The two actors died on the exact same date — Sept. 27 — exactly one year apart, with Smith this year at age 89 and Gambon in 2023, at age 82. Smith played the no-nonsense Professor Minerva McGonagall ...

Two-time Oscar winner Maggie Smith, the celebrated stage actress who starred in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and burnished her long-shining star by playing the scene-stealing dowager countess of ...

The Harry Potter movies just wouldn't have been the same without Dame Maggie Smith (1934 - 2024), who played the perfect Professor McGonagall. As a whole, the adult cast of Warner Bros' Wizarding ...

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 — ...