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Maggie called him ‘Richard E. Can’t’ on set,
a reported source told the publication I still can’t believe I was lucky enough to work with the ‘one-of-a-kind.’ My heartfelt condolences go out to the family…RIP,
Saddened to hear Dame Maggie Smith has passed. I had the unforgettable experience of working with her; sharing a two-shot was like being paired with a lion. She could eat anyone alive, and often did,
said actor Rob Lowe, who worked with Smith in Suddenly, Last Summer Rest in peace to an absolute treasure, Dame Maggie Smith. They’ve been reunited,
wrote one user who shared a picture of Smith with Alan Rickman and Michael Gambon, two other actors in the Harry Potter franchise that died previously She was such a significant part of my childhood and adult life too,
It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith
Larkin and Stephens, her sons from her first marriage, said in their statement I am deeply grateful for the work in (Harry) Potter and indeed Downton (Abbey) but it wasn't what you'd call satisfying
But she later told ES Magazine Anyone who ever shared a scene with Maggie will attest to her sharp eye, sharp wit and formidable talent
The saddest news: the death of Dame Maggie Smith marks the end of a golden era & a quite extraordinary life
Brandreth shared a photo of him with Smith on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote We've lost one the best today.RIP Maggie Smith.
A grand star of screen and stage has departed
Star Trek legend George Takei tweeted Dame Maggie Smith introduced us to new worlds with the countless stories she acted over her long career
Prime Minister Keir Starmer penned We're saddened to hear that actor Dame Maggie Smith, best known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89
Farewell Dame Maggie - nobody has ever done a better job of playing a cat.
The X account for Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street, also paid tribute, writing Maggie Smith was a great woman and a brilliant actress
I haven’t got time,
she joked to actors Joan Plowright, Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins in their 2018 documentary Tea with the Dames I really am [relieved],
Smith said on an October 2015 episode of The Graham Norton Show I have never watched Downton, it got to a point where it would have taken too long to catch up.
One wanted to act, one started to act, and one's still acting.
Dame Maggie once summed up her life with the phrase I've been working around for a very long time before Downton and life was fine, no one knew who the hell I was, and it has now changed.
Downton Abbey in 2010 was the first time she was truly famous, she said