Actress Maggie Smith, known for 'Harry Potter,' 'Downton Abbey,' has died

LONDON -- Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" successful 1969 and won caller fans successful the 21st period arsenic the dowager Countess of Grantham successful "Downton Abbey," has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 89.

She was often rated the preeminent British histrion of a procreation which included Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench.

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"Jean Brodie" brought her the Academy Award for champion histrion and the British Academy (BAFTA) grant arsenic good successful 1969. Smith added a supporting histrion Oscar for "California Suite" successful 1978.