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Whoopi Goldberg Calls Late ‘Sister Act’ Costar Maggie Smith ‘One of a Kind’
Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith costarred in ‘Sister Act’ and ‘Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit’ before Smith’s death
Getty Images (2)“Maggie Smith was a great woman and a brilliant actress,” Goldberg, 68, wrote via Instagram on Friday, sharing a photo of the pair dressed as nuns in the 1992 film. Smith’s sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, confirmed her death on Friday via a joint statement, revealing that the Oscar winner died at the hospital that morning. In addition to winning Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1970 and California Suite in 1979, she won over a younger generation of moviegoers while playing Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter franchise.
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