Maggie Smith a biography
"No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This new biography shines the stage lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades. From her days as a...
| Main Author: | Coveney, Michael, 1948- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preview: In the company of a secret star
- The flight from Ilford
- Schooling in Oxford accents
- Clown of town and gown
- New Revue and Old Vic
- West End calling, screen testing
- Surprises with Olivier at the National
- Romance with the new Lunts
- The prime of Miss Maggie Smith
- Prickly pain in Private lives
- Canada home and dry
- Salvation in Stratford, Stoppard and Virginia Woolf
- Best of British pork and Palin
- Millamant, Poliakoff and Poppy Cocteau
- A toast to the Bard with Levin and Lettice
- Alone without God
- Tales of ageing, innocence and experience
- Secrets and lies in Yorkshire and Italy
- Onstage with Albee, Bennett and Hare
- TV specials for the lady from Dubuque
- Goodbye Hollywood, hello British comedy
- Harry Potter and Downton Abbey
- Late flowering of marigolds around the van
- Overview: In old glory and new celebrity.