Dame Maggie Smith passed away at 89 years old, leaving behind an impressive career full of iconic movie and TV roles â and among her greatest is Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies.

She embodied that perfect balance of sass and loving care that McGonagall has. She kept Gryffindors on their toes. My deepest condolences to Maggie's family at this time." Related: Maggie Smith ...

In 2001, Maggie Smith was introduced to a legion of new young audiences when she played Professor Minerva McGonagall in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." -Whew, we made it. Can you ...

Smith portrayed Professor Minerva McGonagall, who taught at Hogwarts ... "She was real, honest, funny and self-honouring," ...

Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films Perhaps Maggie Smith's most iconic role of the 21st century is as Professor Minerva McGonagall in all eight Harry Potter films. Professor McGonagall ...

To a younger generation, Maggie Smith was the formidable Professor McGonagall from the eight Harry Potter films, or perhaps the sardonic and sniffy Violet Crawley of Downton Abbey fame (she wryly ...

Rupert Grint is grieving the loss of Dame Maggie Smith but remembering her fondly ... Gryffindor head and transfiguration ...

She charmed audiences with her many roles, including as Professor McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" films and as Violet in the ...