Maggie Smith died last Friday, September 27, 2024 – exactly one year to the day after the death of Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon. Over the weekend, many companions and fans reacted to the loss of the 89-year-old Brit and found touching words to say goodbye to the extraordinary actress, who was known as Professor McGonagall from the Harry Potter films.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe responds to Maggie Smith with touching obituary
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe recalled meeting Maggie Smith in his very first acting role as David Copperfield when he was 9 years old:
I knew nothing about them except that my parents were in awe of their collaboration. I also knew that she was a noble lady. So the first thing I asked her was ‘Should I call you ‘Lady’ Maggie?’. She laughed and said something like ‘don’t be ridiculous’. […]She had a sharp intellect and a gloriously sharp tongue. She could intimidate and charm you in the same moment. As everyone knows, she was extremely funny. The word legend is overused in the film business, but if it applies to anyone, then to her.
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Harry Potter’s Hermione, Emma Watson, wrote in an Instagram story preserved by Deadline:
When I was younger, I had no idea about Maggie’s legend […]. It wasn’t until later, as I grew up, that I was able to truly appreciate that I was Was allowed to share canvas with a true size. She was real, honest, funny and a credit to herself. Maggie, there was many male professors, but you confessed to your wife. Thank you for all your kindness. I’ll miss you.
Co-star Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in Harry Potter, also remembered personal moments with Maggie Smith and her professor McGonagall:
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My heart is brokenwhen I heard about Maggie. She was so special: always devastatingly funny and always kind-hearted. I was incredibly lucky share a set and a dance with her to be allowed. I’ll miss you, Maggie. Sending all my love to your family. Rupert x
Ron’s sister Ginny, aka actress Bonnie Wright, summed up Maggie Smith’s charm like this:
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Our beloved and revered Gryffindor Head of House, you will be so missed by the Harry Potter community. My favorite scene with Maggie was when we were all learning to dance for the school dance. She embodied that perfect balance between sass and loving carewhich McGonagall also had.
Draco actor Tom Felton also thanked Maggie Smith for her occasional severity in retrospect:
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I woke up with deep sadness to the news of Maggie’s passing. There was no one like her. Thank you for looking after us from day 1. Thanks for kicking me off the setwhen I couldn’t stop giggling during Transfiguration class. Thank you for showing us the way. Raise your wands.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling wrote atX: “Somehow I believed she would live forever.” Sirius actor Gary Oldman told EW “one of the really great ones […]the not in every generation occurs.”
Fans also react tearfully to the loss of Maggie Smith
Beyond co-stars and companions in the film business, many fans also had feelings about the loss of Maggie Smith and expressed them touchingly:
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Rest in peace, you absolute darling, Dame Maggie Smith. she got reunited [mit dem verstorbenen Alan Rickman und Michael Gambon].
Others prefer to remember, laughing, with their best Downton Abbey sayings, with which Maggie Smith played everyone else in the cast of the successful series to the wall:
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Everyone has different favorite Maggie Smith moments, which are not just limited to her iconic roles in Downton Abbey or Harry Potter:
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Maggie Smith’s ‘I Lie’ in Sister Act is one of my favorite lines of all time.
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Everyone will be about Harry Potter and Downton [Abbey] talk, but Maggie Smiths early years were so so good.
But many also simply give Maggie Smith the last word:
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Women fall into two categories: dragons and fools. You have to make them see you as a dragon. – RIP Maggie Smith (1934-2024)
Maggie Smith’s death is without question a great loss. But fortunately she will live on in the hearts of her fans and in the films and series of which she was an essential part.