Several Harry Potter cast members have paid tribute today to their costar Maggie Smith, who died this morning at 89. “The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading through scenes for David Copperfield,

Beloved British actor Maggie Smith, who stole hearts in her portrayal of Downton Abbey’s Violet Crawley and Harry Potter’s Professor Minerva McGonagall, died Friday morning at the age of 89. Smith died peacefully at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on Sept.