Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning actress who mentored Harry Potter as Professor McGonagall and embodied the sharp-tongued matriarch of 'Downton Abbey,' has died. She was 89.
'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes and cast members Hugh Bonneville and Dan Stevens paid tribute to their former collaborator Maggie Smith in the wake of her death.
Daniel Radcliffe shared a statement memorializing his 'Harry Potter' costar Maggie Smith, who died at age 89: 'I remember feeling nervous to meet her and then her putting me immediately at ease.'
'Harry Potter' stars Bonnie Wright, Devon Murray, Afshan Azad, and more paid tribute to their late costar Maggie Smith on social media: 'She kept Gryffindors on their toes.'
As we mourn her passing, we rate the star’s greatest big screen performances, from spinsterish aunt to voracious seducer, Harry Potter’s teacher to Muriel Spark’s haughtiest heroine
The tribute to Maggie Smith in 'Downton Abbey 3' will feel 'more meaningful' following her death in September: 'We will never see the like of Dame Maggie Smith ever again.'