Probably the greatest actress of all time.
Her legendary career started in 1950 and she has not stopped working sense.
On the stage she could hold her own against Olivier, Gielgud, Ashcroft, Redgrave, etc. From Shakespeare to Marlowe to Mamet to Shaffer.
She appeared in some of the best films- Nowhere to Go, the V.I.P.'s, The Pumpkin Eater, Othello, The Honey Pot, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Oh! What a Lovely War, Travels with My Aunt, Murder by Death, Death on the Nile, California Suite, Quartet, Clash of the Titans, Evil Under the Sun, The Missionary, Lily in Love, A Private Function, A Room with a View, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Hook, Sister Act 1 & 2, The Secret Garden, Richard III, The First Wives Club, Washington Square, Tea with Mussolini, The Last September, Gosford Park, Harry Potter series Ladies in Lavender, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 1 & 2, Quartet, The Lady in the Van, and Downtow Abbey.