RIP Maggie Smith: Best Prof McGonagall quotes from Harry Potter that will always stay with us

She was the best professor at Hogwarts.
Maggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose work ranged from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, has died aged 89. The news was confirmed by her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens in a statement. They said: “She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27 September.