Smith made the perfect Professor McGonagall, as she struck the right balance between being stern and supportive to the ...

Wolf Hall' star Mark Rylance has been approached for the role of Dumbledore in the upcoming HBO adaptation of 'Harry Potter.' ...

It was warm and funny and full of love and brilliant eulogies, with the best hymns bringing belted out by all. It was poignant but not sad because hers was a life so richly lived.” ...

Some 2 years ago, with the passing of Elizabeth II, I speculated in these pages that the late Queen would become, principally ...

She appeared in the series as the beloved character Professor Minerva McGonagall. Since the news of her death, fans have turned to X to call out some of Smith's iconic "Harry Potter" scenes and ...

British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on screen three times and appeared in numerous ...

AN OSCAR-winning actor has been scouted as the next Dumbledore in the brand new HBO Harry Potter TV series. Mark Rylance ...

Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for her role as Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter, has died in hospital aged 89. Fans of the Harry Potter franchise will remember her face as she ...

Known for his roles in Bridge of Spies, The BFG and Dunkirk, the 64-year-old actor was recently seen in BBC period drama Wolf ...

Watch Dame Maggie Smith’s iconic performance as Professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter, after her death aged 89. A statement from her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, confirmed the news of ...

Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton ...