Maggie Smith's career took off in the 1950s, when she began performing in various repertory theatres across the UK. She made ...

King Charles has paid a touching tribute to the late actress Dame Maggie Smith, describing her as a "national treasure". The ...

Her mother told her she didn't have the looks to be an actor, but Smith went on to win awards and capture hearts ...

Smith was beloved of film and TV viewers for her combinations of haughty poise and sparkling mischief in a career that stretched from her Oscar-winning turn in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to her ...