Gareth Neame, producer of Downton Abbey, feels especially wistful about the death of Dame Maggie Smith since he had known her his whole life. His grandfather, Ronald Neame, directed Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Gareth went to school with her sons. “I would go round to their house, where she used her Academy Awards... read full story
"I would go round to their house, where she used her Academy Awards to prop open the doors,"