Maggie Smith in the 1969 film The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she won a best actress Oscar. Getty Images
Dame Maggie Smith arrives for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in central London, in November 2019. EPA
Speaking on stage during an 'In Conversation With' event at the BFI Southbank, London, in April 2017. Getty Images
Dame Maggie Smith pictured in London in December 2015. AP Photo
As the Dowager Countess of Grantham, with co-star Penelope Wilton, in a scene from the 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era. AP
At the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 2019. PA Wire
Dame Maggie as Professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with Miriam Margolyes, Richard Harris and Alan Rickman. PA Wire
Holding her Oscar for best supporting actress in the film California Suite in Los Angeles, in April 1979. AP Photo
During rehearsals for Tom Stoppard's Night and Day on Broadway in 1979. AP Photo
In March 1974, while appearing in the comedy Snap! at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Getty Images
Maggie Smith as the eccentric Aunt Augusta in the MGM film Travels With My Aunt in 1972. Getty Images
With fellow actress Jill Bennett and singer Tom Jones holding their Variety Club of Great Britain awards at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1969. PA Photo
Maggie Smith pictured in August 1957. Getty Images
