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Dame Maggie Smith
Dame Maggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934-, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night (1952). With her precise, sometimes rapid-fire, articulation and her meticulous stagecraft, she is adept at both comedic and serious roles. Smith worked with the Old Vic Compa... Read more
David Hare
David Hare 1947-, British playwright. Hare is a prominent member of the British theatrical left. A founder of the Portable Theatre and the Joint Stock, he became resident dramatist and literary manager of the Royal Court Theatre, London (1967-71), and at the Nottingham Playhouse (1973). His plays a... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more
American literature
American literature literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in the mother country. Some of these early work... Read more

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Dame Maggie Smith
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dame Maggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934-, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night...adept at both comedic and serious roles. Smith worked with the Old Vic Company and the...
Smith, Dame Maggie Natalie
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Smith, Dame Maggie Natalie [ Margaret Natalie Smith ] (1934– ), English actress, with...Plyant in Congreve's The Double Dealer in 1959 and played Maggie Wylie in Barrie's What Every Woman Knows in 1960, in which...
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, novel...under the pseudonym Johnston Smith, but not regularly published...York City called Rum Alley, Maggie Johnson and her brother Jimmie...workingman and his dipsomaniac wife. Maggie, attractive though ignorant...
Smith, Betty (Wehner)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Smith, Betty [Wehner] (1904–72),writer, whose novels about her...A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), Tomorrow Will Be Better (1948), and Maggie‐Now (1958), treating the lives of girls growing up in slums...
Stephen Crane
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...submitted a second version of Maggie to a family friend, Richard...blunt and brutal. It shows Maggie as a simple, ignorant girl...using the pseudonym Johnston Smith. The book went unnoticed and...of Courage conveys. Just as Maggie represents every girl victimized...
Phillips, Robin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...and Coward's Private Lives (both 1978), all with Maggie Smith , and King Lear (1979) with Peter Ustinov . His production of Edna O'Brien's Virginia (1980), with Maggie Smith as Virginia Woolf, was seen in London in 1981. In...
Shaffer, Peter Levin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...Private Ear and The Public Eye (1962; NY, 1963), with Maggie Smith in London, which also did well, and The Merry Roosters...comedy Lettice and Lovage (1987; NY, 1990), in which Maggie Smith played the fantasizing guide to a country house. Shaffer...
Basie, William (“Count”)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...in vaudeville and accompanied the blues singers Clara Smith and Maggie Jones. In Kansas City, he played for silent movies...After Moten's death in 1935, Basie and Buster Smith reorganized Moten's band, which became Count Basie...
Queen's Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...returned with a season of four plays. He was also in Dodie Smith's Dear Octopus (1938), which was still running when...run. Alan Bennett's Getting On was seen in 1971, and Maggie Smith in 1972 in a revival of Coward's Private Lives . The...
Williamson, James Cassius
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...an important Australian theatrical management. With his wife Maggie Moore [ Margaret Sullivan ] (1851–1926) he was...Pennsylvania Dutchman , expanded from an original short play by Sam W. Smith, and its immense popularity forced them to revive it constantly...

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Smith, (Dame) Maggie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SMITH, (Dame) Maggie Nationality: British. Born: Ilford...book— Coveney, Michael, Maggie Smith: A Bright Particular Star, London...actress making a splash in Othello, Maggie Smith seemed as proficient as other English...
Ann-Margret
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Family: Married the actor Roger Smith, 1967, now also her manager...Made in Paris (Sagal) (as Maggie Scott); Stagecoach (Gordon...III—for TV) (as Maggie Yearwood) 1998 Life of the...Happy Face Murders (Trenchard-Smith—for TV) (as Lorraine...
Lombard, Carole
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The Fighting Eagle (Crisp); Smith's Pony (short); The Girl...High, Swing Low (Leisen) (as Maggie King); Nothing Sacred (Wellman...Peters) 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Hitchcock) (as Ann Smith) 1942 To Be or Not to Be (Lubitsch...
Gardner, Ava
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Maisie Was a Lady (Marin) 1942 Joe Smith, American (Highway to Freedom ) (Thorpe...Logan) 1979 City on Fire (Rakoff) (as Maggie Garyson) 1980 The Kidnapping of the President...Hale—for TV) (as Kadin); Maggie (Hussein—for TV) Publications...
Davis, Bette
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Green) (as Patricia Barclay/Ruth Smith) 1935 Bordertown (Mayo) (as Marie...1941 The Great Lie (Goulding) (as Maggie Patterson); The Bride Came C.O.D...Man Who Came to Dinner (Keighley) (as Maggie Cutler) 1943 Watch on the Rhine (Shumlin...
Lone Star
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...million. Producer: R. Paul Miller, Maggie Renzi, John Sloss (executive), Jan...1998. Books: Sayles, John, and Gavin Smith, Sayles on Sayles, New York, 1998...Los Angeles), vol. 4, no. 4, 1996. Smith, Galvin, "John Sayles: 'I Don't...
A Room with a View
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...musical directors: Francis Shaw, Barrie Guard. Cast: Maggie Smith (Charlotte Bartlett ); Helena Bonham-Carter (Lucy...Design, 1986. BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Actress (Smith), Best Supporting Actress (Dench), 1986. Publications...
Hayward, Susan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as amateur actor); Campus Cinderella (Smith) (as coed); Girls on Probation (McGann...role); Back Street (Miller) (as Rae Smith) 1962 I Thank a Fool (Stevens) (as...as Elizabeth Reilly); Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (J. Taylor—for TV...
Turner, Lana
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Weekend at the Waldorf (Leonard) (as Bunny Smith) 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice (Garnett) (as Cora Smith) 1947 Green Dolphin Street (Saville...The Lady Takes a Flyer (Arnold) (as Maggie Colby); Another Time, Another Place...
Pakula, Alan J.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as an "actor's director," eliciting "richly textured performances" from Liza Minnelli in The Sterile Cuckoo ; Maggie Smith in Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing ; Warren Beatty in The Parallax View ; Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, and...

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incomparable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus incomparable • adjective  the incomparable Maggie Smith is once again the deputy headmistress of Hogwarts synonyms : without equal, beyond compare, unparalleled, matchless, peerless...

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Interview: Judi Dench and Maggie Smith discuss their friendship, their careers and their new movie, "Ladies in Lavender"
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Judi Dench and Maggie Smith discuss their friendship...Lavender." Dench and Smith say they jumped at...each other. Dame MAGGIE: I thought--I...sister, played by Smith. (Soundbite of...door opening) Dame MAGGIE: (As Janet) You...
MAGGIE SMITH CARRIES 'LETTICE & LOVAGE'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/11/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...of a play but a tour de force for Maggie Smith, for whom it was written. As direct...musical bio: "Amadeus"), Maggie Smith has developed a one-note...Michael Blakemore's direction, Maggie Smith's performance is undeniably...
Capturing Maggie Smith And Judi Dench Off Tape
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/26/2005; ; 700+ words ; Maggie Smith is staring at my tape recorder with...spurts. Smith is now laughing a throaty Maggie Smith laugh, which starts Dench...perkily. "Lots of other things," Smith echoes. "Maggie was getting married, I was getting...
A tough climb worth taking ; Maggie Smith's gutsy return from painful knee surgery just might give the Freeport girls the edge they need.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 12/26/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...tough climb worth taking ; Maggie Smith's gutsy return from...Gymnastics FREEPORT -- When Maggie Smith prepares to plunge...doubts. There are fears. Smith hopes to keep them quiet...Gordon Chibroski Captain Maggie Smith displays the commitment...
Maggie Smith Turns Her Hand to TV
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/21/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Dateline: LONDON [image omitted] Maggie Smith has a simple explanation for her...But, Cooper continues: I hope Maggie doesn't mind me saying so, but...Caption: Oscar-winning actress Maggie Smith appears in a scene from the...
The shyest star you've ever met Dame Maggie Smith, just nominated for an Oscar, claims to be happiest when she's away from the spotlight. In a rare interview, she explains why
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; Dame Maggie Smith says that her Oscar nomination...actually." Conversation with Smith - for a journalist, at least...No matter what she says, Smith's life has been far from...Presbyterian who frowned on acting - Maggie was determined to be an actress...
Maggie Smith: The greatest Dame of all In everything from Harry Potter to Edward Albee, we know that the perfectionist Maggie Smith will deliver. Rhoda Koenig salutes her return to the West End
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 3/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...nothing to do with beauty. Dame Maggie seems an insufficient title...and drawing-room comedy. Smith's career has been light on...the other is Toby Stephens). Smith's hauteur, on and off stage...learnt rather than inherited. Smith was born in Ilford, Essex...
HEAD TO head - ELLEN BURSTYN & DAME MAGGIE SMITH.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/27/2002; 647 words ; ...and screen, Ellen Burstyn and Dame Maggie Smith, star together in the Southern comedy...wild girl who has calmed down. DAME MAGGIE SMITH AGE 67 THE OLDEN DAYS: Born...her grandmother told her mother Maggie couldn't go into acting ``with...
Maggie Smith in battle with breast cancer; Dame Maggie in Tea With Mussolini, for which she won a Bafta.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/19/2008; 652 words ; Byline: Laura Roberts DAME Maggie Smith has declared the show must go on after...is to make a fuss about it.' Dame Maggie, 73,insisted on completing her...specific date has been set. Dame Maggie is regarded as one of the country...
A great Dame; In a rare interview, Maggie Smith talks about her return to Hogwarts for the next Harry Potter film, and growing up with Ronnie Barker.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 7/4/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...appearing on stage and in films for Maggie Smith to achieve the superstar status where...says. "I wish I could." Dame Maggie, 68, treats her Harry Potter bonanza...An intensely private person, Maggie Smith gives few interviews. We meet...