British actress Maggie Smith won many accolades, including two Oscars, in her long career. However, it was her later-in-life roles — in "Harry Potter" and on "Downton Abbey" — that catapulted ...

British actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for her prolific career in roles like Professor McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" series and Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey," has died, her family ...

Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning British actress who starred in Downton Abbey and the Harry Potter series, has died at the age of 89. Smith’s sons announced her death Friday morning in a statement.

And it was Smith’s character who looked down from the top of the “Downton Abbey” food chain with a raised eyebrow and pursed ...

“Jean Brodie” brought her the Academy Award for best actress and the British Academy (BAFTA) award as well in 1969. She added a supporting actress Oscar for “California Suite” in 1978.

Richard Eyre, who directed Smith in a television production of “Suddenly Last Summer,” said she was “intellectually the smartest actress I ... “Downton Abbey” TV series and the films ...

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes wrote in a statement, “Maggie Smith was a truly great actress and we were more than fortunate to be part of the last act in her stellar career.

The death of the trailblazing British actress, best known for her starring roles in "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey," was first announced in a statement made by her two sons Chris Larkin and ...

Her work on “Downton Abbey” as the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess of Grantham earned her three Best Supporting Actress Emmys, along with a fourth award received for her lead role in the 2003 ...