Maggie Smith through the years 1957: Actress Maggie Smith posing with her hand on her hat, August 27th 1957. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1960: Actress Maggie Smith poses for the photographer. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive)
Maggie Smith through the years 1963: Actress Maggie Smith in her dressing room. 4th April 1963. (Photo by Staff /Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) (Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1969: English actress Maggie Smith stars in the film 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie', 1969. Here she and her girls stand on the steps of the Vennel in Edinburgh. Actress Pamela Franklin is to the left of Smith, wearing spectacles. (Photo by 20th Century Fox/Getty Images) (20th Century Fox/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1969: English actress Maggie Smith at the Middlesex Hospital with Toby, her baby son with actor husband Robert Stephens, 5th May 1969. (Photo by Ian Showell/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Ian Showell/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1970: Maggie Smith with her husband Robert Stephens and their son Christopher departing from London Heathrow Airport for Los Angeles. 16th January 1970. (Photo by Victor Crawshaw/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) (Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1972: Maggie Smith looking to her left in a scene from the film 'Travels With My Aunt', 1972. (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images) (Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1973: English actress Maggie Smith as Peter Pan during a rehearsal for a Christmas play of J. M. Barrie's children's story at the London Coliseum, UK, 15th December 1973. (Photo by Kaye/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Kaye/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1975: LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 26: September 26, 1975 THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW with guests Tim Conway and Maggie Smith. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) (CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1981: Maggie Smith as Thetis in 'Clash Of The Titans', directed by Desmond Davis, 1981. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 1991: British actress Maggie Smith on the set of Spielberg's film Hook, on 1 January 1991 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Murray Close/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) (Murray Close/Murray Close)
Maggie Smith through the years 1994: UNITED KINGDOM - CIRCA 1994: English actress Maggie Smith (L) with her son, actor Toby Stephens, in a dressing room at the Barbican Theatre in May 1994 in London, England. Stephens is playing the title role in David Thacker's Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'Coriolanus'. (Photo by Dave Benett/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 2002: Actors Kelly MacDonald (L) and Maggie Smith appear in a scene from the film "Gosford Park." (Photo by Chicagofilms/Getty Images) (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 2002: Dames Judi Dench (left) and Maggie Smith during rehearsals for their new play 'The Breath of Life' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. David Hare's new play will open for a strictly limited season at the theatre on Tuesday 15 October, until 21 December. (Photo by Ian West - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images) (Ian West - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 2004: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 08: Queen Elizabeth II Chatting With Actresses She Had In The Past Conferred With Damehood, Dame Judi Dench (in Black) And Dame Maggie Smith At The Royal Film Performance Of 'Ladies In Lavender' At The Odeon Cinema In Leicester Square (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images) (Tim Graham/Tim Graham Photo Library via Get)
Maggie Smith through the years 2014: LONDON - 2014: Dame Maggie Smith in a scene from Alan Bennett's "The Lady In The Van" directed by Nicholas Hytner in 2014 in London, UK. (Photo by Nicola Dove / John Springer Collection/Getty Images) (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 2015: LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 13: Maggie Smith arrives at "The Lady In The Van" - Centrepiece Gala, at Odeon Leicester Square on October 13, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI) (John Phillips)
Maggie Smith through the years 2015: LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: (Back Row L-R) Actors Jim Carter, Michael Fox, Rob James-Collier, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, creator Julian Fellowes, producers Liz Trubridge and Gareth Neame, actors Hugh Bonneville, Raquel Cassidy and Kevin Doyle (Front Row L-R) Actors Phyllis Logan, Joanne Froggatt, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern and Samantha Bond attend the press launch of "Downton Abbey" at May Fair Hotel on August 13, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images) (Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 2016: LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: Tom Jones, Cliff Richrd, Maggie Smith and Dame Joan Collins attend the Pride Of Britain awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on October 31, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Adam Gerrard - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Maggie Smith through the years 2017: LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Dame Maggie Smith presents an award at the Acting For Others Presidential Awards at The Crazy Coqs on May 12, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) (Dave Benett)
Maggie Smith through the years 2017: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Actors Maggie Smith and Sir Ian McKellen attend day nine of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 12, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Maggie Smith through the years 2018: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Maggie Smith and Jason Isaacs pose in the Lacoste VIP Lounge during Semi-Final Day of the 2018 Nitto ATP World Tour Tennis Finals at The O2 Arena on November 17, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Lacoste) (Dave Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Lac)
Maggie Smith through the years 2023: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 15: Dame Maggie Smith attends day thirteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 15, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (Karwai Tang/WireImage)