Maggie Smith, an imposing figure in the arts, portrayed Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey. In the program, his co -star Elizabeth McGovern paid tribute to him in the last interview.
The actress played Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in the historical drama, while appearing in Downton Abbey: The Grand Final, A third film in the franchise without the deceased star.
She said: “I thought it would be absolutely horrible. I think many of the actors were really scared by the idea, but the fun is that I felt I was there.”
“I felt that her spirit was in the air, in that house and in those rooms, that she did not miss her as much as she thought,” said the actress.
Similarly, Judi Dench previously remembered her late friend in an interview with the BBC With a sweet gesture of planting a tree in your name.
“Joe, who works for me, entered and he had a small apple of crab,” the star of 007 told The Outlet, adding that he began to produce fruit at the time of his funeral, since he died on September 27, 2024. She was 89 years old.
“And I had it in my pocket at his funeral, which was something very pleasant,” he said about Harry Potter’s student, with whom he met in Old Vic Theater costumes in 1957.
In addition, Judi and Maggie appeared in films like the 1984 film A private function1985 A room with a view, 1999 Tea with Mussolini, 2004 Ladies in lavender, 2011’s The best exotic calendula hotel and its sequel to 2015 The second best hotel in Calandula.
