Trademark put-downs, wicked sense of humour and hard work – how late Maggie Smith became Queen of the Screen

WHEN Dame Maggie Smith was told in 2013 that a cafe in Venice had named a sandwich after her, she shot back: “Is it ham?”

The acting legend, who has died aged 89, called herself “the Acid Queen” and could cut down herself – or others – with a deadly one-liner like nobody else.

EPADame Maggie Smith, pictured here in 2015, has died aged 89[/caption] AlamyDame Maggie in From Time To Time in 2009[/caption] Dame Maggie played Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films from...