The Resource Maggie Smith : a biography, Michael Coveney
Maggie Smith : a biography, Michael Coveney
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The item Maggie Smith : a biography, Michael Coveney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut).
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- Summary
- "No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This new biography shines the stage lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades. From her days as a star of West End comedy and revue, Dame Maggie would cross paths with those of the greatest actors, playwrights, and directors of the era. Whether stealing scenes from Richard Burton (by his own admission), answering back to Laurence Olivier, or impressing Ingmar Bergman, she built a career that can be seen as a 'Who's Who' of British theatre in the twentieth century. This book also covers her success in Hollywood, inaugurated by her first Oscar for her signature film, The prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as her subsequent departure to Canada for a prolific four-season run of leading theatre roles. Recently she has been as prominent on our screens as ever, with high-profile roles as Violet Crawley, the formidable Dowager Countess, in the phenomenally successful television series Downton Abbey, and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film franchise; what she herself describes as "Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard's hat." Yet paradoxically she remains an enigmatic figure, rarely appearing in public and carefully guarding her considerable talent. Michael Coveney's absorbing biography drawing on personal archives, interviews, and encounters with the actress, as well as conversations with immediate family and dear friends, is therefore as close as it gets to seeing the real Maggie Smith."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xi, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Preview: In the company of a secret star
- The flight from Ilford
- Schooling in Oxford accents
- Clown of town and gown
- New Revue and Old Vic
- West End calling, screen testing
- Surprises with Olivier at the National
- Romance with the new Lunts
- The prime of Miss Maggie Smith
- Prickly pain in Private lives
- Canada home and dry
- Salvation in Stratford, Stoppard and Virginia Woolf
- Best of British pork and Palin
- Millamant, Poliakoff and Poppy Cocteau
- A toast to the Bard with Levin and Lettice
- Alone without God
- Tales of ageing, innocence and experience
- Secrets and lies in Yorkshire and Italy
- Onstage with Albee, Bennett and Hare
- TV specials for the lady from Dubuque
- Goodbye Hollywood, hello British comedy
- Harry Potter and Downton Abbey
- Late flowering of marigolds around the van
- Overview: In old glory and new celebrity
- Isbn
- 9781474601146
- Label
- Maggie Smith : a biography
- Title
- Maggie Smith
- Title remainder
- a biography
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Coveney
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This new biography shines the stage lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades. From her days as a star of West End comedy and revue, Dame Maggie would cross paths with those of the greatest actors, playwrights, and directors of the era. Whether stealing scenes from Richard Burton (by his own admission), answering back to Laurence Olivier, or impressing Ingmar Bergman, she built a career that can be seen as a 'Who's Who' of British theatre in the twentieth century. This book also covers her success in Hollywood, inaugurated by her first Oscar for her signature film, The prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as her subsequent departure to Canada for a prolific four-season run of leading theatre roles. Recently she has been as prominent on our screens as ever, with high-profile roles as Violet Crawley, the formidable Dowager Countess, in the phenomenally successful television series Downton Abbey, and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film franchise; what she herself describes as "Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard's hat." Yet paradoxically she remains an enigmatic figure, rarely appearing in public and carefully guarding her considerable talent. Michael Coveney's absorbing biography drawing on personal archives, interviews, and encounters with the actress, as well as conversations with immediate family and dear friends, is therefore as close as it gets to seeing the real Maggie Smith."--Book jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Coveney, Michael
- Dewey number
-
- 792.02/8092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN2598.S55
- LC item number
- C67 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Smith, Maggie
- Actors
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Label
- Maggie Smith : a biography, Michael Coveney
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preview: In the company of a secret star -- The flight from Ilford -- Schooling in Oxford accents -- Clown of town and gown -- New Revue and Old Vic -- West End calling, screen testing -- Surprises with Olivier at the National -- Romance with the new Lunts -- The prime of Miss Maggie Smith -- Prickly pain in Private lives -- Canada home and dry -- Salvation in Stratford, Stoppard and Virginia Woolf -- Best of British pork and Palin -- Millamant, Poliakoff and Poppy Cocteau -- A toast to the Bard with Levin and Lettice -- Alone without God -- Tales of ageing, innocence and experience -- Secrets and lies in Yorkshire and Italy -- Onstage with Albee, Bennett and Hare -- TV specials for the lady from Dubuque -- Goodbye Hollywood, hello British comedy -- Harry Potter and Downton Abbey -- Late flowering of marigolds around the van -- Overview: In old glory and new celebrity
- Control code
- 1619319
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xi, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474601146
- Lccn
- 2015037365
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1619319
- (OCoLC)907965936
- Label
- Maggie Smith : a biography, Michael Coveney
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preview: In the company of a secret star -- The flight from Ilford -- Schooling in Oxford accents -- Clown of town and gown -- New Revue and Old Vic -- West End calling, screen testing -- Surprises with Olivier at the National -- Romance with the new Lunts -- The prime of Miss Maggie Smith -- Prickly pain in Private lives -- Canada home and dry -- Salvation in Stratford, Stoppard and Virginia Woolf -- Best of British pork and Palin -- Millamant, Poliakoff and Poppy Cocteau -- A toast to the Bard with Levin and Lettice -- Alone without God -- Tales of ageing, innocence and experience -- Secrets and lies in Yorkshire and Italy -- Onstage with Albee, Bennett and Hare -- TV specials for the lady from Dubuque -- Goodbye Hollywood, hello British comedy -- Harry Potter and Downton Abbey -- Late flowering of marigolds around the van -- Overview: In old glory and new celebrity
- Control code
- 1619319
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xi, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474601146
- Lccn
- 2015037365
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1619319
- (OCoLC)907965936
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