To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. Those were the wise words of Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," the first book and movie in a franchise ...

Dame Maggie Smith dominated the halls of Hogwarts as Professor McGonagall and provided a sublime acidic wit as the Dowager Countess in Downtown Abbey in a career spanning seven decades. Born in Ilford ...

It’s difficult to think of an actor more universally beloved than Dame Maggie Smith, whose death at age 89 was reported on September 27. “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame ...

Harry Potterstar Maggie Smith had quite a presence on set — and off. While working on Downton Abbey, Smith actually made her co-stars nervous, though she probably had no idea. "She was such a big part ...