Dame Maggie Smith, whose luminous stage and screen career included two Oscars and a Tony Award, died on Friday, September 27, 2024, at age 89. Correspondent Martha Teichner has a remembrance of the actress whose most famous role came late in life – as the prickly, imperious Lady Violet Crawley in the TV series "Downton Abbey."

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