British actress Maggie Smith won many accolades, including two Oscars, in her long career. However, it was her later-in-life roles — in "Harry Potter" and on "Downton Abbey" — that catapulted her to stardom. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP) In her storied ...

An Emmy Award-winning actress behind an acclaimed show from the 1970s has died. She was 90 years old. Jean Marsh died of complications of dementia at her London home on Sunday, April 13, the New York Times reported. Marsh was best known for co-creating and ...

The lauded British actress was known for "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey." Maggie Smith, the venerable British actress whose career on stage, film and television spanned more than 60 years, has died. She was 89. Her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens ...

Joan Plowright, an award-winning British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. "She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her retire," Plowright’s family shared in ...