A biography of the actress Dame Maggie Smith, star of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "The VIPs", "Travels With My Aunt", "A Room With a View" and "Hook". Written with her co-operation, it charts both her private life and her stage and screen career.
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About the Author:
Michael Coveney is the chief theatre critic of the leading West End website, Whatsonstage.com. He has unprecedented access to Maggie Smith's personal archives and will also curate an upcoming BFI season of Maggie's film and TV work.
From Publishers Weekly:
Accomplished acting is as difficult to describe as good music, but Coveney, the drama critic for the London Observer , succeeds admirably in this chatty biography of British actress Maggie Smith. He traces her artistic journey from her early years in revues to her West End stardom, dissecting many of her performances and capturing the uniqueness of her technique and style ("widely imitated in other people's conversations, she remains entirely inimitable"). Coveney reveals the story behind her "flamboyant withdrawal from the celebrity circuit" and her five-year absence from Britain to lead the classical company at Stratford, Ontario, and to make movies in L.A. where she won Oscars for her portrayals in California Suite and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie . The author also discusses Smith's enduring admiration for American writer J. D. Salinger, her preference for Brian Bedford as her leading man on stage, her popularity as a "camp pin-up," and takes a glance at Smith's two marriages. She was named Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1989. Photos.
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- PublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0575051884
- ISBN 13 9780575051881
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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