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British actress Maggie Smith has died, reported the BBC. Smith was 89 years old when he died.

The family confirmed the actor’s death to the BBC on Friday.

– He died peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27 September. He was at the end with his friends and family. She will be missed by two sons, five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the passing of their extraordinary mother and grandmother, the actor’s sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin said in a statement.

Actress Maggie Smith is known for, among other things, the Downton Abbey series.

The family would like to thank the staff at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their good care and kindness towards the actor during his last days.

– Thank you for all your kind messages and support. We ask that you respect our privacy at this time, the family hopes.

A big star

Smith was born in Great Britain in December 1934. Smith discovered acting as a teenager and played his first roles in musical comedies. The theater took the young woman with it. Smith paid attention New Faces of 1956 – in revue.

Smith was soon seen at the Old Vic Theater in London. Slowly, Smith emerged as a regular face on the big stages, whose acting could be watched at the National Theatre, i.e. the National Theater of Great Britain.

A career in films started in 1956, when Smith appeared Child in the House in the movie. Cy Endfieldin in the drama film directed by Smith plays a supporting role as a party guest.

Smith got the big lead role At a dead endfrom the movie that came out in 1956. In the crime drama movie, Smith played Bridget Howard.

Smith won his first Oscar for The Best Years of Miss Jean Brodie, which appeared in 1969. For the second time, the Oscar clicked Weekend California from the movie in 1978.

However, many remember Smith best from the film series Harry Potterwhich started in the early 2000s. In the wizarding series created by JK Rowling, Smith played Minerva McGarmiwa.

Later, viewers got to enjoy Smith’s acting talents in the drama series Downton Abbeywhich launched in 2010. Smith was seen playing the role of Violet Crawley from the beginning.

Known as an outspoken actor, Smith gave a strict assessment of his role in the favorite series.

– I am deeply grateful for the work in the Potters and Downton, but it was not what you could call satisfactory. I didn’t really feel like I had acted in those roles, Smith said in an interview with ES Magazine in 2019.

In the one published in 2018 Nothing Like a Dame Smith performed together by Eileen Atkins, Judi Denchin mixed Go to Plowright with.

Smith said he hasn’t seen the size Downton Abbey series.

– I got the whole box. The box has the whole series, but there is not enough time. I better hurry if I’m going to watch the whole thing before I die, Smith threw.