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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Dame Maggie Smith Died
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:50:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-09-28, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:43:37 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>On 9/27/2024 8:27 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 0:17:27 +0000, 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.
>
> Do youse still depend on what TV stations choose to broadcast? Awwwww.

Yes, most older people in the U.S. still watch linear TV.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton