Maggie Smith in Talking Heads at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester (1996). Photo: Tristram Kenton
Formidable, multi-award-winning actor of stage and screen who played memorable roles in Lettice and Lovage, The Lady in the Van, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, among others
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