Dame Maggie Smith was buried in an intimate funeral service on Monday.
smith died 89 on 27 September.
according to daily MailOn November 4, the life of the famous actress was celebrated at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond, London.
“A very beautiful goodbye to Maggie Smith today,” a guest told the outlet.
“It was warm and fun and full of love and wonderful praise, with wonderful hymns sung by everyone. It was touching but not sad because he had a very rich life.”
Mortlake was also the funeral site of many other famous British figures, including former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her husband Dennis and comedian Tommy Cooper.
Smith is survived by his grandchildren and two adult sons, both of whom are actors — “Black Sails” star Toby Stephens, 55, and “Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World” star Chris Larkin, 57.
his son announced his death with a statement On 27th September.
“It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” he wrote at the time.
He added: “An extremely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves behind two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.”
Smith, who was born in Ilford, England, on December 28, 1934, won Tonys and Oscars and enjoyed a seven-decade career on both stage and screen, but she was best known for her roles later in life. Professor McGonagall in the eight “Harry Potter” films and the tart Dowager Countess of Grantham on “Downton Abbey.”
After his death, many of them Former co-stars talk With tribute.
“The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading scenes from ‘David Copperfield,’ which was my first job,” says Daniel Radcliffe, 35. told The Post in a statement.
“I knew virtually nothing about him, except that my parents were surprised by the fact that I would work with him.”
The “Harry Potter” star recalled, “The second thing I knew about her was that she was a dame, so when we met the first thing I asked her was ‘Do you want that? Should I call you Dame?’ To which she laughed and said something like ‘Don’t be ridiculous!’
He continued, “She was incredibly kind to me on that shoot, and then I was lucky enough to work with her on the ‘Harry Potter’ films for the next 10 years. She was a fierce wit, a brilliantly sharp tongue, intimidating and fascinating at once and, as anyone will tell you, extremely funny.”
“I will always consider myself incredibly lucky to have been able to work with him and spend time around him on set.”
Smith said this about retirement With his “Downton Abbey: A New Era” co-star Dominic West in 2022.
“I sat across from him at that famous table for two or three days and just talked to him and listened to his hilarious jokes and sly comments,” West, 55, recalled at a press conference the same year, via The Independent ” “She said at one point that she was going to throw in the towel. He said: ‘That’s it. I’m not going to do anything else.’ And I said: ‘What?’ acting?’ And she said: ‘Yeah, no more acting.'”
“I said: ‘Theater too?'” West continued. “And she said: ‘No, I’m not even doing theatre, and it will be my last job.’ And that was incredibly emotional.
However, Smith quickly changed his tune.
“And then I went back the next week, and I said: ‘This is so sad, Maggie,'” he recalled. “And he said: ‘Bullshit!’ He has booked another film which will start next week.”
