Maggie Smith is dead
Oscar winner and famous Harry Potter character Maggie Smith is no longer in this world. The actress died on Friday at the age of 89. She is known for her role as “Professor McGonagall” and her great acting in the movie Downtown Abbey from the Harry Potter series. The actress breathed her last at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. The news was shared by his two sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephen. However, the cause of his death has not been revealed yet.
The family issued an official statement
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” said a statement issued by two of Maggie’s sons. He died in hospital on the morning of Friday, September 27. She spent her last moments with friends and family. He has two sons and five lovely grandchildren who are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of their mother and grandmother. “The wonderful staff at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital looked after him in the final days of his life. We…please respect our privacy at this time.
He began his adventure with acting in 1952
Magee began his journey as a stage performer in 1952 at the Oxford Playhouse. She later made her Broadway debut in “New Faces of 56.” Over the following decades, he established himself as one of Britain’s greatest theater artists, working for the National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside experienced actress Judi Dench. Maggie also received Tony Award nominations for Noël Coward’s “A Private Life” and Tom Stoppard’s “Night and Day,” and later won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play About Lettuce and Lovage in 1990.
Queen Elizabeth bestowed the title of “Knight”
That same year, Maggie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and officially given the title of Dame (an honorary title given to women in the British honors system and other Commonwealth realms). She won Academy Awards in 1969 for Best Actress for The Premiere of Miss Jean Brodie and Best Supporting Actress for California Sweet. He was also nominated for the 1965 cult classic “Othello,” directed by Stuart Burge.
