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Dame Maggie Smith is remembered by her Downton Abbey 'son' Hugh Bonneville and host of showbiz stars following her death aged 89... with touching gesture from Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint
TV presenter Gyles Brandreth has led tributes for Maggie Smith, describing her as 'wise, witty, waspish, wonderful'.
The British star was known for prominent roles as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter franchise and as Violet Crawley in TV series Downton Abbey, as well as her Academy Award-winning performance in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. Dame Maggie's children, Widow Clicquot actor Chris Larkin, and Die Another Day star Toby Stephens, announced her death in a statement. And in 2010 she was central to the success of ITV series Downton Abbey, in her Emmy-award winning role as the acerbic Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, which she continued to play in the films.
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