Dame Maggie Smith, venerable British actress, dies at 89

In addition to winning two Academy Awards, Smith earned five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award.

Her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, confirmed she had died in a statement to the Press Association.

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[rl]

Great actress. May her soul Rest in Peace 🙏

[oliviabrown]

She was hilarious in Downton Abbey. I loved her acting. Rest in power, Dame Maggie!!!

[securityranger]

I met Maggie Smith by accident one afternoon in 1977 while purchasing tickets for Julius Caesar, in which she played, at the Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford, Ontario. I absently left my sunglasses at the box office counter and was on my way out and halfway down the large lobby when the theater doors burst open with Maggie leading an entourage of young women to the same ticket counter. The person behind the counter must have mentioned that I had forgotten to pickup my glasses and rather than shouting across the room Maggie quickly snapped them up and walked the length of the hall to hand them to me. It was only then that I recognized her, and graciously thanked her, thinking she could have at the most just handed them to one of her followers to do that. A small effort on Maggie’s part that made me a lifelong fan.

[greatergood]

I'm so sad 😞 Nobody could of played Professor McGonagall any better!

[emilyholasek]

Let's not forget she played Wendy Darling in Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.

[Revdrwilliam]

It gives me the feeling like when the Queen died😥

[VerseauT-cmtj]

I’m so grateful they included a proper dying scene at the end of Downton Abbey: A New Era, so that she could bow out in the most splendid dramatic and elegant fashion!

[robm.]

“After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” - Dumbledore, Rest in Peace Professor McGonagall

[barrydanial]

"Piertotum Locomotor! Hogwarts is threatened! Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school! I've always wanted to use that spell." (Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2)

[MathieuCastro]

You don't even have to be a fan to understand she was a legend.

[kathleenobrien]

Saddens my heart! She just can’t not be here like Betty White! Such an outstanding actress and forever the matriarch of Downton Abbey!

[janetstonerook]

I remember her first as a Shakesperian actress. But I loved her as the matron in Downton Abby.

[gracie]

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was my introduction to this very fine actress! R.I.P.

[milkmonster]

Harry Potters fans will be raising their wands tonight in remembrance of professor M.

[lorettanericcio-bohlman]

Oh no! Pure class and extreme brilliance. 💔 will miss you…

[Dr.PositivePerfume]

RIP Dame Maggie Smith.💔🙏🏻💐
You were a true legend, one of the finest actors I've ever known. Harry Potter series will always be closest to my heart, and you were an integral part it. And Dowager Countess's one liners in Downtown Abbey changed my whole perspective about life. You'll be sorely missed. Love from India.😊❣️

[lindaregan]

The world is a less funny place. She will be missed for sure. Very sad.

[DolphinTownHarderwijk]

Reunited with Dumbledore, Mrs. McGonagall

[claudettemoran]

Blessed be her memory! She will be missed tremendously! What an awesome actress!😢😢😢😢

[anneliesesteden]

Rest in Peace, beloved Lady! You gave much enjoyment to many people, who loved you dearly!Thank you!✝️🌺❤️🙏🏾🇨🇦