Famous Curmudgeons

A Who's Who of wet blanketry
Maggie Smith: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire; typecast curmudgeon. Possesses EGOT, if you count a Golden Globe as the ‘G’.

Maggie Smith: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire; typecast curmudgeon. Possesses EGOT, if you count a Golden Globe as the ‘G’.

Livia Soprano: Organized curmudgeonry.
(First-ever user submission from honourary curmudgeon, Jordan J.!)

Livia Soprano: Organized curmudgeonry.

(First-ever user submission from honourary curmudgeon, Jordan J.!)

Leona Helmsley: Hotelier, tax evader, grincheuse* Grande Dame: bequeathed $12 million trust on her dog, Trouble.

*French curmudgeon.

Leona Helmsley: Hotelier, tax evader, grincheuse* Grande Dame: bequeathed $12 million trust on her dog, Trouble.

*French curmudgeon.

Christine McVie, former Fleetwood Mac pop songstress turned village curmudgeon.

Christine McVie, former Fleetwood Mac pop songstress turned village curmudgeon.

The Dad from The Wonder Years. Intimidating father curmudgeon with a heart of gold.

The Dad from The Wonder Years. Intimidating father curmudgeon with a heart of gold.

The bankers from Mary Poppins. Monied, establishment curmudgeons.

The bankers from Mary Poppins. Monied, establishment curmudgeons.

The Typewriter from Sesame Street. Mean-spelling, squeaky-wheeled curmudgeon.

The Typewriter from Sesame Street. Mean-spelling, squeaky-wheeled curmudgeon.

John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, recluse, curmudgeon.

John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, recluse, curmudgeon.

Peter C. Newman, prolific Canadian writer & curmudgeon.

Peter C. Newman, prolific Canadian writer & curmudgeon.

Dead Andy Rooney.

Dead Andy Rooney.