“I cannot accept ‘merely.’ I do not do anything ‘merely,’” says Lettice Douffet, a tour guide to a stately English home with an epic history of dullness in Peter Shaffer’s 1987 play “Lettice and ...

Smith, who played Professor McGonagall in the fantasy franchise, died at age 89 on Friday, Sept. 27, while Gambon died on the same date in 2023 at age 82 The two actors died on the exact same date — ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Maggie Smith, the renowned British actress best known to American audiences for her roles in the "Harry Potter" films and the masterpiece series "Downton Abbey," ...

“It’s a very sad day for the whole culture of theater and cinema in England. … She was one of the greatest actresses of the past century, without a doubt.” — actor Helen Mirren, in an interview with ...

Maggie Smith appears at the premiere of the film “The Lady In The Van”, during the London film festival in London on Oct. 13, 2015. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 ...

Bafta viewers were left baffled after Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Joan Plowright were left out of the In Memoriam tribute. The star-studded Bafta TV Awards were held at the Royal Festival Hall in ...