British actress Dame Maggie Smith has died aged 89. Smith's stage and screen career spanned eight decades, during which she won over 40 awards, including two Oscars.
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00:00British actor Dame Maggie Smith has died aged 89 in London.
00:10Her family says she died peacefully in hospital.
00:13A formidable presence on stage and screen,
00:15Smith won dozens of acting awards across an eight-decade career,
00:20including two Oscars.
00:22She was best known to modern audiences for her roles
00:24as the stern Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies
00:28and the sharp-tongued Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey.
00:31King Charles paid tribute to Smith as a national treasure,
00:35with Harry Potter co-star Miriam Margoyles
00:37describing her as the best of the best.