Maggie Smith in “Downton Abbey.” ©PBS/Courtesy Everett Collection Beyond playing the steely Professor McGonagall, Smith was beloved for her portrayal of the Dowager Countess of Grantham ...

Dame Maggie Smith, an multiple Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony winner, died at the age of 89, according to her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, per the Associated Press. What a career she ha… ...

Professor Minerva McGonagall will forever be remembered at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Beloved “Harry Potter” actor Maggie Smith died Sept. 27 at the age of 89, and the cast ...

Maggie Smith, known most recently for her unforgettable roles as the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey and as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, passed away at age 89.

Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith), Professor Sprout (Miriam Margolyes), Professor Dumbeldore (Richard Harris) and Professor Snape (Alan Rickman) appear in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." ...

On Friday, Sept. 27, Dame Maggie Smith died at the age of 89. Smith remained incredibly successful throughout her seven-decade career, although was most recently beloved for playing Professor Minerva ...

Even in this brief anecdote, her charm and humor shines through. An ironic side eye is even something I can picture Professor McGonagall doing, but it turns out that’s all Maggie.

Oscar, Emmy and Tony winning actress Maggie Smith, who played everything from ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the dowager countess in Downton Abbey, has died at 89.

Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Violet Crawley: Maggie Smith embodied these memorable roles on stage and screen. NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of the actor, who died yesterday at the age of 89.

For most people born in the past three decades, Maggie Smith became a familiar figure as Minerva McGonagall, the transfiguration professor and deputy headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft ...