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I'm Terry Gross.
Today we continue our series classic films and movie icons and hear interviews from our archive with Meryl Streep and Sidney Poitier.
I spoke with Streep in 2012 when she was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of british prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the film the Iron lady.
She won.
Shed previously won for her performances in Kramer versus Kramer and Sophies Choice.
She holds the record for the most Oscar nominations, a total of 21.
One of the things shes known for is her uncanny ability to do accents.
Lets start by hearing how she sounds as Margaret Thatcher.
The film begins after Thatcher has lost her husband and is suffering from dementia.
Shes imagining that her husband is still with her and talking to her.
In this scene, Streep portrays Thatcher after shes become the first woman to lead the conservative party.
Shes speaking before the House of Commons.
The right honorable gentleman knows very well that we had no choice but to close the school because, because his union paymasters have called a strike deliberately to cripple our economy.
Teachers cannot teach when there is no heating, no lighting in their classrooms.
And I ask the right honourable gentleman, whose fault is that?
Yours, Daniel.
Your hypocrisy.
Methinks the Right Honourable lady doth screech too much.