“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969) elevated her. In this modest early-year hit, she was the upset Best Actress winner ...

“I’m never shy on stage, always shy off it,” is how she once described herself to the critic Nancy Banks Smith. She never ...

Oscar winning actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for essaying Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, died on ...

Maggie Smith, who died at the age of 89, gained recognition in 1969 for her role in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie', which ...

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The hit melodrama brought Smith the kind of fame she never wanted, but it is easy to understand why it happened.

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Beloved actor Maggie Smith died yesterday at 89. To understand her brilliance, look no further than her complex performance ...

The star of screen and stage, who died in hospital on Friday aged 89, portrayed Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in the hit ITV drama.

Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the ...

Early in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in an Oscar-winning performance, Smith stands in ...

LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century ...