British star Dame Maggie Smith was known for prominent roles in Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, and her Academy Award-winning performance in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.
Follow MailOnline'sOscar-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith died in hospital this morning aged 89 after an incredible 70-year acting career.
They paid tribute to their 'extraordinary' mother, an 'intensely private person' who was 'with friends and family at the end'.
Her career of more than half a century brought her recognition almost from the beginning, and she received an early Bafta nod for promising newcomer in 1959 for the crime film Nowhere To Go. Larkin and Stephens, her sons from her first marriage, said in their statement: 'It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September.
Read More What Dame Maggie Smith said about her role as one of the most popular characters in Downton Abbey 'We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days. Dame Maggie Smith attends the 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards at held at the London Coliseum on November 24, 2019Dame Maggie Smith at the Evening Standards Drama Awards in London on November 28, 1997
'We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days. Truly professional and as near a perfectionist as she could be, she treated these roles with as much detailed and careful attention as she did her major parts.
Margaret Natalie Smith was born in Ilford, Essex, on December 28, 1934. She was educated at Oxford High School for Girls and later the Oxford Playhouse School, and first appeared on the stage as a girl of 18 in Twelfth Night. Dame Maggie Smith arriving for a Royal Film Performance of Ladies In Lavender at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on November 8, 2004She made an early mark in revues, as a singer and dancer. One fan who saw her on Broadway in New Faces of '56, said he laughed so much he ended up banging his head on the seat in front of him.
Queen Elizabeth II being presented to Dame Maggie Smith by Sir Laurence Olivier, when the Queen attended the charity premiere of the film Othello at the Odeon Theatre in London, on May 2, 1966 Dame Maggie won over a whole new generation of fans when she played Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.
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