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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 4, 2009 10:43:04 GMT -5
Today's picture is from Ingmar Bergman's 1970 production of "Hedda Gabler", starring Maggie as Hedda, Robert Stephens as Eilert Loevborg, and Jeremy Brett as George Tesman.  |
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Post by kissofdeath on Feb 4, 2009 21:46:16 GMT -5
Dude, seriously. Where do you get all these amazing pics?
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Post by mercifulheavens on Feb 4, 2009 21:48:24 GMT -5
Are they all screen shots?
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 4, 2009 21:57:26 GMT -5
kissofdeath: I get them from excessively trolling the internet and various photo databases. The pics from movies I get from screencapping the film. mercifulheavens: most of them are screencaps, but some of the ones from plays (like this picture from Hedda Gabler) are from the program.
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 5, 2009 12:13:52 GMT -5
Today's picture is from the 1981 Merchant-Ivory production of "Quartet", based on the Jean Rhys novel of the same name. It starred Maggie as Lois Heidler, Alan Bates as H.J. Heidler, and Isabelle Adjani as Marya Zelli.  |
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Post by mercifulheavens on Feb 5, 2009 21:34:28 GMT -5
I don't really like the bobbed hair cut on Maggie... but I'm sure she acted superbly in this movie.
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Post by kissofdeath on Feb 5, 2009 21:41:49 GMT -5
Lots of haircuts look bitching on Maggie but I don't think the bob is one of them.
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 6, 2009 10:42:43 GMT -5
Today's picture is from the 1979 Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's play "Night and Day". Maggie played Ruth, the wife of a mining engineer. The play is set in the fictional African country Kambawe.  And today, you also get a bonus fanfiction to read! Beware, it contains spoilers for the play. You can find it here: admmfics.proboards22.com/index.cgi?board=somewhat&action=display&thread=3971 |
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Post by kissofdeath on Feb 6, 2009 20:28:13 GMT -5
Who played the guy?
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 6, 2009 20:35:57 GMT -5
Not sure...
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Post by mercifulheavens on Feb 7, 2009 1:44:00 GMT -5
Who cares? Maggie was in it!!!
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 7, 2009 11:46:37 GMT -5
Today's picture is from the 1981 movie "Clash of the Titans", starring Maggie as Thetis and Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus. The screenplay of the movie was written by Maggie's second husband Beverley Cross.  |
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Post by harmonydumbledore on Feb 7, 2009 23:03:47 GMT -5
I love this movie. Maggie is awesome as the vengeful Thetis thwarted by Zeus' son.
hmmm....Thetis....Minerva....do we have a pattern loves?
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 7, 2009 23:07:38 GMT -5
LOL I think we do have a pattern here!
I'm really tempted to write a Thetis/Zeus fanfic - what do you think?
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Post by mercifulheavens on Feb 8, 2009 1:36:15 GMT -5
Yes! Please do! It would be wonderful!
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 8, 2009 12:18:29 GMT -5
Today's picture is from one of Maggie's first-ever performances. She appeared as Viola in Twelfth Night in 1952.  |
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Post by harmonydumbledore on Feb 8, 2009 14:45:41 GMT -5
me likes.
and totally go for the fic
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Post by kissofdeath on Feb 8, 2009 18:19:17 GMT -5
Dude totally write the fic!!!!!
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Post by mercifulheavens on Feb 8, 2009 21:28:40 GMT -5
I watched Clash of the Titans last night on YouTube! It was so good. Maggie was so good as Thetis!
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Post by phantomgirl on Feb 8, 2009 22:08:51 GMT -5
A Thetis/Zeus fic sounds good!
Go for it
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 9, 2009 10:44:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the encouragement, everyone - I'm going to write a Thetis/Zeus fic! Today's picture is from the 1960 production of "Strip the Willow", written by Beverley Cross, Maggie's second husband. The character of Kathy Dawson (Maggie's character) was written specifically with Maggie in mind. Oddly enough, this production also starred Michael Blakemore, who would go on to direct Maggie in "Lettice and Lovage".  |
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 10, 2009 10:46:58 GMT -5
Today's picture is from the 1964 National Theatre production of Othello (NOT the subsequent movie), starring Maggie as Desdemona and Sir Laurence Olivier as Othello.  |
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Post by mercifulheavens on Feb 10, 2009 19:56:11 GMT -5
Oh! I love Maggie in Othello! I consider it one of her best performances! But then again I have never seen a show she was in that I didn't like. Lovely picture too!
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Post by kissofdeath on Feb 10, 2009 21:57:31 GMT -5
I loved Othello! It's like my number 3 in Maggie's top performances.
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Post by phantomgirl on Feb 11, 2009 0:03:12 GMT -5
nice pic, that is one of my favorite maggie performances.
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 11, 2009 10:54:32 GMT -5
Today's picture is from the 1969 Chichester production of William Wycherley's "The Country Wife". Maggie played Margery Pinchwife, a role now occupied by Fiona Glascott in the recent revival which also stars Maggie's younger son, Toby, as Horner.  |
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 12, 2009 12:29:45 GMT -5
What would a Maggie Smith picspam be without a reference (or two LOL) to one of her greatest roles of all time - Jean Brodie? Portrayed originally by Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie's Miss Brodie, according to her biographer Michael Coveney, is far more accurately and severely Scottish than Ms. Redgrave's. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science agreed, awarding Maggie the Best Actress Oscar for 1969. "Jean Brodie" was also chosen for the Royal Command Performance.  And today you get a bonus wallpaper, featuring Muriel Spark and four of the actresses who have portrayed Jean Brodie - Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie, Geraldine McEwan, and Fiona Shaw.  |
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Post by kissofdeath on Feb 12, 2009 22:28:56 GMT -5
I think Cynthia Nixon made the best Miss.Brodie after Maggie.
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Post by dianahawthorne on Feb 13, 2009 11:03:56 GMT -5
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Post by harmonydumbledore on Feb 13, 2009 22:22:07 GMT -5
awesome pics. THe last one was my fav I believe though!
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