A week afterMaggie Smithsdeath, best friend DameJudi Denchis at a loss for words.
Theres Judi, Ian [McKellen] and her.
Thats it, Fox told Deadline.
Judi Dench and Maggie SmithDave Benett/Getty Images
Its incredible that her career stretches as far back as the last days of vaudeville, he added.
It shows she could do anything.
She could do tragedy, comedy, the classics everything.
Judi Dench and Maggie Smith inA Room with a View(1985). (Cinecom/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Fox said, I never knew anyone more dedicated.
There was nothing else in her life.
She wasnt whipping it up at lunchtime.
She was working, and she always had her script on the dressing room table.
It was always there, and she was always studying it.
It was just incredible self-discipline combined with unbelievable talent.
