Oscar-Winning Harry Potter Star Maggie Smith Dies At 89
Dame Maggie Smith, the two-time Oscar-winning actor best known for playing Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movie franchise and the acid-tongued Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey, died Friday, her publicist and children confirmed. The iconic actress was 89.
Her professional acting career began in the 1950s and won Academy Awards for her performances in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite. She was also nominated an additional four times for roles in now classic Hollywood movies such as A Room With A View and Gosford Park.
Both of 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 (via The Guardian). "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."
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Financial Times - Business
Maggie Smith, star of Downton Abbey and Harry Potter films, dies at 89
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The Guardian - World
Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89
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CBS News - Top stories
Maggie Smith, "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey" actress, has died at 89
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Los Angeles Times - Entertainment
Maggie Smith, 'Harry Potter' and 'Downton Abbey' actor, dies at 89
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The Wall Street Journal - World
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NBC News - Top stories
Maggie Smith, acting legend of 'Harry Potter' and 'Downton Abbey' fame, dies at 89
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ABC News - Entertainment
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ABC News - Entertainment
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