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• English actress Maggie Smith plays the role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies. She earned the Order of the British Empire in 1990, enabling her to use the title "Dame."

  Smith made her film debut in 1958 with a role as Bridget Howard in Nowhere to Go. She has since been cast in hits such as Sister Act, A Room with a View, The Secret Garden and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. She also done extensive work in the theater.

  There have been rumors that she is fighting breast cancer, but the information has not yet been confirmed.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Margaret Natalie Smith
  2. Born: December 28, 1934
  3. Birthplace: Ilford, Essex, England
  4. Divorced from Robert Stephens
  5. Mother of Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens
  6. Won 2 Academy Awards

• Quotes

  1. "It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies."
  2. "The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage."
  3. "Ah, of course. There is no need to tell me any more, Ms. Granger. Which one of you will be dying this year?" - as Minerva McGonagall

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