RIP Dame Maggie Smith.

Farewell to Charlotte Bartlett in Room with a View, Wendy Darling in Hook, Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden, Mother Superior in Sister Act, Gunilla Garson Goldberg in First Wives Club, Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter, Countess Trentham in Gosford Park, Lady Gresham in Becoming Jane, and Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downtown Abbey. A great light has gone out.