Geraldine McEwan Remembered
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Actors Delena Kidd and Alan Rickman, and former theatre critic Michael Ratcliffe, join Richard Digby Day to celebrate the life and career of the much-loved actress, whose work ranged from Feydeau, Webster and Brecht to award-winning performances in The Rivals and The Way of the World at the National, as well as Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and The Barchester Chronicles on TV.
She had that twinkle in her eye, she radiated warmth and character without even needing to say a word.
She, like Alan Rickman, WAS fabulous in Barchester Towers!!
I entirely agree with you. Both actors were superb in this series and raised it to another level. They will be sorely missed.
That's the first thing I saw them both in too. And the best Miss Marple.
Its absolutely amazing how these legends cane together. She was the wife of his headmaster. How astonishing
And the definitive Mapp and Lucia!!
My favorite thing about that flawed but fun movie Robin Hood was seeing those two old schemers reunited.
This was published on 10 November 2015, and presumably was filmed round about the same time, so this must be one of Alan Rickman's last public appearances. At this point in time, he was terminally ill, and no one had a clue. Quite haunting now, especially so close to the anniversary of his own passing.
Looks like he had some hair loss at the back, from chemo perhaps. I read he tried to use a cold cap to prevent hair loss during treatment. I don’t believe he had chemo for long as his cancer was too far advanced when it was diagnosed 5 months before he died.
@@nancysmith4303 According to his own diaries, the diagnosis came in July 2015.
July 14th he heard and jan 14th he was gone. I am so heartbroken. What a thing to do, to sit there like this. Alan was a very special person.
Hearing Alan get somewhat emotional at points made my heart melt, she was a truly amazing actress! She and Alan shall be truly missed but gladly reunited... it’s cute how he opened the door for everyone at the beginning.
He was a lovely person. Sadly missed...
This made me so sad that alan was present there to share his memories about the actress and after one same thing happened to him..people shared memories about him😢😟
Have been literally wailing at the loss of GeraldineMc Ewan. Mapp & Lucia brought me such great joy & still does. '"Oh,Georgie, cara Mio'". God bless you, Geraldine. You have brought me great jioy.
777 prp She was an excellent Lucia. I watch those all the time.
Dear 777 prp, Thank you for your words. I so agree. I regularly get out my boxed set of Mapp and Lucia and step into that delicious world....and I'm refreshed. A magical production all round. If I see the name Geraldine McEwan in the cast of anything, I know it will be rewarding. One of the greats.
Mapp and Lucia.
One of t'he greats.mapp and Lucía is a Joy to Watch she brought iucia to life
Geraldine McEwan had the aura of a formidable woman, with a stern elegance that was consistent with an innate propensity for strictness and discipline.... yet, she had the capacity for a vivacious charm that even complemented her demure brand of refined femininity. Even her audacity retained a stronghold on dignity without bordering on vulgarity. Physically, she was marked by linearity and had a feline sophistication about her that was quite ravishing.
Her voice was ever so remarkable. It had a timbre to it like none other and she was so phonetically proficient in a way that dignified the English language to a status that was almost regal. Her speech had a certain intonation with its changes in modulation and cadence that adapted itself to a particular emotion... it almost "sang". In this, she remains untouched... it was a style uniquely hers.
For me, she is immortal.
So extremely well-stated! Thank you for honoring this magnificent actress & The Ultimate LUCIA!
rest in peace alan
first saw Geraldine McEwan in
" Mulberry" . Was glad to watch her in " Mapp & Lucia"
She was a great actress brought spirit to her roles
Geraldine's Lucia such fun... still enjoy it.
Oh, that last letter of Jane Austen is sublime! Thank you for this lovely set of memories.
First came across here in The prime of Miss Jean Brodie on the TV......Bravo Geraldine and RIP
Geraldine McEwan was sublime in The Way Of The World at the NationalTheatre. I loved watching this small clip from the production as it brought back terrific memories of her and that glorious puff ball costume. Her performance is embedded in my memory. Mapp And Lucia and Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit are pure masterclasses. A brilliant actress who is sorely missed.
Geraldine McEwan was the best Miss Marple. Followed by Julie McKenzie 2nd and Angela Lansbury 3rd
a true artist and a wonderful person.
How absolutely marvellous to see Gerladine and OLivier together. To hear her voice and to remember her in The Barchester Chronicles is something I shall never forget. How magnificent she was. Recently I saw her in the marvellous interview about Olivier. She was so clever in her recollections of him. What a superb actress and human being not easily forgotten, ever.
I'm here bc of Alan Rickman!
dark I'm here for Géraldine McEwan. But I love & miss Alan Rickman too. V. much.
me too
I didn’t know she was beautiful, such wonderful English skin. I suppose that’s another indication of how great an actress she was, the fact that I’ve been so involved in her characters that I never saw how beautiful she was.
IRISH
The woman was IRISH, that where that waxen glow comes from. It's almost unearthly.
@@steerpike66 whats irish glow?
How true .We, living outside UK have always heard and read about English rose, English complexion. Greeting from Paris😊
I loved her as Miss Marple and am saddened to find out that she passed away so long ago. RIP.
did u like her in marple?
@@johnnyace1300 yes, she was my favorite version of Miss Marple
oh gosh i didn't know this was something i get to have. i am so glad that people loved her as much as i did.
Absolute legend she was also we were sat with delena kidd on the way back from london last week she is a lovely lovely lady we had the greatest chat from paddington to Worcestershire she was travelling alone for a film in Hereford it was getting late Sunday and we made sure she was looked after at Worcester by the rail staff,she never bragged what she had done just said she had done a few things on tele WOW another legend,hope her film goes well and she got to Hereford OK xxxxx
My family name is Duggan and I was surprised to see it. Love Alan and Geraldine and we go on forever in this amazing universe which holds these star actors to our hearts.
@@pattilondon8076 some of my family are from London most now live in Midlands area
Wonderful lady, particularly in Mapp and Lucia of course. Thank you so much!!
Alan Rickmam knew that he has terminal cancer by this time 😭😭😭
Alan Rickman's voice is cracking 😩😭😟
He must have been going through incredibly difficult emotion and inner turmoil, his voice at times did seem like he was on the verge of tears, the irony of discussing Geraldines passing and also being on the very edge of mortality himself😪💔I can't even begin to imagine his thought process in this room.
Alan however held his composure though, looking back you can see he wasn't 100%. Just horrendously heartbreaking. Xx
Oh，I love she so much.She is very lovely.
A lovely tribute to a unique and irreplaceable actress.
The first thing I ever saw of her in America was Mapp and Lucia. I was immediately enamored.❤
When she played the mother superior in The Magdalene Sisters... I hated her character, which means she did a fantabulous job playing that part!
Agreed one of the best parts she has ever played ☺️ I too didn’t like her character but it means she did a fabulous job playing the part and from what these people are saying it seems that she couldn’t have been lovelier 🤗❤️💕
She played that role to perfection - the horrendous nudity scene in front of the washing machines still haunts me.
She was terrifyingly evil in The Magdalene Sisters. Brilliant performance.
Someone bring Rickman a microphone.
Lovely woman and she brightened anything she starred in. I do remember her in 'Mulberry'. A Darkish comedy and she was great in it. Which makes it even more baffling that the BBC axed the show without giving the show it's ending. Mind you that sums up the BBC.
Richard Digby Day is my cousin! A great man and an inspiration. He gives me classical acting classes, which is tremendous. Amazing to see him alongside Alan Rickman in particular whose work I’ve particularly admired my whole life.
who is richard digby day?
Le recordare siempre.Una excelente actriz.Amo su Mrs Marple.
One of the last *GREAT* voices (I hope for more, always) like Thorndyke, like Evans. Trills and rumbles, operatic horns and suspicious whispers, lungs like a submarine in the body of a sparrow.
agatha christie ms marple killin it
I’ve just, watched Mapp & Lucia this spring and was throughly delighted to watch it. Then today I watched Carrie’s War. I looked her up on IMDB. I found out she played in Robin Hood 😀. I’ve also found out she played Ms. Marple. So now I must find a BBC channel which has it to watch. Via IMDB I found out she passed away. I came here to share how I think her acting made my spring and I’d hope to find others whom I could ask what show or movie you liked her in.
OMG! I didn't know that Geraldine McEwan passed away...
She and Alan would have made a fine Volumnia and Martius in 'Coriolanus' if Alan had been feeling muscular enough.
💝👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
She may have been working in the 50s but there was something punk about her. The sniper anarchy, the impish disregard.
The wooing of the Anthony Trollope's fictional widow, Mrs Eleanor Bold. RIP "John Bold".
Young David Gwillam, Mister Smiley. And no the No One For President carrier bag is not ticking. But the full tick tock will be prescribed elsewhere.
The suitors were Obadiah Slope and Francis Arabin. See The Barchester Chronicles 7 TV episodes on this TH-cam. Or better still - read Trollope's books.
No real spoilers as to whom the successful suitor was but "Fie Mister Slope! FIE!"
Oh and losing suitor having been thwarted, his last words, you presume, to Bishop and Mrs Proudie (Geraldine) are "May you (both) live forever!"
No one lives forever - Minority Leader of the USA Senate. Nor leaders of the whole world. Hamlet shares views on same with Horatio. Winter's thaw and bung-holes. Alexanders the greats and the ingrates, intimations of immortality show mostly an enfeebling of the mind, McConnell. Take it from here.
Now off to whip a hand away from young Mike Gwilym. Aka Sid Halley. Whip Hand oh yes and Richard Greene's Kentucky. Put down the whip. Let Blue Grass win unthrashed! Eddle Anderson aka "Rochester". That is the broad high and WAY to go. "Peter Goodwin" can then fictionally pass having run an honest racing game. Oh and win best supporting gong too.
THRICE!
Dick Francis - may I co-opt later book title?
Yup. Come to Grief not to apprise him.
who was obadiah slope>?
First
What a pompous British lot especially Mr . Ratcliff. Sorry, I missed the "e". Geraldine McEwan was one of the best UK actors and superbly in the Mapp and Lucia series. She is a loss for everyone loving excellence in acting without the pompous remarks of some unimportant critics.
Not pompous, Prof, just English, decent and sincere.
Foolish. Michael Ratcliffe is a wonderful critic and a lifelong worshiper at the church of the theater. You are simply rating his accent. Digby is a bit stuffy but he's the compere.
Who was mr ratclif?
@@steerpike66 very true.😊