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Actress Dame Maggie Smith arrives at the Royal Film Performance and World Premiere of the film, “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”, at Leicester Square, London February 17, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 89.
She was frequently rated the preeminent British actress of a generation which included Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench.
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“Jean Brodie” brought her the Academy Award for best actress and the British Academy (BAFTA) award as well in 1969. Smith added a supporting actress Oscar for “California Suite” in 1978.
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