Maggie Smith tells how Julie Andrews rescued her
The Oscar-winning actress spoke during an in conversation event with Kathleen Turner.
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Dame Maggie Smith says she was “rescued” by Dame Julie Andrews when she found herself close to running out of cash during her debut Broadway run.
The veteran actress, 86, began her career on stage performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952 before landing a role in the New Faces Of ’56 review show at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway.
Speaking alongside her close friend, the US actress Kathleen Turner, during an online event organised by Fane, she told how Dame Julie took her under her wing after spotting her crying in a hotel lift.
Dame Julie, 85, was at the time starring on Broadway in her breakout role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
