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Dame Maggie Smith's Downton Abbey character was iconic and now one of her most famous costumes is set to fetch a lot of money at auction as the final film in the franchise approaches ...
Dame Maggie Smith, the British legend of the stage and screen who enjoyed a seven-decade career in show business, died on Friday. She was 89. Her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin said in a state… ...
Oscar, Emmy and Tony winning actress Maggie Smith, who played everything from ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the dowager countess in Downton Abbey, has died at 89.
Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died, her ...
Maggie Smith, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning actor known for her roles in "Downton Abbey," the "Harry Potter" film franchise and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," has died at 89.
Maggie Smith won her first Oscar for playing the toxic, delusional, and riveting Jean Brodie, a Mussolini-loving Scottish teacher in her self-professed prime, who casts a spell on her “little ...
Actress Maggie Smith died "peacefully" Sept. 27, and Hollywood did not hesitate with tributes. Daniel Radcliffe, Smith's "Harry Potter" co-star, issued a statement honoring the star, who portrayed ...
Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died.
Smith died today in London, aged 89, and those who know her only from those two signature roles would do well to sample the many jewels elsewhere in her seven-decade filmography. For many of us ...
The film was written and directed by actor Charles Dance and it is based on a 1908 short story by William J. Locke. Some huge ...
Maggie Smith, known most recently for her unforgettable roles as the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey and as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, passed away at age 89.
One of Dame Maggie’s later roles came in Downton Abbey, playing Violet Crawley in the British period drama between 2010 and 2015. She won three Primetime Emmy Awards for the character, as well as a ...