Friday, September 27, 2024

Dowager Countess Maggie Smith Dies

Maggie Smith, the two-time Oscar-winning actor best known for playing the stern Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movie franchise and the tart-tongued Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey, died Friday, her publicist and children confirmed. She was 89.

Posted by retort at 10:22 AM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

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Smith, who started her professional acting career in the 1950s, won Academy Awards for her performances in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978).

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"Stop crying, Denker. I can't hear myself die."

RIP

#1 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-09-27 12:09 PM

That's too bad. She's been in more movies than I can recall.

#2 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-09-27 12:45 PM

She was the perfection of dry wit on Downton Abbey. I got into that series late and ended up going back to see the whole thing.

#3 | Posted by rcade at 2024-09-27 01:06 PM

She was great in hook.

#4 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-27 01:12 PM

hook

Yup, forgot about that one.

#5 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-09-27 01:13 PM

Remembering Maggie Smith's Incredible Life and Career in Photos

people.com

ck out pic #7... "In 1969, Smith starred in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie alongside Stephens. The performance would earn her her first Academy Award for Best Actress."

Incredible stage and screen presence; that film in '69 was alongside Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Funny Girl, Easy Rider, True Grit, Midnight Cowboy... and several others, but still it stood out because of her.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-27 02:08 PM

Like a fine wine,
she grew in depth and presence as
she aged. RIP to a Master Class
Actress.

#7 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-09-27 02:44 PM

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