Maggie Smith, an acting giant who became beloved to younger generations through her work on the “Harry Potter” films and “Downton Abbey” TV Series, is dead at 89, according to The Associated Press.
Smith won two Academy Awards: Best Actress for 1969’s “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and Best Supporting Actress for 1978’s “California Suite.”
She was perhaps best known the world over in her last days, however, for her work as Professor McGonagel in eight “Harry Potter” films, as well as her role as the Dowager Countess Grantham on “Downton Abbey.” But those titles, though bringing her to a new generation and showing how she could impart her own indelible spin on even franchise material, were just the tiniest part of a career of legendary depth and breadth.
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