Three days before his death in 1759 Handel signed a codicil to his will saying he hoped he might be buried in the Abbey and desired that his executor erect a monument for him. The funeral was attended ...

Dame Maggie Smith, best known for “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” died at 89 on Friday. Her sons, actors Toby Stephens, 55, and Chris Larkin, 57, announced the news that same day.

Dame Maggie Smith leaves behind a towering legacy in the wake of her death at the age of 89. The legendary actress spent almost 70 years dominating the stage and screens big and small on both ...

Dame Maggie Smith, the trailblazing British actress best known for her starring roles in "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey," has died at 89. Smith's two sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens ...

The formidable dowager Violet Crawley, Maggie Smith’s scene-stealing character in Downton Abbey, made Smith a bona fide celebrity. “It’s ridiculous. I led a perfectly normal life until ...

Kelly Mckee Zajfen joined Meghan Markle at the LA Children's Hospital gala. The Duchess of Sussex caught all eyes tonight as she made a glamorous appearance re-wearing a revealing red Carolina Herrera ...

By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey For 85 years, the names of three of English literature’s best-known writers, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, were featured in ...

While the most famous collaboration between Smith and Fellowes may have been on the plush, award-winning period drama series, on which Smith notably played the the acid-tongued Dowager Countess ...

In her last great role in a long career of many great roles on stage and screen, Maggie Smith played Dowager Countess Violet Crawley, the matriarch of the Crawley family, on Downton Abbey.

Dame Maggie Smith, the British screen and stage actress best known for her roles in the Harry Potter franchise and on Downton Abbey, died Sept. 27 at the age of 89. In her storied career ...

She also reprised her role in the two Downton Abbey films: her character died in 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era. Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is among those paying tribute to Smith ...

to roles in “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” has died, her sons announced in a statement shared by their publicist Clair Dobbs. She was 89. “It is with great sadness we have to ...