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   Adam H. Kerman to Mig.Rhodes   
   Re: Dame Maggie Smith, DBE, 89, actress   
   27 Sep 24 22:34:19   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Mig.Rhodes  wrote:   
      
   >Maggie married the great actor Robert Stephens on 29 June 1967. They had   
   >two sons, actors Chris Larkin, and Toby Stephens, and were divorced in   
   >1975. She then married playwright Alan Beverly Cross on 23 June 1975, at   
   >the Guildford Register Office, and they remained married until his death   
   >on 20 March 1998. When asked in 2013 if she was lonely, she replied, "it   
   >seems a bit pointless, going on on one's own, and not having someone to   
   >share it with".   
      
   >Dame Maggie was appointed Companion of Honour a decade ago.   
      
   >I have the impression that she didn't particularly like Downton Abbey or   
   >playing the Dowager Countess ...   
      
   It wasn't my favorite show -- the men were all so dumb and the various   
   Lord Granthams over the centuries had lost fortune upon fortune -- but   
   the most cutting lines of dialogue were reserved for her character. I   
   figured she ate it up.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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