Dame Maggie Smith 最新の: 伝説の Harry Potter and Downton Abbey 星／主役にする あられ／賞賛するd a '国家の treasure' に引き続いて her death at the age of 89 as former co-星／主役にするs 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印

Dame Maggie was a 井戸／弁護士席 設立するd 行う／開催する／段階 and 審査する actress when she took on the 役割 of Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films in 2001.

She reprised the 役割 in all of the Potter films which spanned 10 years and was, によれば 報告（する）／憶測s, the only performer JK Rowling 特に requested

The 役割 endeared her to a whole new 世代 of fans which then 増加するd when she joined the cast of ITV series Downton Abbey in 2010.

She was central to Downton's succes in her Emmy-award winning 役割 as the acerbic Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham.

But she later told ES Magazine:

I am 深く，強烈に 感謝する for the work in (Harry) Potter and indeed Downton (Abbey) but it wasn't what you'd call 満足させるing. I didn't really feel I was 事実上の／代理 in those things.

by Isabelle Stanley and Harry Howard

As Desdemona in Othello, Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter or the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey, her acerbic wit, perfect タイミング and the twinkle in her 注目する，もくろむ endeared her to millions.

Dame Maggie Smith, who has died just three months away from her 90th birthday, could turn on a 薄暗い.

In doing so, she could make an audience ache with laughter one moment and 井戸／弁護士席 up the next.

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The 国家の Theatre has paid 尊敬の印 to Dame Maggie Smith, 述べるing her as one of Britain's greatest ever actors to grace the 行う／開催する／段階.

In a statment, the NT director Rufus Norris said:

We’re 荒廃させるd to hear of the death of Dame Maggie Smith, whose career has spanned the theatrical, film and television world without equal.

Her 関係 with the 国家の Theatre began in its very first season in 1963, working と一緒に Laurence Olivier at the Old Vic.

From her defining 業績／成果s in Hedda Gabler, 行方不明になる Julie and Hay Fever to the first 業績／成果s of now-classic plays by Osborne and Shaffer, she will forever be remembered as one of the greatest actors this country has had the inestimable 楽しみ of 証言，証人／目撃するing. Her 深い 知能, effortless dexterity, sublime （手先の）技術 and sharp wit were 簡単に 伝説の.

The 国家の Theatre is reeling today, and we send our deepest 弔慰s to Maggie’s family and her legions of admirers across the world and in every 世代.

Margaret Natalie Smith (pictured in 1950) was born in Ilford, Essex, on December 28, 1934. She was educated at Oxford High School for Girls and later the Oxford Playhouse School, and first appeared on the 行う／開催する／段階 as a girl of 18 in Twelfth Night.

She made an 早期に 示す in revues, as a singer and ダンサー. One fan who saw her on Broadway in New 直面するs of '56, said he laughed so much he ended up banging his 長，率いる on the seat in 前線 of him.

She was spotted by Laurence Olivier, who saw her as much more than just a vaudeville performer and 招待するd her to join the newly-formed 王室の 国家の Theatre Company in London.

There, and at the Old Vic, she excelled in both 悲劇 and comedy, moving easily from Shakespeare to Noel Coward, to 復古／返還 comedy to Ibsen.

As a 'rep' actress, she was able to develop her incredible 範囲, 技術 and talent の中で some of Britain's best actors, 含むing Robert Stephens, who was to become her first husband. They married in 1967 but 離婚d in 1974.

The film 産業 began to recognise her abilities and she was given several supporting 役割s.

But she first 現れるd as an international 星／主役にする with her virtuoso 業績／成果 as the fanatical teacher ジーンズ Brodie in The Prime Of 行方不明になる ジーンズ Brodie.

Even in smaller 役割s she could upstage the film '巨大（な）s'. In one film, Richard Burton 述べるd her scene-stealing as 'grand 窃盗罪'.

by Eleanor Dye, 示す Duell and Milo ローマ法王

伝説の actress Dame Maggie Smith passed away this morning 老年の 89 - and it was her beloved sons who broke the 破滅的な news to the world.

The British 星／主役にする was known for 目だつ 役割s in Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, and her 業績／成果 in The Prime Of 行方不明になる ジーンズ Brodie.

Her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, 賞賛するd her as an '驚くべき／特命の／臨時の mother and grandmother' in their moving 尊敬の印 to the 事実上の／代理 icon.

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Messages of 弔慰s to Da me Maggie Smith are starting to flood social マスコミ as former co-星／主役にするs and celebrity fans line up to 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点s to the actress.

We will endeavour to bring you as many as we can. For now here's some that we can show you.

The PA News 機関 has put together a ビデオ remembering the life and career of Dame Maggie Smith in 60 seconds.

Dame Maggie will be remembered as one of Britain's most prolific and successful actresses after a career spanning seven １０年間s on 行う／開催する／段階 and 審査する.

Her death today in hospital was 発表するd this afternoon by her sons.

Watch the ビデオ below:

by Sean O'Grady

Dame Maggie Smith beamed for the camera in a fashion （選挙などの）運動をする for Loewe in what would 結局最後にはーなる 存在 her last photo.

The beloved actress died 老年の 89 on Friday with her children Chris Larkin, and Die Another Day 星／主役にする Toby Stephens, 発表するing her passing in a 声明.

In October 2023, Maggie was 指名するd as the new 直面する of the 高級な Spanish fashion house Loewe.

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The 総理大臣 Sir Keir Starmer has sent his 弔慰s to Dame Maggie's family and paid 尊敬の印 to the actress as a 'true 国家の treasure' who will be '心にいだくd for 世代s to come'.

Here's his tweet 地位，任命するd on X.

Dame Maggie's Downton Abbey co-星／主役にする Hugh Bonneville has paid 尊敬の印 to the actress as a a 'true legend of her 世代' whose 'magnificent' 業績／成果s will live long in the memory.

Speaking to the BBC, Bonneville said: 'Anyone who ever 株d a scene with Maggie will attest to her sharp 注目する，もくろむ, sharp wit and formidable talent'.

by Noor Qurashi

Dame Maggie Smith did not 持つ／拘留する 支援する when in （機の）カム to discussing her 役割 in the popular TV 演劇 Downtown Abbey.

The 89-year-old actress, who passed away today, 認める in 2015 she had never 現実に watched a 選び出す／独身 episode of the show.

結局 though she did get 一連の会議、交渉／完成する to it after she got a bit more time on her 手渡すs.

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