Oct. 09, 2024 16:50 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — All of Broadway's marquees will dim to honor the life of Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winner's death last month.
The Committee of Theatre Owners on Wednesday said all 41...
Sep. 27, 2024 18:58 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for the 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “ Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films,...
Sep. 27, 2024 16:04 PM EDT
Actors, collaborators and fans who worked with Maggie Smith are paying tribute to the award-winning actor, known for her roles in the “Harry Potter” movies and “Downton Abbey.” She died Friday at 89.
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“It’s a very sad day for the whole culture of theater...
Sep. 27, 2024 10:48 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, who died Friday aged 89, appeared in dozens of films over more than 60 years. Roles ranged from her iconic turn in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" to her Professor Minerva McGonagall in seven Harry Potter films, and films from Shakespeare's “Othello” to the...