Saturday would have been Maggie Smith’s 90th birthday, to mark it, the BBC hosted a dedicated program based on her life and career titled Maggie Smith. ,Also read: Maggie Smith will be honored in Downton Abbey 3, executive producer confirms,

Judi Dench on Maggie Smith

Dame Judi, who is known for planting different trees in memory of her deceased friends, revealed in the program that she discovered Dame Maggie’s crab apple tree had produced fruit on the day of her funeral. “It was in my pocket at his funeral, which was great. We had a great time”, she said.

The two worked together on various projects, including 2004’s Ladies in Lavender and 1985’s A Room with a View. Recalling their time together, Dame Judi said: “I have known him for a very long time. Very, very funny and incredibly funny, and a really sweet and special friend. The veteran actor also admitted that Dame Maggie could be “quite frightening” at times and joked that “you didn’t want to be on the wrong side of Mags”.

Stage and screen star Sir Derek Jacobi agreed that Dame Maggie “could be terrible because she was so brilliant”. He added: “I was very surprised by that, but you have to get over that. Being in awe of her didn’t last because she wouldn’t let it last.”

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The programme, which aired on BBC Two, took a look at her life through interviews with people who knew her, and featured clips from the 1960s to the 2020s, with Dame Maggie performing in various shows and films. .

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