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Maggie Smith had the theater to thank for her past marriages.

The late Harry Potter actress — who died on Sept. 27 at age 89 — was married twice: first to the late actor Robert Stephens and then to the late playwright Beverly Cross.

After meeting Stephens at the National Theater, Smith married the actor in 1967 and welcomed two sons, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, before splitting in 1973. She later married actor Beverly Cross — whom she had actually met years before her first husband — and they stayed together for 23 years until his death in 1998.

Smith's sons Toby and Chris announced the news of her death on Sept. 27, saying in a statement that she "passed away peacefully in hospital."

"An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end," the statement continued. "She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devast Autobiography examples.