Smith famously played Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in all six seasons of the British period drama ...

Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and won new fans in the 21st century as the ...

Maggie Smith earned three Primetime Emmy awards for her role as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham in all six ...

British actress Maggie Smith, the British actress, appears on the stage of the Old Vic in London, on April 8, 1970, during an ...

We lost an icon of stage and screen with the passing of Maggie Smith, and tributes from her co-stars and Hollywood admirers ...

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

Throughout her career and on “Downton Abbey,” she perfected the role of the commanding Englishwoman with an arrow-sharp wit.

She earned an extraordinary array of awards, from Oscars to Emmys to a Tony, but she could still go almost everywhere ...

Smith played Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the series. As mother of the Earl of Grantham, she presided ...

Looking back at some of the Dowager Countess' best quotes in "Downton Abbey" in light of Maggie Smith's death at the age of 89.

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 ...

Dame Maggie Smith "passed away peacefully" in hospital on Sept. 27 at age 89, her sons confirmed in a statement ...