Award-winning British actress Dame Maggie Smith has passed away at 89.
She died peacefully in hospital on Friday, September 27, her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens announced in a statement.
“It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” they said, adding that she passed away early that morning.
Dame Maggie, known for her illustrious career spanning decades, began acting as a teenager in Oxford.
She won an Oscar for her role in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969.
In recent years, she became beloved by new audiences for her roles as the Dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” films.
