DAME MAGGIE SMITH, A BRITISH TREASURE (Please take poll)

DAME MAGGIE SMITH (Wikimedia)

Dame Margaret "Maggie" Smith is one of Britain's most beloved actresses.  The 79 year-old, now starring in the famed Downton Abbey TV series, has won seven BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, three Emmys, and one Tony.  Thankfully, she has no plans to retire.  I just watched her interviewed on 60 Minutes (see video below) and was saddened to learn that she is, in fact, quite lonely . . . a complaint voiced by many elderly folks, whether movie stars or not.  Since Maggie's second husband (the "love of her life") died, she has had no desire to remarry and lets work fill the void.  Currently, Maggie is busy filming Season 4 of Downton, and my fingers are crossed that fine scripts continue to come her way. 

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                MAGGIE FACTOIDS

• Her father, a pathologist, taught at Oxford University.

• She has (older) twin brothers.

• She's been married twice; both men are deceased.
  

• She has two sons and five grandchildren.

• She is a breast-cancer survivor (diagnosed in 2008).
• She was briefly hospitalized for chest pains last year but is now fine.
  

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Dame Maggie Smith, 60 Minutes Interview

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