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Dame Maggie Smith battling cancer
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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Maggie Smith... way to go... very brave.. just as Prof. McGonagall... i really hope she gets well soon... and thanks for setting an example even at 73. Inspired !!!
Wow, I really hope she gets well. She's like a true Gryffindor, being brave^^ She's a PERFECT Minerva McGonegal. Get well Maggie!=)
Oh God what a shock! Can't believe it! My auntie had breast cancer, thank God she survived! Everyone's behind you Maggie I know you can beat this!! Love and hopes be with you! xxx
awwwwww poor Maggie!! Oh i love her to death as well...such an amazing person and i really hope she gets better!!!!! Get well soon Maggie
Our best wishes for a speedy recovery extend to you, Professor.
Man, she's tough! I hope you get better soon, Maggie! And phoenixknight, men can have breast cancer as well.... ;)
She does an amazing job as Prof. McGonagall. I hope she gets better soon!!!
It's so tragic! I hope she gets better very soon! She is an amazing and very talented actress.
Oh no, that's terrible. My thoughts and prayers are with Maggie and her family, and I wish her a speedy recovery.
get well soon maggie!!!
oh my gosh! maggie my love! get better! you are the one of the best actresses in the entire series! we all love you! get better! and kick some ass in deathly hallows!
AWWWW! She better recover fast because I think we all want her to to do the last film as well! She's an amazing McGonagall and an amazing actress overall! GET WELL SOON!
Get well soon Professor, we wish you all the best!
Aw, get better Maggie! We love you!
I want Maggie to do well, I think she is the one of my fav. British actors I enjoy any movie she is in, I feel selfish by saying this but as she is the only one who I feel can play McGonicgall, it would be sad with out her, I still feel selfish saying Richard Harris is greatly missed. I know with my faith when people die they truely are still with us, but still can we help missing them. Saddly we feel actors and actresses should live forever and are not free to be human. But it's the ones we really love we miss the most. Perhaps this is the sadness we feel. Anyway, It is good to see she is being so strong, I hope she wins her fight and her health continues, Maggie you are greatly loved, I hope some how she feels that love. She is in our hearts and prayers. Love, From California
Oh no....... best of wishes and prayers to her! Go Maggie!
Wow, they cast her appropriatly for H.P. Deffinatly head of Gryffindor -- what a brave lady. In all her films she is brillant.
Oh my god! It's so unfair that this terrible illness exists at all! :@ God bless Maggie, she is such a brave woman! I know she can come through this, she is strong enough! Best wishes to you!
aweee! poor maggie! she has to stick in there tho, she is like perfect for professor mcgonagall!!
darn. She is such an amazing actress and woman.
OMG!! I feel sooo bad fo her! Oh get well soon, we all support you!!
She is one of my most favorite hogwarts teachers. I hope she is doing well and I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Maggie Smith is the most amazing McGonagall ever. I really hope she is okay. I admire her for her bravery. I will be praying for her. A true Gryffindor...
oh my god i wish her speedy recovery. she did a great job in all harry potter movies.she performed exactly like the book mcgonagoll.let god grant her speedy recovery.
That's so cool! - all my repect to her. She's the perfect McGonnagall.
Good luck Maggie!!! WE all love you!
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwww how sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
get better soon maggie!!!! we wish you all the best!
are you for real? this is terrible get better mags!
stay strong maggie!!
please get well soon, ms. smith! we all wish you a speedy recovery!
i wish her a speedy recovery, too.
I hope she gets well soon. I'm glad her prognosis is good.
I hope she has a speedy recovery, as well. Thank goodness for all treatments we have today and I'm glad to hear that so far everything is going well.
Oh my God, I had no idea! I really love her and I'm glad the prognosis is good. Terrible things always happen to great people.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family. I had a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer two years ago, with sugeries, chemo and radiation I'm doing well now. Last check up clear! Chin up there Maggie!!! Attitude had a heck of a lot to do with recovery.
Wow I really hope she get better. She is a great actress!!!!
Aw, Shes an amazing at playing McGonagall! I hope she gets better!
Aahw, I am so sorry to hear this. I respect her for just going ahead with filming even though she has cancer. Hope she will get well soon!
I'm sure we all wish her a speedy recovery. And I have even another reason toget my parents to donate to Mason's fundraiser thingy. Good Luck, Maggie Smith! The movies would not be the same without you!
aww that's sad. all of us here wish you a speedy recovery Maggie!
awe, thats awful. like said above, youre a true gryffindor. stay strong, maggie, youre in our thoughts! wishing you all the best xo
Best of luck to you Mrs. Smith. I wish you a speedy recovery.
I know this might seem silly and perhaps the staff of Muggle Net might not have any way to do this but I think if it was possible all these get well post for Maggie Smith should some how maybe be, copy, pasted and sent to her. It would be awsome if that was possible. Just my idea, as I have been so touched to read all these great post praising and honoring her. Anyway, I already posted my own get well, but I just wanted to add this extra thought. I think too it is so brave of her to be so faithful to the HP movie that even though she is ill she still works. It tells you more of who she really is, as I said before I have always liked her as an actress even in movies I did not know she was in I could not help but smile when I saw her in them, she just seemed make those movies better then if she had not been in them. I too when I read the HP books saw her and only her as McGonagall. So of course when she was casted it was almost like a "of course who else would it have been" type of reaction for me. So anyway, it would just be neat if this big greeting card could be done up with all our get wells here from Muggle Net put in it.:), once again love from California
Wow, she's just incredible, isn't she? Most people could never be that brave! I wish her a very speedy and healthy recovery! Your fans all adore and support you Maggie!
stay strong maggie, we love you!
So sad :'( Get well soon! You're totally amazing..
Oh my god, not Maggie! You'll be in my prayers tonight xxx
Oh my god! Hope you have a speedy recovery, my aunt is currently battleing cancer, so is my father and three of my cousins. I hope you are well soon! Best of wishes, luck & hope!
Oh no! I really hope she gets well soon!! She plays an awesome McGonagall!! She'll definitely be in my prayers tonight!
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