During the filming of the Harry Potter series, Maggie Smith was not only battling fictional forces of evil; she was duking it ...

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She 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 ...

A prominent part of what gave Smith her power was her caustic humour, an acerbic put-down, and that withering look – from ...

A well-known actress died on the 1-year anniversary of the death of her "Harry Potter" co-star, leaving fans devastated.

Dame Maggie Smith, whose luminous stage and screen career included two Oscars and a Tony Award, died on Friday, September 27, ...

Maggie Smith earned three Primetime Emmy awards for her role as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham in all six ...

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While the veteran British stage and screen actress became best known for her long-running roles in Harry Potter and 'Downton ...

“I’m never shy on stage, always shy off it,” is how she once described herself to the critic Nancy Banks Smith. She never ...

Maggie Smith embodied these memorable roles on stage and screen. NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of the actor, who died ...