The leisure business misplaced a plethora of massive stars in 2024.
These included music producer extraordinaire Quincy Jones, One Course star Liam Payne, actor Donald Sutherland and TV star Shannen Doherty.
However maybe the most important loss to the leisure world this yr got here with the loss of life of Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith, who died in September on the age of 89.
Celebrities from across the globe shared tributes to the star of stage and display however none extra so than her Downton Abbey household, who had simply wrapped the third spin-off movie within the TV drama franchise.
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Actor Hugh Bonneville, who performs Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham within the collection – son to Smith’s character Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – led the best way on social media on the time.
Bonneville tells 9honey Superstar the information of his TV mom’s loss of life “landed with an amazing thud” when he heard it.
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“We completed the movie again in the summertime however in fact, her character had handed away within the second movie, so in a humorous method, we stated our goodbyes anyway,” he tells 9honey Superstar in London.
“However in fact, it landed with an amazing thud once I heard that she had handed. I felt very lucky to have known as her Mum for 10 years, on and off.”
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The 61-year-old actor says he is at all times been in awe of her expertise and believes it must be used “as a benchmark”.
“I assumed again over the productions of hers that I would seen on stage through the years, and clearly the movie legacy that she leaves is there for everybody to cherish,” he continued.
“She was a correct main gentle of our business, and coated all bases, from stage to display. And her performances – I used to be pondering of 1, an Alan Bennett monologue, she did on TV that was simply elegant – and her theatre roles, she actually was a correct mistress of her craft.
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“[Smith] leaves an amazing huge gap, however one which we will all look again on and use her as a benchmark.
“Her professionalism was extraordinary, and her wit lacerating and a formidable expertise to be round.”
The actress who was additionally well-known for her roles within the Harry Potter franchise and Sister Act films had seven BAFTAs, two Oscars and two Golden Globes to her identify.
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Smith studied theatre on the Oxford Playhouse Faculty earlier than Laurence Olivier noticed her expertise and invited her to be part of his unique Nationwide Theatre firm.
He then forged her as his co-star in a 1965 movie adaptation of Othello and Hollywood got here calling.
There have been a lot of award-winning roles alongside the best way however the actress gained an entire new legion of followers in 2010, because the sharp witted Dowager on Downton Abbey.
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The character’s acid tongue and Smith’s excellent supply of some well-known one-liners (which dwell on in memes and gifs) made her the most important star of the collection.
Smith died in a London hospital on September 27, forsaking two sons and 5 loving grandchildren “who’re devastated by the lack of their extraordinary mom and grandmother”.
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