It was one of those shoots where acrtors wait hours for a 5" shot. An assistant on the Downton set felt bad and asked Dame Maggie Smith if he could get her anything. "Yes," she replied. "A death scene." The phrase 'giant of the industry' is oft bandied about, but rarely as richly deserved. RIP ~AA

Kind and gracious lady whom I had the pleasure of meeting during the filming of "Evil Under the Sun" aboard the classic yacht chartered in for the film shot in Mallorca. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/evil_under...

Evil Under the Sun | Rotten Tomatoes

Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), solves the murder of an actress at a Balkan resort.