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 ...

It’s difficult to think of an actor more universally beloved than Dame Maggie Smith, whose death at age 89 was reported on September 27. “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame ...

The cast of HBO’s high-profile Harry Potter TV adaptation has finally been revealed after months of rumour and speculation. Each season of the forthcoming show will be based on JK Rowling’s book ...

Dowager Countess Violet Crawley died in Downton Abbey: A New Era, but the upcoming third movie will still pay tribute to the late Maggie Smith. “The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed away ...