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Maggie Smith pictured in August 1957. Getty Images

Maggie Smith in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969. Getty Images

Dame Maggie Smith arrives for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in central London, in November 2019. EPA

Smith speaks on stage during an 'In Conversation With' event at the BFI Southbank, London, in April 2017. Getty Images

Dame Maggie Smith pictured in London in December 2015. AP Photo

Smith as the Dowager Countess of Grantham, with co-star Penelope Wilton, in a scene from the 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era. AP

Smith at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 2019. PA Wire

Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with Miriam Margolyes, Richard Harris and Alan Rickman. PA Wire

Smith holds her Oscar for best supporting actress in the film California Suite in Los Angeles, in April 1979. AP Photo

Smith during rehearsals for Tom Stoppard's Night and Day on Broadway in 1979. AP Photo

Smith in March 1974, while appearing in the comedy Snap! at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Getty Images

Smith as the eccentric Aunt Augusta in the MGM film Travels With My Aunt in 1972. Getty Images

Smith, actress Jill Bennett and singer Tom Jones holding their Variety Club of Great Britain awards at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1969. PA Photo

Maggie Smith pictured in August 1957. Getty Images

Maggie Smith in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969. Getty Images

Dame Maggie Smith arrives for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in central London, in November 2019. EPA

Smith speaks on stage during an 'In Conversation With' event at the BFI Southbank, London, in April 2017. Getty Images

Dame Maggie Smith pictured in London in December 2015. AP Photo

Smith as the Dowager Countess of Grantham, with co-star Penelope Wilton, in a scene from the 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era. AP

Smith at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 2019. PA Wire

Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with Miriam Margolyes, Richard Harris and Alan Rickman. PA Wire

Smith holds her Oscar for best supporting actress in the film California Suite in Los Angeles, in April 1979. AP Photo

Smith during rehearsals for Tom Stoppard's Night and Day on Broadway in 1979. AP Photo

Smith in March 1974, while appearing in the comedy Snap! at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Getty Images

Smith as the eccentric Aunt Augusta in the MGM film Travels With My Aunt in 1972. Getty Images

Smith, actress Jill Bennett and singer Tom Jones holding their Variety Club of Great Britain awards at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1969. PA Photo

Maggie Smith pictured in August 1957. Getty Images

Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89 - in pictures

A farm labourer harvests fox nuts, the seeds of prickly waterlilies, in Purnea, in India's eastern Bihar state. All photos: Taniya Dutta / The National

Fox nut farming - in pictures

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz takes selfies with fans after beating France's Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in their men’s singles match at the China Open in Beijing. AFP

Best photos of September 27: Form an election rally in Vienna to tennis in Beijing - in pictures