FILE - Maggie Smith, who is in rehearsal on new show "Night and Day" appears at Minskoff Rehearsal Studios on Sept. 27, 1979. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (AP Photo/Ray Howard, File)

FILE - British actress Dame Maggie Smith poses in London on Dec. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

FILE - Actress Maggie Smith who is in the film "Ladies in Lavender," appears at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 23, 2005. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

FILE - ACtress Maggie Smith appears at the World Premiere of "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" at a central London cinema in Leicester Square, on Feb. 17, 2015. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right is introduced to Maggie Smith by Laurence Olivier, center, during the charity premiere for the film Othello, at the Odeon Theatre, London, May 2, 1966. Smith has died aged 89. (PA via AP, File)

FILE - Actress Maggie Smith holds her Oscar for best supporting actress in the film "California Suite" in Los Angeles, April 9, 1979. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

FILE - Actress Maggie Smith appears at the Evening Standard British Film Awards in London on Feb. 7, 2016. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Make up and hair artists add the finishing touches to British actress Maggie Smith before she faces the camera with Peter Ustinov in the comedy 'Hot Millions' being filmed at Elstree Studios, England, Jan. 12, 1968. Smith has died aged 89. (AP Photo/Bob Dear, File)

FILE - British actress Maggie Smith, the British actress, appears on the stage of the Old Vic in London, on April 8, 1970, during an intermission of rehearsal of "The Beaux' Stratagem." Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (AP Photo/ L Brown, File)

FILE - Tony Award winners, from left, James Naughton, best actor in "City of Angels," Maggie Smith, best actress for "Lettice and Lovage," Tyne Daly, best actress for "Gypsy," and Robert Morse, best actor for "Iru" pose at the Tony Awards in New York, June 3, 1990. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

FILE - Maggie Smith appears at the premiere of the film "The Lady In The Van", during the London film festival in London on Oct. 13, 2015. Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)