Maggie Smith obituary: Exceptional actor whose comic genius was often refracted through tales of sadness
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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith, with a voice as unmistakable as Churchill’s, was a star for six decades
Dame Maggie Smith, who has died in London at the age of 89, was a singular talent on stage and screen
Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star known for Harry Potter and Downton Abbey roles, dies aged 89
The actor, whose career dates form the 1950s, starred in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Harry Potter and Downton Abbey
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Agnes O’Casey: ‘It’s just been so easy to hate women, no matter the period. And that is terrifying’
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Downton Abbey: A New Era review – Both aristocrats and servants sound too middle class
Dominic West is superb in a strong cast battling valiantly with an overstuffed script
‘I know what I should be paid. Now let’s see how close to that we can get’
The Good Fight star Cush Jumbo returns home from the US, but now it is on her own terms
Zendaya: ‘I didn’t understand acting. I just was obsessed with it’
The star of Euphoria and Malcolm & Marie on tapping into her theatrical childhood
Waiting for Gobnait? Beckett’s ban on women challenged
Female and non-binary performers are tackling Beckett’s rigidity in a new play
Diana Rigg: the husky voiced, leather-clad star who made England hip
Throughout her long acting career Rigg retained the electric irony that made her such a phenomenon in the 1960s
Harlots? It’s all pumping buttocks from the men. Which is fair enough
TV review: The BBC’s 18th-century brothel drama isn’t as gratuitous as you might think
Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s why
Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort
The Hunt review: Appalling, irresponsible – and fun. Don’t ban this sick filth
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Elizabeth McGovern: A lifetime of living and acting with alpha males
The Downton Abbey actor co-starred with Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke Brad Pitt and Sean Penn
Downton Abbey: Chaos, charm and an orgy of happy endings
Review: The familiarity of it does little to dull the appeal
‘It’s easier to write a hard truth than to speak it’
US poet and writer Maggie Smith in conversation with Irish-Australian poet and writer Anne Casey on what makes their writing tick
Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96
Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays
Roddy Doyle is back – and has homeless crisis in his sights
New film ‘Rosie’ focuses on ‘ordinary’ family staying in hotel accommodation
Downton Abbey TV series to be turned into a movie
Action will pick up directly from last season’s finale, set in 1926
On TV this weekend: Ethan Hawke, Gino D’Acampo and Tracey Ullman
Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent
‘I am appalled at my own generation leaving things in such a mess’
Still feisty and busy at 85, Sheila Hancock remains connected to the zeitgeist
Sherlock Gnomes: Fun film, pity about Johnny Depp
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Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie
‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies
20 years of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Paul Howard’s top 20 moments
‘Reading the first column now, at a remove of almost 20 years, the big surprise is that there was ever a second one’
Miriam Lord: Juncker’s MEP outburst disrupts bloc party
Meanwhile, Leo proves to be the perfect host as Fine Gael looks forward to summer nights
Harry Potter on screen: a magic formula for the faithful
It is the second-biggest movie franchise of all time, but the films are slaves to the text
Royle Family star remembered by fellow actors
Co-stars and directors pay tribute to Liz Smith who died aged 95 on Christmas Eve
A taste of Downton in Co Monaghan
Hilton Park offers history and relaxation with unspoilt views and no mini-bar in sight
Annesbrook House: a manor made fit for a king who never graced its halls
Kate Sweetman and her family have tried many ways to pay for the upkeep of a house rich in architectural heritage
James Bond, Alan Bennett, and a nostalgic view of Britain
London Letter: New films seem to lament times past, which Corbyn also exemplifies
Television: Nidge is dead. And ‘Downton Abbey’ is on life support
Review: Whatever the future of RTÉ’s hit drama, we’ll sure miss Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s superbly nasty Nidge
Television: Selfies on steroids – the strange appeal of ‘Connected’
Review: TV3’s new reality series is thoroughly up to date. But ‘Downtown Abbey’ is the same old same old
American Hustle, Breaking Bad win Screen Actors Guild awards
Cate Blanchette and Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith receive best actress gongs
Television: A spoiler alert for ‘Homeland’, and a crafty way of idealising Christmas
The spy thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis went out with a whammy, but the glut of festive craft and cookery programmes is sickening
Changing careers: ‘I panicked only slightly when I handed in my resignation letter’
I bought a house, then moved out. Marched against austerity. Tried to get thin. Had a romance. Finally, I packed in my legal career and moved to Norwich to do a master’s in creative writing
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