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Toni Collette shares her heartbreak as she leads the Australian stars paying tribute to Dame Maggie Smith after the legendary Harry Potter actress' death aged 89
The British Downton Abbey star died in hospital on Friday morning after an incredible 70-year acting career, her family confirmed.
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. This was followed by Bafta nominations for Young Cassidy in 1966, Death On The Nile in 1979, California Suite in 1980, Quartet in 1982, The Secret Garden in 1994, Tea With Mussolini in 2000, Gosford Park in 2002, and The Lady In The Van in 2016. Her final roles included The Miracle Club, which follows a group of women from Dublin who go on a pilgrimage to the French town of Lourdes, and 2022's Downton Abbey: A New Era, in which Violet dies.
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