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Dame Maggie Smith one of UK famous actresses whose long career ranged from starring opposite Laurence Olivier in Othello” on stage and screen to roles in Harry Porter and Downton Abbey has died her sons said in a statement shared by Clair Dobbs.
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Smith was born in 1934 in ilford then a middle class east London suburb. Before World War II the family moved to Oxford where her father worked as pathologist at Oxford University.
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It is with so much sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning Friday 27 September. An intensely private person she was with friends and family at the end” the statement reads.
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“She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days.”
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On graduating from high school Smith attended the Oxford Playhouse School from 1951 to 1953 making her stage debut in an Oxford University Dramatic Society production of William Shakespeare Twelfth Night.
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When asked in 2017 by the UK magazine “Women World why she had not gone to more award ceremonies Smith said “I truly think If I went to Los Angeles for example I think I would frighten people They do not see older people.
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She got popularity in kids as the strict but fair witchcraft teacher Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and Sorcerer Stone and appearing in several Harry Potter sequels.
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Smith was married two time to actor Robert Stephens the pair divorced in 1974 and start to playwright Beverley Cross from 1975 until he died in 1998.
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- Smith was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1990 and from then on was famous as Dame Maggie Smith
- She appear on Broadway in New Faces of 1956 and then held the lead comedian role in London revue Share My Lettuce between 1957 and 1958.
- In 1964 she played Desdemona to Olivier Othello before reprising the role for the movie of following year.
- Maggie won her first Academy Award for best actress in 1969 for her portrayal of an unconventional schoolteacher in the movie “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”
- In 1978 she was awarded a second Academy Award this time for best supporting actress for her role in Neil Simon California Suite.
- She received British Academy Film Awards for her work for her performance in 1985 “A Room with a View” and 1987 “The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne”
- Her famous roles is “Tea with Mussolini” in 1999 classic a group of upper middle class English lady in Florence Italy during period of fascism directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
She had four other nominations and get eight Bafta awards.
ITV drama Downton Abbey she played Violet Crawley the Dowager Countess of Grantham the grand matriach who progress at withering one liners through show six series
Tribute were paid by her co actors.
Hugh Bonneville who appeared in Downton Abbey add
“Anyone who shared a scene with Maggie will attest to her sharp eye sharp wit and formidable talent”.