Celebs Maggie Smith, star of stage, Harry Potter films, and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died aged 89 Smith gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey ...

Maggie Smith, the masterful, ... in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, died Friday.