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Maggie Smith
Michael Coveney
其他書名
A Biography
出版
Macmillan + ORM
, 2015-12-29
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous
Performing Arts / General
ISBN
1466893397
9781466893399
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qyPVCQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“Steeped in theater history” this biography “seamlessly melds Smith’s personal and professional lives into an engrossing narrative” (
Kirkus Reviews
).
No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith. Michael Coveney’s biography shines a light on the life and career of a truly remarkable performer, one whose stage and screen career spans six decades.
From her days as a West End star of comedy and revue, Dame Maggie’s path would cross with those of the greatest actors, playwrights and directors of the era. Whether stealing scenes from Richard Burton, answering back to Laurence Olivier, or playing opposite Judi Dench in
Breath of Life
, her career can be seen as a ‘Who’s Who’ of British theatre. Her film and television career has been just as starry. From the title character in
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
and the meddling chaperone in
A Room With a View
to the Harry Potter films in which she played Minerva McGonagall (as she put it ‘Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard’s hat’) and the
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
films in which she played the wise Muriel Donnelly, Smith has thrilled, engaged and made audiences laugh. As Violet Crawley, the formidable Dowager Countess of Downton Abbey she conquered millions more. Paradoxically she remains an enigmatic figure, rarely appearing in public.
Michael Coveney’s absorbing biography, written with the actress’s blessing and drawing on personal archives, as well as interviews with immediate family and close friends, is a portrait of one of the greatest actors of our time.