Outside of her acclaimed career, the Downton Abbey star led a turbulent personal life and married her first husband, actor Sir Robert Stephens, in 1967 – the same year she gave birth to her eldest son Larkin, 57, and two years before her second son Stephens, 55, was born.

The Oscar- and Tony-winning performer, who died on Friday at age 89 and was best known for the Harry Potter movies and ‘Downton Abbey,’ elevated nearly every stage and screen role she took on in a career that spanned more than half a century.

It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end,” said her sons, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, in a statement,