[HN Gopher] Maggie Smith has died
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Maggie Smith has died
Author : asix66
Score : 346 points
Date : 2024-09-27 13:49 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| gennarro wrote:
| Sorry to see this, she's been an absolute legend over the years.
| She was always great even when I didn't think I would love the
| show or movie.
| gumboshoes wrote:
| Peace to a good one.
| workingdog wrote:
| 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
| whamlastxmas wrote:
| Lovely, thank you for sharing!
| udkl wrote:
| > I don't think you can understand the 1960s
|
| I think the same of "The Graduate (1967)" -
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cKafIqhEvk
|
| Note - this is not a movie she is in.
| frereubu wrote:
| Showing my age a bit here, but when I think of her this film is
| always what I'm reminded of. That phrase "I am Miss Jean
| Brodie... and I am in my prime" in her frightfully posh
| Scottish accent rattles around my head quite a bit for some
| reason.
|
| I've always thought of her as being well-known, but apparently
| it was Downton Abbey that really made her properly famous,
| which she didn't really like:
| https://x.com/lewispringle/status/1839680373774581849
| cafard wrote:
| But the book and movie are set in the 1930s, though I guess
| 1930s through a 1960s sensibility.
| jonjacky wrote:
| I think her character Prof. McGonagall in the Harry Potter
| movies drew heavily on her much earlier role as that other
| Scottish school teacher, Jean Brodie.
| dmd wrote:
| I saw a black cat this morning I'm pretty sure was her.
| alex1138 wrote:
| <3
| piltdownman wrote:
| 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.
| jszymborski wrote:
| I didn't know Diana Riggs died :( She really brought the Queen
| of Thorns to life.
| piltdownman wrote:
| Yeah she was a big loss, a 60s bond girl and all-round sex
| symbol who went on to completely transcend that label and
| developed into a serious thespian and RSC/Old Vic stalwart.
| She absolutely holds her own as the Wife of Olivier's Lear.
|
| I'm delighted she got to work with Edgar Wright before her
| death and put in a great turn in Last Night in Soho; I'd a
| big fear she'd peter out with a few Dr.Who episodes in a
| fairly unceremonious end to a glittering and exremely
| accomplished career.
| kitd wrote:
| One of her last roles was in the fantastic BBC comedy
| "Detectorists" where she played the mother of Rachael
| Stirling, her daughter in real life.
|
| There was definitely a big hole when series 2 came out
| without her.
| Angostura wrote:
| 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
| jszymborski wrote:
| Oh I love that series!
| jimbokun wrote:
| 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 hands over the
| future of the estate to Mary.
| piltdownman wrote:
| If you haven't already make sure you watch Brideshead
| revisited.
|
| You have Phoebe Nicholls (who played Lady Rose's mother) and
| Diana Quick (Polina Molotova in The Death of Stalin and the
| Queen in the eponymous BBC series) doing some similar social
| machinations in the background of an absolutely stacked period-
| drama with a cast including Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier, and
| John Gielgud.
| astr0n0m3r wrote:
| In Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith is playing a toned-down version
| of the character she played in Gosford Park.
| jimbokun wrote:
| Well maybe I'll have to watch that now.
| raffraffraff wrote:
| Gosford Park? Omg, that's the only one worth watching! It
| has a plot. I period drama but couldn't get past two
| episodes of Downton Abbey. Too sugary and boring.
| kitd wrote:
| Written by the same person, so kind of expected.
| ttepasse wrote:
| One of my favourite movies. As an ensemble movie it get's
| better with multiple viewings.
| vr46 wrote:
| Excellent on stage in A German Life, even when the writing wasn't
| up to her acting. And the Lady In The Van!
|
| RIP Maggie Smith
| throw0101d wrote:
| * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Smith
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| One of the best artists of stage and cinema. Will miss her.
| saucymew wrote:
| Maggie Smith's character in both Abbey and HP brooked no BS.
| We're reaching the time now when more of the Harry Potter
| teachers are leaving this world, I am not looking forward to the
| students.
| noefingway wrote:
| Truly one of the greatest actors of all time. For those of you
| that haven't seen this, I strongly recommend watching this show.
| Just a group of ladies having tea and a chat.
| https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7363336/
| IanKerr wrote:
| She was excellent at whatever she was in. An absolute icon of
| cinema. RIP Maggie Smith.
| simonbarker87 wrote:
| For her passing to make the front page of HN when she has no
| presence in the tech world really speaks to her impact. I imagine
| very few people would reach that level. Wonderful actress, she
| was the best character in Downton.
| jedberg wrote:
| This is a really good point. Unless there is some tech angle
| these things don't usually make HN.
|
| I wonder how much of it has to do with the overlap between tech
| nerds and Harry Potter nerds.
| tsujamin wrote:
| Don't forget The First Wives Club! RIP
| dcuthbertson wrote:
| She was an absolutely wonderful actress. The Washington Post also
| has an article announcing her death [0]. It goes into a lot of
| depth about her work and who she was.
|
| [0]:
| https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/09/27/maggie-...
| jl6 wrote:
| Big boots to fill if they go ahead with the Harry Potter TV
| series.
| mandibles wrote:
| Rest in peace to one of the true greats.
|
| My favorite line from Downtown Abby: "What's a week end?"
| thoughtpalette wrote:
| I'll never forget her in the Hook VHS I had growing up. RIP
| penguin_booze wrote:
| The Lady in the Van cuts a lot of onion for me. RIP.
| junon wrote:
| If you haven't seen it already, check out "Tea with the Dames".
| It's great, and I'd assume one of the last things Dame Maggie
| Smith was in.
| killingtime74 wrote:
| What a life well lived. 89 is a great age
| asix66 wrote:
| I will add "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" to another good movie
| she was in, along with an excellent cast.
| TMWNN wrote:
| The only person in history to win an Oscar while portraying an
| Oscar nominee. <https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-
| entertainment/films/news/...>
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