Dame Maggie Smith's last picture: Beloved star posed for Loewe fashion campaign before her death aged 89

Dame Maggie Smith beamed for the camera in a fashion campaign for Loewe in what would end up being her last photo. Dame Maggie Smith attended the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on July 15, 2023 Dame Maggie Smith appears in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire On the same day Maggie's death was announced, Loewe held their runway show during Paris Fashion Week The actress had posed for the fashion house a year before her death And in 2010 she was central to the success of ITV series Downton Abbey, in her Emmy-award winning role as the acerbic Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, which she continued to play in the films. Dame Maggie Smith in a photocall for her play The Lady From Dubuque at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London on March 12, 2007 Ralph Fiennes presents Dame Maggie Smith with a Bafra award for Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Tea With Mussolini' at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on April 9, 2000 Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Judi Dench during rehearsals for their play 'The Breath of Life' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London on October 9, 2002 Dame Maggie Smith arriving for a Royal Film Performance of Ladies In Lavender at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on November 8, 2004 Dame Maggie Smith rehearsing for Peter Pan with Dave Allen in an undated photograph She made an early mark in revues, as a singer and dancer. Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Judi Dench arriving at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London on December 9, 2001 Queen Elizabeth II being presented to Dame Maggie Smith by Sir Laurence Olivier, when the Queen attended the charity premiere of the film Othello at the Odeon Theatre in London, on May 2, 1966 Dame Maggie Smith and Paul Scofield at London's Hilton Hotel where they picked up their awards from the Variety Club of Great Britain at it's 35th Annual showbusiness awards luncheon on February 3, 1987 Dame Maggie Smith arriving for the world premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on July 7, 2011 Dame Maggie Smith and her partner Beverley Cross on November 24, 1995 But she first emerged as an international star with her virtuoso performance as the fanatical teacher Jean Brodie in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. Dame Maggie Smith kisses Rupert Grint as they arrive for the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on July 7, 2009 Dame Maggie Smith arriving at the premiere of Gosford Park at the Ziegfield theatre in New York City n December 14, 2001 Jill Bennett, Tom Jones and Maggie Smith with their silver hearts showbusiness awards from the Variety Club of Great Britain at the Savoy Hotel in London on March 11, 1969 Her numerous awards also covered her performances in Tea With Mussolini, A Room With A View, A Private Function and The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne.