Maggie Smith is remembered on social media, and fans have shared several clips that have gone viral. In a funny clip for a show called Nothing Like A Dame, the duo, featuring Judi Dench, said they wanted to act as long as they could.

Smith played Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the series. As mother of the Earl of Grantham, she presided over the upper-crust family's 15 years of turmoil and joy with wit and observations. Her character said it best: "I won’t take sides, it’s true. But I don’t think I could ever be described as 'neutral.'"

Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89.

She earned an extraordinary array of awards, from Oscars to Emmys to a Tony, but she could still go almost everywhere unrecognized. Then came “Downton Abbey.”

We lost an icon of stage and screen with the passing of Maggie Smith, and tributes from her co-stars and Hollywood admirers are pouring in. The Oscar and Emmy winner died Friday at the age of 89, leaving behind a legacy that spanned decades,

Learn about the extraordinary career and life of the celebrated stage, film, and television actress and beloved Downton Abbey star.

Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films,

Maggie Smith, who died Friday at the age of 89, earned three Primetime Emmy awards for her role as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham in all six seasons of the British period drama Downton Abbey.

Maggie Smith, who died on Sept. 27, was world-renowned for bringing to life characters in “Downton Abbey” and the Harry Potter films. With a shelf full of awards, she was a monolith of British acting in a generation that includes Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench.

"We were more than fortunate to be part of the last act in her stellar career," Julian Fellowes said in a statement.

Tributes are pouring in for Maggie Smith as Whoopi Goldberg, Michelle Dockery and more honor the beloved British actress.