These interviews are delightful to watch: calm, measured, informative, apparently honest with no garish lights, no hideous screens always on and dipicting scenes from the movies they're talking about, no noisy, cackling audience inserting sound and interrupting the conversation and no stupid, corny, foul innuendos to try to embarass the guest or make the host seem smart. Not giggly, greedy for slander or aggrandizing. It's just straightforward and refined.
@Frank Lee Steamed No giraffes munching on leaves in the background, No thermonuclear warheads rolling around on the floor, no washing machines making whirring sounds while it washes some dirty shirties clean, no dancing pandas pirouetting around in a beautiful animal ballet. Just Maggie Smith answering questions put to her by other people.
I feel so blessed to have lived during Maggie's lifetime aa she is undoubtedly the greatest of all time. Rest in perfect peace Dame Maggie, and thank you. ❤💔🙏⚘️
I was watching an interview of her from just a couple years ago and she has the exact same mannerisms. Playing with her bangs and pausing to think before she speaks.
Well something you would not see today .! Both of them smoking WOW ! This apart l love this actress surpass all those plastic American face with all the same faces Maggie Smith and Judy Dench are the most wonderful actors in the world . NO matter how old they are they steal the show everytime . They are MAGIC !
The greatest dramatic Dame of them all. And it's remarkable to hear the younger Michael Aspel speak with RP. His voice became so much more natural as he grew older.
Her debut was in the Taylor-Burton all 🌟 vehicle The V.I.P.s, she's excellent right off the bat opposite Rod Taylor, who she would work with again. 1 of her 1st jobs was doing live revues on Broadway, she could do it all.
I keep imagining dowager countess during her younger years were exactly like dame in 60s. Gorgeous in corset mid 1800. Mayb julian can make another downton in that era focusing on young countess
At this video start, back when she could (proleptically) have played one of her Downton Abbey Duchess of Grantham roaring 'twenties granddaughters. Dame Maggie here, in her May, epitomized the cerebral subset of the Carnaby Street swinging '60s girl.
I'd go get my haircut as a boy and come home with headaches pickled in cigarette smoke. Nobody gave two third about the effects on themselves or others, even a child. To ask people not to smoke would be difficult when there are already several people puffing away.
She is from Ilford - pretty much the East End of London next to where I grew up. 😁 I reckon she cultivated her accent with her career. She is fabulous.
... well its not that strange remember this was the late 1960s., (the first interview) but you have to remember as late as the 1990s alot of people still smoked in public places and in cars
@@michaelhawkins7389 Well, here in Germany they did until 10 years ago..and in cars most people still do...I grew up in a blue cloud literally 🤢 I never touched a cigarette..
@@bsota8513 Well I guess because we don’t see it that often. people do smoke but they tend to do it privately. There are laws now that prevent you from smoking in public i.e. in restaurants etc. so you just don’t see it as much anymore. So that’s why it seems a little strange.
Hmmm i wonder if maggie smith is the same age with betty white since she already appear in black and white movies or tv or probably same age as Maria Callas
No. Betty White was almost 100 when she died. Maria Callas would be even older. Wikipedia will tell you the age of any celebrity they feature. Also, black and white TV was present up to the 70s.
Id like to point out what a G she is, smoking and drinking in half of the interviews! But she's so classy it's not even noticeable. Plus....the 60's LOL.
@@bsota8513 no problem. just that it's generally discouraged nowadays because they're unhealthy but also, because actors nowadays make the conscious decision to refrain/limit from being seen smoking, drinking shooting a gun etc.
Seeing celebrities smoking on TV during an interview seems kind of strange to me. I guess it was a sort of norm in the 60s. Still feels a little disturbing.
Whats 'disturbing' about it? Ever since society has had it rammed down its throat to quit smoking, people have become more obese, drank more alcohol and even turned to online gambling to soothe themselves. Left folk smoke cigarettes, they would be a lot more happier - and yes, I am a smoker - I will quit when I want to, I admire the old days, scenes like this when interviewees could smoke on film. Have a cigarette.
Her pupils seemed not quite synchronized. It gave her an aloof look, it made her also mysterious. That, and her drooping eye lids. Fascinating, and mysterious. Even in her Lady Grantham days.
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I love Maggie! She decided to age naturally and she did it with a lot of class.
Rest In Peace
These interviews are delightful to watch: calm, measured, informative, apparently honest with no garish lights, no hideous screens always on and dipicting scenes from the movies they're talking about, no noisy, cackling audience inserting sound and interrupting the conversation and no stupid, corny, foul innuendos to try to embarass the guest or make the host seem smart. Not giggly, greedy for slander or aggrandizing.
It's just straightforward and refined.
@Frank Lee Steamed No giraffes munching on leaves in the background, No thermonuclear warheads rolling around on the floor, no washing machines making whirring sounds while it washes some dirty shirties clean, no dancing pandas pirouetting around in a beautiful animal ballet.
Just Maggie Smith answering questions put to her by other people.
Frank Lee Steamed I completely agree with you
looks like someone doesn't particularly like Graham Norton :)
Refined except they’re both smoking, that’s really weird.
Her Oscar is holding the door open? I doubt that seriously.
I could listen to her forever. oh dear me!
Down-to-earth. What she speaks reflects how she thinks. Calm, logical.
A national treasure
She is just sublime
I feel so blessed to have lived during Maggie's lifetime aa she is undoubtedly the greatest of all time. Rest in perfect peace Dame Maggie, and thank you. ❤💔🙏⚘️
RIP legend I already miss you 😢
I can’t believe that she is dead, born: December 28th, 1934 died: September 27th, 2024
Maggie's past voice is honestly really relaxing
It makes me feel so calm
As elegantly relaxing as the female voice gets.
Posh ASMR
Love her accent👌😍
I was watching an interview of her from just a couple years ago and she has the exact same mannerisms. Playing with her bangs and pausing to think before she speaks.
Such a fine, classy woman
Well something you would not see today .! Both of them smoking WOW ! This apart l love this actress surpass all those plastic American face with all the same faces Maggie Smith and Judy Dench are the most wonderful actors in the world . NO matter how old they are they steal the show everytime . They are MAGIC !
They're actresses.
She's holding a cigarette like a prop.. Doesn't seem to be smoking
@@Arborealis0 Is still generating and passively inhaling secondhand smoke.
The greatest dramatic Dame of them all. And it's remarkable to hear the younger Michael Aspel speak with RP. His voice became so much more natural as he grew older.
She is absolutely a genius
My favourite actress,no pretense just loads and loads of talent and so funnily sincere.
How can you not love her. You can't. Respect and love sky high from me.
Young Maggie Smith is so beautiful!!
Lifelong ❤
Yes, stunningly beautiful. Fantastic features and what a charming smile. Of course a brilliant actor and comedic wit, too.
Don't watch a sixties talk show if you're trying to quit smoking.
Love Dame Maggie!
Love to see it.
Thank You !
She certainly adapted well to film acting.
Her debut was in the Taylor-Burton all 🌟 vehicle The V.I.P.s, she's excellent right off the bat opposite Rod Taylor, who she would work with again. 1 of her 1st jobs was doing live revues on Broadway, she could do it all.
Happy Birthday Maggie!!
She was gorgeous.
Love this woman!
Narrated by Sylvia Syms another great actress.
So good!!!!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
The interviewer also did his level best to imitate her..... to get a good interview out of her. Well done.
Hmm, it’s not exactly like he tried hard
Farewell dame Maggie. When all the dames are gone,what will we do then.😢😢😢😢😢
Great interview!
RIP legend.
Transfiguration classes will be suspended.. RIP
What a Dame…I must say..
Such a fine, classy woman
@@lisamcdonald1014 well, Classy is relative, I suppose. This Dame earned it all..
I keep imagining dowager countess during her younger years were exactly like dame in 60s. Gorgeous in corset mid 1800. Mayb julian can make another downton in that era focusing on young countess
No one could do her justice
adored her in Travels with my Aunt....so auntie mame.
A GLOBAL TREASURE!!! ❤❤
Unbeatable
At this video start, back when she could (proleptically) have played one of her Downton Abbey Duchess of Grantham roaring 'twenties granddaughters. Dame Maggie here, in her May, epitomized the cerebral subset of the Carnaby Street swinging '60s girl.
So pretty too!
Well said!
She sounds a lot more up-market in the old videos than she does now. It seems that an 'acceptable' English accent has changed over time.
Even the Queen has had to tone it down a bit.
@@irefi64 QE2 could be eardrum gratingly shrill.
She's speaking in received English, which is how actors were trained to speak in those days.
Both smoking - you wouldn't see that today!
Candy Clews When I was a boy, fifty-odd years ago now, even game show hosts used to smoke on the air. Different era.
I'd go get my haircut as a boy and come home with headaches pickled in cigarette smoke. Nobody gave two third about the effects on themselves or others, even a child. To ask people not to smoke would be difficult when there are already several people puffing away.
They probably weren't really smoking but just hold the cigarettes to advertise for the cigarette industry.
Drive me nuts. Neither one took a drag.
Had Dame Maggie not smoked, she might have lived to be a supracentenarian.
RIP
Never seen her so young. She was a smoke show.
She said she had a perfectly normal life till DOWNTON ABBEY. Ha!
Just watched that interview
Television, she moved into millions of living rooms. Diana Rigg did The Avengers to sell theatre tickets.
Soon,all the greats will b gone and then we will live in an empty world.😢😢😢😢😢
She's dripping posh.
She is from Ilford - pretty much the East End of London next to where I grew up. 😁 I reckon she cultivated her accent with her career. She is fabulous.
Elizabeth Elliott she’s not posh, she is just well spoken
bojack40 : Spot on! And none of the inverted snobbery of the 'mockney' and glottal stops affected by those in the public eye in the UK..... Keep safe
The accent is definitely drama school training
It’s so weird that they’re both smoking. Boy things have changed!
... well its not that strange remember this was the late 1960s., (the first interview) but you have to remember as late as the 1990s alot of people still smoked in public places and in cars
@@michaelhawkins7389 Well, here in Germany they did until 10 years ago..and in cars most people still do...I grew up in a blue cloud literally 🤢 I never touched a cigarette..
@@Julia-uo6jz ich weiß :=) ich bin Deutscher. Wo kommst du her? ich komm aus Sachsen
Why is it strange? Many people smoke, and it is still legal.
@@bsota8513 Well I guess because we don’t see it that often. people do smoke but they tend to do it privately. There are laws now that prevent you from smoking in public i.e. in restaurants etc. so you just don’t see it as much anymore. So that’s why it seems a little strange.
She would have been around 30 here, maybe younger
35 1/2
She looks so much like Marcello Mastroianni in this TV show !!!
Let’s have a cigarette.
Я хочу научиться английскому языку.
Hmmm i wonder if maggie smith is the same age with betty white since she already appear in black and white movies or tv or probably same age as Maria Callas
No. Betty White was almost 100 when she died. Maria Callas would be even older. Wikipedia will tell you the age of any celebrity they feature. Also, black and white TV was present up to the 70s.
@@irefi64... It also must be said, that Wikipedia is not a 100% reliable source for anything.
Have loved her since " Brodie"...She's so thin!
She'd make a marvelous girlfriend.
That’s strange
that's weird
Watch her on Carol Burnett, Bob Mackie gives her fabulous cleavage in 1 costume.
And both smoking. How odd it looks today. Thank goodness.
*The thumbnail looks like Maggie Thatcher!*
Id like to point out what a G she is, smoking and drinking in half of the interviews! But she's so classy it's not even noticeable. Plus....the 60's LOL.
They're both still legal. What's the problem?
@@bsota8513 no problem. just that it's generally discouraged nowadays because they're unhealthy but also, because actors nowadays make the conscious decision to refrain/limit from being seen smoking, drinking shooting a gun etc.
!!!!!!!
OMG she smokieng meme: smoke weed everyday
Emma Thompson is the closest to the late great Dame. In fact they look similar to me.
Seeing celebrities smoking on TV during an interview seems kind of strange to me. I guess it was a sort of norm in the 60s. Still feels a little disturbing.
Whats 'disturbing' about it? Ever since society has had it rammed down its throat to quit smoking, people have become more obese, drank more alcohol and even turned to online gambling to soothe themselves. Left folk smoke cigarettes, they would be a lot more happier - and yes, I am a smoker - I will quit when I want to, I admire the old days, scenes like this when interviewees could smoke on film.
Have a cigarette.
Everybody smoked everywhere, planes, hospital rooms, even the nurses stations, every TV show. It was as common as drinking a soda now.
@@TheMasterNo6 if you smoke, you pass your cancerous stench onto others, so you’re harming them as well as yourself.
Disturbing? Why? Its legal, and many, many do it.
Nicotine 1 of the most powerful addictions.
Wow! Both smoking! Looks so strange…..
People used to smoke on planes.
pourquoi tout le monde fument ..
Fume, not fument
Seeing her back in the 1970s was relaxing 😌
why didn't they fix her eye?
You're the only one who sees anything wrong, so why would they?
Her pupils seemed not quite synchronized. It gave her an aloof look, it made her also mysterious. That, and her drooping eye lids. Fascinating, and mysterious. Even in her Lady Grantham days.
Graves' disease, she worked for years with various health issues.