Celebrities have flocked to social media to pay tribute to Dame Maggie Smith, after the Downton Abbey and Harry Potter actress died on Friday on the age of 89.
The Oscar-winning star of stage and display was remembered fondly by actors and actresses of all ages from Hollywood and within the UK.
Rob Lowe, who starred alongside Smith in Instantly, Final Summer time again in 1993 was among the many first to pay tribute to the icon.
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“Saddened to listen to Dame Maggie Smith has handed,” he started.
“I had the unforgettable expertise of working together with her; sharing a two-shot was like being paired with a lion. She might eat anybody alive, and infrequently did. However humorous, and nice firm. And suffered no fools.
“We’ll by no means see one other. God velocity, Ms. Smith!”
Smith’s Sister Act co-star Whoopi Goldberg was additionally fast to pay tribute to the “nice lady”.
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”Maggie Smith was an important lady and a superb actress,” Goldberg wrote alongside a shot of them each carrying habits, for his or her flip as nuns within the film.
“I nonetheless cannot consider I used to be fortunate sufficient to work with the ‘one-of-a-kind’. My heartfelt condolences exit to the household…RIP.”
Hugh Bonneville, Smith’s Downton Abbey son, shared his ideas on his TV mum.
“Anybody who ever shared a scene with Maggie will attest to her sharp eye, sharp wit and formidable expertise,” he stated.
“She was a real legend of her technology and fortunately will reside on in so many magnificent display performances.
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“My condolences to her boys and wider household.”
Whereas fellow Downton actor Dan Stevens merely stated Smith was “really considered one of The Greats”.
In a blow to Harry Potter followers, Smith died the identical day a yr on from the demise of Michael Gambon, the Irish actor who performed Hogwarts headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore.
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling informed followers: “One way or the other I assumed she’d reside endlessly.”
Daniel Radcliffe, revealed he met the actress as a nine-year-old actor on his first job – earlier than he took on the a part of Harry Potter – for David Copperfield.
“I knew just about nothing about her apart from that my dad and mom have been awestruck at the truth that I’d be working together with her,” Radcliffe, now 35, stated in an announcement to Related Press.
“The opposite factor I knew about her was that she was a Dame, so the very first thing I requested her once we met was ‘Would you want me to name you Dame?’ at which she laughed and stated one thing to the impact of ‘Do not be ridiculous!’ I keep in mind feeling nervous to satisfy her after which her placing me instantly relaxed.
“She was extremely type to me on that shoot, after which I used to be fortunate sufficient to go on working together with her for one more 10 years on the Harry Potter movies. She was a fierce mind, a gloriously sharp tongue, might intimidate and appeal in the identical on the spot and was, as everybody will inform you, extraordinarily humorous.
“I’ll at all times take into account myself amazingly fortunate to have been capable of work together with her, and to spend time round her on set. The phrase legend is overused but when it applies to anybody in our trade then it applies to her.”
Actress Kristen Scott Thomas performed Smith’s daughter within the 2014 movie My Outdated Girl they usually additionally starred collectively within the 2005 film Holding Mum.
Thomas shared a photograph of her and Smith collectively and informed followers she the actress was “a lot beloved, a lot admired and irreplaceable”.
“She took performing very critically however noticed via the nonsense and razzmatazz. She actually did not need to cope with that,” Thomas wrote.
“She had a way of humour and wit that might scale back me to a blithering puddle of giggles. And she or he didn’t have endurance with fools. So that you needed to be a bit cautious.
“I completely adored her. Her performances and her persona. Her comedic timing was perfection and her vulnerability when required was heartbreaking.”
Piers Morgan wrote: “Magnificent actress, magnificent woman. As entertaining, sharp and witty off display as she was off it. A really very unhappy loss for Britain.”
King Charles additionally shared a private tribute on behalf of himself and Queen Camilla, which was posted to the royal household’s social media accounts, alongside a photograph of the monarch with the actress.
“My spouse and I have been deeply saddened to study of the demise of Dame Maggie Smith,” His Majesty stated.
“Because the curtain comes down on a nationwide treasure, we be part of all these around the globe in remembering with the fondest admiration and affection her many nice performances and her heat and wit that shone via each on and off the stage.”
Just like the King, his former sister-in-law, Sarah ‘Fergie’ Ferguson, additionally labelled the actress a “nationwide treasure” in her tribute.
Even the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, shared his ideas on-line concerning the “nationwide treasure”.
“Dame Maggie Smith launched us to new worlds with the numerous tales she acted over her lengthy profession,” he wrote.
“She was beloved by so many for her nice expertise, changing into a real nationwide treasure whose work might be cherished for generations to return.”
The British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts (BAFTA) shared a tribute to the award-winner on-line as effectively.
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“We’re saddened to listen to that actor Dame Maggie Smith, greatest recognized for the Harry Potter movies and Downton Abbey, has died on the age of 89,” they wrote.
“Dame Maggie was a legend of British stage and display, successful 5 BAFTAs in addition to a BAFTA Particular Award and BAFTA Fellowship throughout her extremely acclaimed profession.”
Alongside together with her BAFTAs, the actress scored two Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite, and in addition received two Golden Globes for California Suite and Room with a View.
The actress, who was born Margaret Natalie Smith on December 28, 1934, took on the stage title Maggie after taking up theatre research on the Oxford Playhouse College.
Laurence Olivier noticed her expertise, invited her to be a part of his unique Nationwide Theatre firm and forged her as his co-star in a 1965 movie adaptation of Othello.
Smith’s sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, introduced their mum’s demise on Friday, revealing she died in a London hospital.
“It’s with nice disappointment we’ve got to announce the demise of Dame Maggie Smith,” they stated within the assertion issued via publicist Clair Dobbs.
“She handed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday twenty seventh September. An intensely personal individual, she was with family and friends on the finish.
“She leaves two sons and 5 loving grandchildren who’re devastated by the lack of their extraordinary mom and grandmother.
“We wish to take this chance to thank the great workers on the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for his or her care and unstinting kindness throughout her closing days.”
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