Dame Maggie Smith has died at age 89.

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Actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89, her family has said.

A statement from her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin said: "It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith.

"She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September. An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days.

"We thank you for all your kind messages and support and ask that you respect our privacy at this time."

Actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

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Maggie Smith, a scene-stealing British actress who won Oscars for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “California Suite,” later enchanting audiences as a professorial witch in the Harry Potter juggernaut and as a sly dowager countess on the TV series “Downton Abbey,” died Sept. 27 in London. She was 89.


Her family announced the death in a statement released by publicist Clair Dobbs but did not provide further details.
For most of her six decades in show business, Ms. Smith defined herself mainly as a theatrical actress, with memorable roles in London’s West End and on Broadway. A comedian of incandescent wit and a tragedian of cunning power, she portrayed both Oscar Wilde’s class-conscious Lady Bracknell and Shakespeare’s ruthlessly ambitious Lady Macbeth with spellbinding precision…

Ms. Smith was a founding member of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company in 1963 and later was a marquee actress of the Stratford Festival’s classical repertory company in Ontario. On Broadway, she won a best leading actress Tony Award in 1990 for “Lettice and Lovage,” a comedy Peter Shaffer wrote expressly to “celebrate her extraordinary gifts of glee and glitter.”

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[Tealgrove]

One of my favourite actresses and a class act. She could play any role and did it spectacularly.

 

[Anxala]

Such a loss but such an amazing body of work she leaves behind. RIP to a true and beautiful icon.

 

[Elley Mae]

Just watched “keeping mum” last week again, sad to hear. She was one of my favorites.

 

[fred&edna]

She brought her own amazing Dame Maggie spirit to so many wonderful characters. She was her own best character! I think I'll be doing a Maggie Smith binge-watch this weekend.

Dame Maggie Smith—Known for Her Wry, Witty, and Romantic Turns on Stage and Screen—Has Died at 89

Smith, an actor known for her crisp verbal flourishes, her timely ability to arch an eyebrow, and her tart, acerbic wit, has died, per her publicist and family. She was 89 years old.

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[ErinC]

A life truly well-lived.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Maggie Smith, acting legend of 'Harry Potter' and 'Downton Abbey' fame, dies at 89

She won Oscars for her performances in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “California Suite.” But she was best known to younger viewers for her role in the “Harry Potter” films.

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Maggie Smith, the two-time Oscar-winning actor best known for playing the stern Professor McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" movie franchise and the tart-tongued Dowager Countess on "Downton Abbey," died Friday, her publicist and children confirmed.

She was 89.

Smith's sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, paid tribute to their mother in a joint statement. "It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning," they wrote.

"She was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother," Larkin and Stephens wrote. They did not immediately specify a cause of death...

 

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[Anxala]

This is one of my alltime favourite performances of hers -

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

A list of Maggie Smith's film appearances

Maggie Smith, who died Friday aged 89, appeared in dozens of films over more than 60 years

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LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, who died Friday aged 89, appeared in dozens of films over more than 60 years. Roles ranged from her iconic turn in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" to her Professor Minerva McGonagall in seven Harry Potter films, and films from Shakespeare's “Othello” to the animated “Gnomeo & Juliet.”

Here is a list of Smith's films...