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The article continues, stating that "the 73-year-old Oscar winner insisted on going ahead with filming her role as Minerva McGonagall in the latest installment of the Harry Potter series last month even as she was undergoing radiation therapy."
Our hearts go out to Maggie and her family. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Posted by Ciaran on Mar 18th |
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She's such a great actress. I loved her in Hook and when I saw she was playing Professor McGonagall I couldn't think anyone better to do it. Hopefully everything works out for her.
opps i spelt maggie wronge...but she is a ture Gryffindor!!! and he had Hodgkin's disease...
Our thoughts and prayers are with you!! We love you!!
Get well Maggie!!!!
She's so perfect as McGonagall. She'll pull through; she has to.
OHMAGAWD!~!!!!!! i8 can't believe it.....she is truly a grrifyndor.... i mean she is sooooooo soooo brave..... i wish all the best to her... she is getting old now but will ALWAYS remain 1 of my favorite oscar-winning actresses................ love yall
I had a friend die of cancer. Glad to hear you outlook is good. Get well soon Maggie!!! You play the part of McGonagal so well. I will miss you in the sixth movie, but look forward to your amazing McGonagal skills in the seventh and the second seventh.
wow... i cant even begin to describe how amazed i am at her courage. get better soon maggie, my thoughts and prayers are with you!!!!
She's such a brilliant actor - best of luck, Maggie.
I love her. :-(
Get well soon Mrs. Smith!!!
OH NO!! I am soo sorry and I hope she gets well soon!!!! I have loved more than one of the characters that she has brought to life on the big screen. Not to mention the entire final scenes of Deathly Hollows I totally saw Maggie as Prof. McGonagall. In my mind she helped make those scenes sooo vivid. I can't imagine anyone else playing her. PLEASE GET WELL SOON!!!
Come on YOU CAN DO IT!!! Keep fighting!!! I hope you get well soon!!!
OMG that is soooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo horrible!!!!!!!!!!!! I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope that everything turns out OK because Maggie is the BESTEST Magonagal EVER!!!!!! Nobody else can play her! It just wouldn't be right!
Maggie Smith is exaclty how I pictured Prof. McGonagol, even before the movies came out. She is a terrific actress and I hope that she is well soon !!!
Poor Maggie Smith. I wish her the best luck she can possibly have in recovering. She is an amazing actress, in more movies than just Harry Potter, and a brave woman. I hope that the chemo and the surgery works and that she can beat the cancer.
Oh woah, Best wishes to her and her family! Hope she gets healthy again soon! I can't believe she went on filming though... Props to her!!!!!
i have loved her since i was really little and watched sister act. i hope she gets well soon!
What a Gryffindor- "where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry set Gryffindors apart"! Get well soon, Maggie!
That's good to hear that the outlook is good, I hope for the best for her. She's excellent in her role as McGonagall and in everything else I've seen her in.
thats unfortunate, but Maggie can battle it out because she is a strong woman and a role model.
Oh my god. I hope she gets better. Harry Potter cannot have another McGonagall.
Phoenixknight...Richard Harris died of Hodgkin's disease, which if I remember correctly is a type of lymphoma.
you are in my prayers! We all love you and hope you make a full and speedy recovery!!!!!
good luck maggie! keep fighting!
I think the heart of every Harry Potter fan goes out to you, Maggie. We hope you get well soon! You're irreplacable in the movies, and a fantastic actress. Feel better!
Wow! Maggie, your in our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery!! And thats amazing how she keeps filming... Dont over do it!!
I hope she makes it through okay. I think she is really the only person that will ever be able to be Minerva McGonagall in my mind. Such a wonderful actress...
Good luck Maggie! Hope you make it through. Godspeed.
What a brave woman. I wish her the very, very best.
Oh my God. I'm Crying..I hope she gets better really soon.
Awww, I hope she gets better!!!
maggie smith is amazing! I really hope she gets better! she's the BEST McGonnagal ever!
Maggie Smith is a perfect McGonagal and I hope she pulls through the cancer ok, both for her and for the movies(not trying to sound incensitive here I swear, but it was tragic when we lost Richard Harris)
oh, i really hope she recovers soon, not only because of the mc gonagall role but also for her family and friends, it may be hard to battle against cancer, from lima PERU my thoughts are with her.
Nooo, not Maggie Smith T_T I do love her and I hope she recovers well from all of this. Get well soon, Dame Smith :0!!!
hope she gets well soon! she plays the part and is simply amazing :D so far it seems good and i wish her all the best and can't wait to see her in the remaining movies!
Oh, no....I hope she gets better! GET WELL SOON, MRS. SMITH! GOD bless!
Sending you all my love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
That's so sad, but great that she is battling it well. Maggie, please know that we support you 100% You are an amazing actress, and we wish you all the best! =]
I wish her a very speedy recovery. Hopefully our favorite head of Gryffindor house will be feeling better soon :)
Ms. Smith is most certainly in my heart and prayers.
Maggie is seriously talented. I hope she makes a full recovery and lives a happy life.
gee! hope she recovers! what an awful thing to happen!
oh maggie!!!!!!!!! please get better!!!!!!! We love and need you! Please take care, and other ladies, please check yourselves, and get the hpv vaccine!
She is in my prayers. I hope Maggie gets through this. It must be so hard, not only physically but mentally as well. She's a tough cookie!
Hope u get better Maggie!!! Best luck to u!! BY THE WAY THERE IS A NEW HBP TRIO PIC!!! HERE IS THE LINK: http://galeriehpprince.fr ee.fr/displayimage.php?al bum=18&pos=0
maggie should have a speedy recovery and soon gain strength, she should finish the series as the WONDERFUL McGonagall that she is FEEL BETTER MAGGIE! WE LOVE YOU!
Ohh, get well soon, Mrs. Smith! God bless
God bless Maggie. I love her. My thoughts and prayers are with her....
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