Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her best, celebrating her much-loved appearances across film and TV spanning almost 70 years. Smith, who died in September of this year, had gained a new level of popularity playing the razor-tongued Lady Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey, but for all her success, remained a very private person who had little time for the trappings that came with fame. The film tells the story of a girl born in pre-war Essex who, against the odds, took Broadway and the West End by storm before eventually becoming one of the world's most popular and respected performers.

Cast

Maggie Smith Self / Various Roles (archive footage) Derek Jacobi Self Jessica Brown Findlay Self Julian Fellowes Self Zoë Wanamaker Self Michael Palin Self

Adam James Phillips Self

Magi Vaughan Self

Simon Callow Self Robert Stephens Self (archive footage) Laurence Olivier Self (archive footage) Hugh Bonneville Robert Crawley (archive footage)

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