Maggie Smith passes away
Oscar winning actress and Harry Potter fame Maggie Smith is no more in this world. The actress died on Friday at the age of 89. She is known for her role as ‘Professor McGonagall’ and her strong acting in the Harry Potter franchise film Downtown Abbey. The actress breathed her last at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. This 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 passing of Dame Maggie Smith,” a statement released by Maggie’s two sons said. He died in hospital on the morning of Friday 27 September. She was with her friends and family in her last moments. She 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 his final days. We…we ask that you respect our privacy at this time.
Started journey as an actor in 1952
Magee started his journey as a stage performer in 1952 at the Oxford Playhouse. Later, she made her professional debut on Broadway in ‘New Faces of 56’. Over the following decades, he established himself as one of the most distinguished British theater artists, working for the National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company, alongside veteran actress Judi Dench. Maggie also received Tony Award nominations for Noël Coward’s Private Lives and Tom Stoppard’s Night and Day and later won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettuce and Lovage in the year 1990.
Queen Elizabeth gave the title of ‘Knight’
That same year, Maggie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and officially titled Dame (an honorific title given to women in the British honors system and other Commonwealth realms). She won Academy Awards in 1969 for Best Actress for The Prime 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.
