Maggie Smith earned three Primetime Emmy awards for her role as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham in all six seasons of the British period drama Downton Abbey. She also reprised her role in the two Downton Abbey films. The legendary actor died Friday at the age 89.

Dame Maggie Smith has passed away, and heartfelt tributes are pouring in for the late actor.

Maggie Smith, who won an Academy Award in 1969 for her role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," has died in London, according to media reports Friday. She was 89.