"Oh, how absolutely ghastly. How absolutely awful. I can't think of anything worse. I haven't done anything. I don't know what it is I do," gasped actress Dame Maggie Smith when British theatre critic ...

Beloved British actor of stage and screen Maggie Smith died last week at age 89. Though the Oscar-winner had a long and successful career, it wasn't until she was in her 70s that she got approached by ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Maggie Smith, the renowned British actress best known to American audiences for her roles in the "Harry Potter" films and the masterpiece series "Downton Abbey," ...

Maggie Smith attends the Photocall for 'Quartet' at the BFI London Film Festival at Empire Leicester Square, Oct. 15, 2012, in London. automation Maggie Smith, the venerable British actress whose ...

On Friday, Sept. 27, Dame Maggie Smith died at the age of 89. Smith remained incredibly successful throughout her seven-decade career, although was most recently beloved for playing Professor Minerva ...

Let's get back to our interview with Maggie Smith, the British actor whose films include "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Sister Act." She died a week ago at the age of 89.