Judi Dench is very troubled by the loss of her friend Maggie Smith, as she has now shown publicly.
Judi Dench (89) apparently burst into tears on stage when she was asked about her late friend and colleague Maggie Smith (1934-2024). . The 89-year-old initially seemed happy when she told anecdotes from her life as an actress at the Cheltenham Literature Festival at the weekend.
Judi Dench lost two friends in September
Then the moderator of the event, actor Brendan O’Hea, is said to have asked his famous colleague about grief. “I know I probably shouldn’t mention this, but I know the last few weeks have been difficult for you because of the loss of your great friends Maggie Smith and Barbara Leigh-Hunt,” he said, according to The Times. Leigh-Hunt (1935-2024), who appeared alongside Judi Dench in the BBC sitcom “As Time Goes By”, died like Maggie Smith in September. She was 88 years old.
O’Hea asked Dench at the festival what she meant when she once compared grief to gasoline. “I guess because the energy that comes with grief…” the actress began to answer before she reportedly burst into tears and apparently couldn’t continue.
Friendship spanned 70 years
According to British media reports, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, who were both born in December 1934, had been friends since they met at the Old Vic theater in London in the 1950s. They performed together on numerous occasions. The two acting stars were seen together in “Room with a View” in 1985 and in “The Scent of Lavender” in 2004 and they also played the main roles in “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2” in 2015. The actresses also worked together in the documentary film “Nothing Like a Dame”.
Source: Stern
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