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I'm not my mother. And so I'm not raising my kids in the same way. I don't respond in the same way. We don't spend our days in the same way because I don't necessarily enjoy the same things she likes to do.

Maggie Smith

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Maggie Smith
Age: 89
Born: 1934
Born: December 28
Actress
Character Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Ilford
London
Dame Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith
Margaret Natalie Smith
Dame Maggie Natalie Smith
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