Dame Maggie Smith won a best actress Oscar in 1970 but found an even wider profile in the last years of her career.

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Dame Maggie won over a whole new generation of fans when she played Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films. In 2010 she was central to the success of ITV series Downton Abbey, in her ...

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Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith has died in hospital aged 89. The British star, known for prominent roles in Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, as well as her Academy Award-winning performance as ...

Smith was appointed a CBE in the 1970 New Year Honours and was made a Dame (DBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours for services to the performing arts. Her death was announced by her sons Chris Larkin and ...

The actress Dame Maggie Smith has died at the age of 89. In a statement issued via her publicist, it read: "It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. “She passed ...