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Dame Maggie Smith reveals how Harry Potter 'changed her life' in heartwarming resurfaced interview about playing Professor McGonagall


Dame Maggie Smith revealed the impact Harry Potter had on her life as she claimed people everywhere started to recognise her.

Aside from Harry Potter, the British star was known for her role as Violet Crawley in the TV series Downton Abbey, as well as her Academy Award-winning performance in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. Ralph Fiennes presents Dame Maggie Smith with a Bafra award for Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Tea With Mussolini' at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on April 9, 2000 And in 2010 she was central to the success of the 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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