{"id":125723,"date":"2024-09-28T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T15:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125723"},"modified":"2024-09-28T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T15:35:08","slug":"film-legend-maggie-smith-dies-at-89-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125723","title":{"rendered":"Film Legend Maggie Smith Dies at 89 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125723 \" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125723 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-24.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-24-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hollywood lost an icon with the passing of Dame Maggie Smith. The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d and \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d star died peacefully September 27, 2024 at a hospital in in London, England, surrounded by family and friends. No cause of death was given. She was 89.<\/p>\n<p>Smith began acting on the stage at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952. She played \u201cViola\u201d in \u201cTwelfth Night\u201d, and many more productions at Oxford followed, including \u201cCinderella\u201d, \u201cRookey Nook\u201d, \u201cCakes and Ale\u201d, and \u201cThe Government Inspector\u201d. Smith made her Broadway debut in \u201cNew Faces of 56.\u201d Although very successful on stage, Smith is widely known for her work in film and TV. Most notably, as Professor Minerva McGonagall in all eight \u201cHarry Potter\u201d films, and as \u201cViolet Crawley\u201d in the popular TV series DOWNTON ABBEY (2010-2015). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Her additional filmography includes: YOUNG CASSIDY (1965), OTHELLO (1965), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1967), MURDER BY DEATH (1976), CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981), DEATH ON THE NILE (1978), A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985), HOOK (1991), SISTER ACT (1992), THE SECRET GARDEN (1993), SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT (1993), THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (1996), WASHINGTON SQUARE (1997), GOSFORD PARK (2001), DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD (2002), BECOMING JANE (2007), NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS (2010), QUARTET (2012), A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS (2021) and THE MIRACLE CLUB (2023.<br \/>\nRingside Report sends our condolences to Dame Maggie Smith\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Hollywood lost an icon with the passing of Dame Maggie Smith. The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d and \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d star died peacefully September 27, 2024 at a hospital in in London, England, surrounded by family and friends. No cause of death was given. She was 89. Smith began acting on the stage at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[32332],"class_list":["post-125723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-film-legend-maggie-smith-dies-at-89-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125723"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}