Maggie smith biography book reviews
Maggie smith biography book reviews
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Six-word review: Complex star shaped by fraught history.
Extended review:
If any one thing comes through clearly in this 2015 biography of one of the most accomplished, admired, and enduring of contemporary British actors, it's that being Maggie Smith is difficult and complicated.
From her early stage days in Oxford in the 1950s to her recently concluded role as the dowager countess Lady Grantham in Downton Abbey, Dame Maggie has practiced the fine art of turning personal experience into drama or comedy or, more often, a riveting blend of both.
Extended review:
If any one thing comes through clearly in this 2015 biography of one of the most accomplished, admired, and enduring of contemporary British actors, it's that being Maggie Smith is difficult and complicated.
From her early stage days in Oxford in the 1950s to her recently concluded role as the dowager countess Lady Grantham in Downton Abbey, Dame Maggie has practiced the fine art of turning personal experience into drama or comedy or, more often, a riveting blend of both.
The book tracks the development of her career from her first appearance at the age of 17 in a leading Shakespeare role to an anchoring role in the wildly popular television series, still running at the time of publication. The actress comes across as perfectionistic, tormented, driven, and brilliant.
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