Daniel Radcliffe and Whoopi Goldberg are among those mourning the death of beloved British actress Maggie Smith this week. The lauded actress, a Shakespeare veteran who was best known later in her ...

The famed British actor had a long and storied career. She initially found success as a theater actor before winning two Academy Awards in the 1970s. She first won Best Actress in 1970 for The Prime ...

The King praised Smith's "warmth and wit that shone through both on and off the stage" Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE, covering modern monarchies and the world's most famous families ...

Asked about grief in an interview at a literary event, Dench remembered her fellow British dame, who died Sept. 27 David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Judi Dench is grieving her fellow dame. In response ...

Smith, who played Professor McGonagall in the fantasy franchise, died at age 89 on Friday, Sept. 27, while Gambon died on the same date in 2023 at age 82 The two actors died on the exact same date — ...

The actress who brought Professor Minerva McGonagall to life has died. Dame Maggie Smith was 89 years old. Her family made the announcement, BBC News reported. “It is with great sadness we have to ...

Dame Maggie Smith – whose acting career spanned seven decades and traversed the stage and screen – has died at age 89. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Friday morning, ...

Dame Maggie Smith, the British legend of the stage and screen who enjoyed a seven-decade career in show business, died on Friday. She was 89. Her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin said in a ...

According to Downton Abbey producer Gareth Neame, Maggie Smith wasn’t too sad about saying goodbye to her character, Violet Crawley, in Downton Abbey: A New Era. “This was a terribly easy one, because ...