She was often too shy to accept invitations to film festivals, but made an exception for her tribute at the 35th Telluride film festival in August 2008. Her last film roles included lending her voice to Grandma Sophie in the English-language version of the Studio Ghibli animation Howl's Moving Castle and as a dying poet in Shadows in the Sun in 2009
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