During her career, actor Dame Maggie Smith shone in roles as varied as a maverick schoolteacher, a witch in the Harry Potter film series, and Downton Abbey's Dowager Countess of Grantham, a part which won her three Emmys. Here is a round-up of her most famous roles: Professor Minerva McGonagall From 2001 to 2011, Dame Maggie played Hogwarts' Professor Minerva …
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector in "The Gilded Age." Barbara Nitke/HBO On Sunday night, as the Season 2 finale of “The Gilded Age” was set to stream on Max, I was shocked when I found myself watching the clock, waiting for the episode to drop, to see what would happen next in the battle between old and new money on …
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'The Gilded Age' gives old New York money the HBO treatment Enlarge this image toggle caption Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO Alison Cohen Rosa/HBO The starting point for any discussion of HBO's new series The Gilded Age, from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, is whether the show is Downton Abbey: Only Now It's On HBO. Sponsor Message On money, new and old …
The Gilded Age is another hit from Downton Abbey's writer Sky/HBO Period drama maestro Julian Fellowes has crossed the Atlantic for his latest series, set in New York in the 19th Century – and the result is a delight to watch, writes Caryn James. In 1882 New York City, Bertha Russell, an unabashed social climber, tells her railroad-magnate husband: "I …