Have a look at the cause of death and net worth of Dame Maggie Smith
The groundbreaking British actress Dame Maggie Smith, who gained popularity for her leading parts in “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” passed away at the age of 89.
In a statement given to USA TODAY, Smith’s two sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephen, stated that their mother Dame Maggie Smith passed away “peacefully” early on Friday at a hospital in London but her cause of death wasn’t revealed.
Harry Potter actress Dame Maggie Smith cause of death, bio, age, family, husband, children, movies and net worth
Maggie was earlier diagnosed with Graves disease, an autoimmune disorder that can sometimes lead to serious complications including heart failure.
“She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother,” the siblings said in a statement.
Her son Toby Stephens has been married to Anna-Louise Plowman since 2001, and the couple share three children: son Eli Alistair and daughters Tallulah and Kura while Chris is married to actress Suki Stephens and lives in London with his wife and children.
Maggie Smith married actor Robert Stephens, best known for his roles in Century, Travels with My Aunt and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes on 29th June 1967 and during their marriage they welcomed two children, Toby and Chris, before divorcing in April 1975.
She then married playwright Alan Beverly Cross on 23 June 1975, at the Guildford Register Office, and they remained married until his death on 20 March 1998.
Born: 28 December 1934, Ilford, United Kingdom
Died: 27 September 2024 (age 89 years), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Children: Toby Stephens, Chris Larkin
Height: 1.65 m
Parents: Nathaniel Smith, Margaret Hutton-Smith
Spouse: Beverley Cross (m. 1975–1998), Robert Stephens (m. 1967–1975)
Dame Maggie Smith who had a net worth of $20 million was born on 28 December 1934. Her father, Nathaniel Smith was a public-health pathologist from Newcastle who worked at the University of Oxford, and her mother, Margaret Hutton was a Scottish secretary from Glasgow.
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When Dame Maggie Smith was younger, her parents used to tell her the lovely tale of how they had met in Newcastle while traveling by train from Glasgow to London. When she was four years old, her family relocated to Oxford. Ian and Alistair, her elder twin brothers, were born in 1928 and 1981. The latter attended a school for architects. Smith attended Oxford High School and then she pursued an acting degree at the Oxford Playhouse.
At the time of her death, actress Dame Maggie Smith was reported to have a net worth of around $20 million.
Dame Maggie Smith career
Dame Maggie Smith’s career included several noteworthy parts over several generations, and in 1969 she won an Academy Award for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” In 1978, she received yet another statue for her role in “California Suite.” In addition, she received four further Oscar nominations for her roles in “Othello,” “Travels with My Aunt” (1972), “A Room with a View” (1973), and “Gosford Park” (2001).
With twelve nominations overall, she received three Golden Globes and four Emmys, winning four of them. Later in life, she attracted the attention of a new generation of fans when she played Professor Minerva McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” movie series, which was inspired by best-selling books written by author J.K. Rowling.
Her role in the six-season PBS miniseries “Downton Abbey,” which ran from 2010 to 2015, was another reason for notoriety. Her character passed away from a disease in the last moments of “Downton Abbey: A New Era.”