Dame Maggie Smith dominated the halls of Hogwarts as Professor McGonagall and provided a sublime acidic wit as the Dowager Countess in Downtown Abbey in a career spanning seven decades. Born in Ilford ...

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. Those were the wise words of Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," the first book and movie in a franchise ...

Harry Potterstar Maggie Smith had quite a presence on set — and off. While working on Downton Abbey, Smith actually made her co-stars nervous, though she probably had no idea. "She was such a big part ...