.  She was also
>> apparently in the 'Harry Potter' series of films, something I never
>> watched.  I do remember her playing a Mother Superior [Nun] in 'Sister
>> Act' with Whoopie Goldberg and she was quite funny.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> Check her out in the movie "A Room With a View" with Helena
> Bonham-Carter.  She plays the tiresome friend always stating
> 'I'll never forgive myself' and is quite young in it.  Also,
> "The Lady in the Van" and she's appearing as an older lady
> which she was when it was filmed.

She's been a lot of movies.  I'm wondering if PBS/Masterpiece will 
somehow manage to bring back 'Downton Abbey' as a tribute to her.  That 
would be fun to watch again.

Jill