I first experienced Dame Maggie Smith on screen in the 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” Smith played the sharp-tongued, sarcastically brilliant teacher whose political and libertine views and lifestyle, coupled with the influence it had on her students, come back to bite her. It was an amazingly nuanced part for which Smith won her first Oscar. Smith’s prolific performances on stage, screen, and television have spanned from comedy to drama, from Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling, and from provocative flame to complex sage. Smith has left us a body of work that is rarely matched by her peers and no doubt will remain unmatched by her successors for quite some time.
Dame Maggie Smith has performed on the final stage of her career and is now premiering on the ultimate stage. Smith has died at the age of 89.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of beloved performer of the stage and…
