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‘She told me you shouldn’t put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow’: readers on Maggie Smith
From imposing glamour at a first night to her ready wit and disarming kindness out of the public eye, and for the indelible performances, readers remember a walking tour de force
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As soon as I heard her utter the line from California Suite: “Discreet? […] you did everything but lick his artichoke,” I knew my life was changed for ever. I was 11 years old – it’s a love affair that has lasted nearly 50 years. I saw her 10 times on stage and sobbed at every curtain call. Her performance in The Way of the World was the most electrifying performance I ever saw on stage. I will miss her terribly. Somehow life seems a little hollow without her in it.
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