Maggie Smith : a biography
Record details
- ISBN: 1410486060 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781410486066 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1410486060 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781410486066 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781410486066 (large print ; hardback)
- ISBN: 1410486060 (large print ; hardcover)
- Physical Description: 653 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Summary, etc.: | Shining a light on the life of a truly remarkable performer whose stage and screen career spans six decades, this absorbing biography, written with Dame Maggie's blessing and drawing on personal archives and interviews, is a portrait of one of the greatest actors of our time. |
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Subject: | Smith, Maggie 1934- Actors Great Britain Biography Large type books |
Genre: | Large type books. Biographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bethel Public Library | LARGETYPE BIO SMITH (Text) | 34030133669389 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Killingworth Library Association | LP 92 SMITH COV (Text) | 33420145050721 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Southbury Public Library | B SMITH COVENEY/LP (Text) | 34019134464098 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Summary
Maggie Smith : A Biography
Shining a light on the life of a truly remarkable performer whose stage and screen career spans six decades, this absorbing biography, written with Dame Maggie's blessing and drawing on personal archives and interviews, is a portrait of one of the greatest actors of our time.