LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar in 1969 for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and won new fans in the 21st century as the widowed Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall from the Harry Potter films died on Friday. She was 89.

Smith’s sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, said in a statement that Smith died early Friday in a London hospital.

“She leaves behind two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their special mother and grandmother,” they said in a statement released by publicist Clair Dobbs.

Smith was often rated as the leading British female actor of a generation that included Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench.

“Jean Brodie” won her the 1969 Academy Award for Best Actress and the British Academy (BAFTA) Prize. In 1978, she added a supporting actress Oscar for “California Suite.”