I don't argue, I explain  

She isnt THAT bad

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Those two!❤

Exactly my thoughts

Was exactly about to say the same things it’s mad scary seeing her not scream 😂

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Same! 😂

Me too

😂I'm gonna use this line at work...when my boss goes off on me!!! ❤❤❤😂😂😂

Exactly!!!@@claudetteearle3052

Yes, I love this phrase.

And she disliked the show

Indeed. ​@jillfurman8904 she did not dislike the show (if she disliked it she wouldn't have done it for six seasons and two movies), she just hated how she became Famous and lost some of her privacy after doing this and the Harry Potter franchise.

She was a personal friend of our late Queen. They regularly had tea together at Buckingham palace.

@@theoutlook55 she openly stated she disliked the premise of the show and was sorry she signed on.

For me, she's unarguably the best thing in that show. For an exquisite rendering of this Maggie Smith character supported by equally interesting costars and a fantastic script, see the excellent 2001 Robert Altman film "Gosford Park".

Only waiting for Judi Dench to walk in ( just a joke, I know she was not in DA)

@@patrician3821 not yet anyway, although the way British television is going they’ll probably have floella Benjamin in first

Excellence......the best of the best.

The second time they did.

With her saber? 😂

It makes me think of the Star Wars parade the cast made where she did have a sabar😂

Is that true? Because I’ve googled it and Imelda Staunton‘s daughter is named Bessie, while the actress credited as Lucy Smith is named Tuppence Middlton

​@@jollyfighter7319the character Lucy Smith is this character's daughter, not in real life

@@LouisaLouisaful ah, got it! Thank you!

What? 😮

​@@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066illegitimate daughter hence why she was hidden away as a maid

They are very sweet together!

Interesting

I love this fact, thank you for sharing

And they make a great inside joke about it in the second movie.

Their daughter plays Prudence Featherington on Bridgerton ❤

I agree! She made the show great!

Basically this is the only type of role Maggie Smith ever plays.....she probably has a copyright on it 🤣

@@brettsprang7991 snd why not..shes a national treasure, same as Judy Dench.

​@@bobbiebudds560 Judy Dench has a much broader range than Maggie Smith.

Me too!!!

I also like, what piffle you talk!!!!

Do you get into a lot of arguments to need to use it

A lot of folks do see Ms Staunton as Umbridge.

@@guidichris And that is sad. She is so much more than that role.

​@@flav2689She was wonderful in "That Day We Sang".

thing is, the maid was actually her blood relative lol

The maid is her daughter

But this is the way the British talk anyway... they really use their language.

Thank you!!! I had stopped watching DA after things went darker for awhile. Maybe I’ll catch up!

That and "If I could choose between principle and logic, I'd take principle every time"

Umbridge: This might sound silly but it sounds like you're questioning my authority, Minerva McGonagall: Not at all Dolores, merely your medieval methods

Watch them on ur phone.

“Were you boinking my father?”

@@Jays6926 You got the reference! 😄

Second best scene in the movie in my opinion. The best one is the Eat Shit scene. *Walt Thrombey:* Funny, Ransom, you skipped the funeral, but you're early for the will reading. *Ransom Drysdale:* [pointing] Up your ass. *Meg Thrombey:* [angrily] Oh, very nice! *Ransom Drysdale:* [pointing to each family member as they shout at him] Matter of fact, eat shit. How's that? *Ransom Drysdale:* [as the family are all shouting at him] Eat shit, eat shit, eat shit... *definitely* eat shit...

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How did you come to that conclusion? In England, the son always inherited the estate.

​@@sandylee5756 we watched the series😂😂😂😂😂

​@@aleksandrac9335are mother & daughter aware of the fact?

@@linw7320 mother knows

Imelda Staunton s husband is head of staff

and Umbridge

And is a heavyweight musical theater performer!

Loretta Young. The child's father is Clark Gable

@@LindaJones-gq6bb thanks 😊

Try to see "That Day We Sang" it's a musical about two fictional characters in the setting of a real event. It's a charming, heart warming film written by the great Victoria Wood.

Attend

@carolslade9600 I was referring to the role Imelda Staunton played in The Crown. A bit of play-on-words.

McGonagall was like bruh wtf

She is her daughter that she had to gave away

Find a way to make it happen, even if it's only for an hour a week. Everyone deserves some tiara time.

Her Maid was actually her illegitimate daughter, who at that time she couldn't officially recognise