In this Dec. 16, 2015, file photo, British actress Dame Maggie Smith poses in London.
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, her publicist said Friday. She was 89.The Associated PressBritish actor Dame Maggie Smith poses in London in this Dec. 16, 2015, photo. The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieDownton AbbeySmith's sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, said in a statement that Smith died early Friday in a London hospital.
"She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother," they said in a statement issued through publicist Clair Dobbs. In this image released by PBS, Maggie Smith, as the Dowager Countess Grantham, is shown in a scene from the second season of Downton Abbey.
Smith was frequently rated the pre-eminent British actress of a generation that included Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench.brought her the Academy Award for best actress and the British Academy award in 1969. Smith added a supporting actress Oscar for
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