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Professor Minerva McGonagall portrayed by Dame Maggie Smith

As muse to the writer of Downton Abbey, the actor distills in her dowager-countess role her steely wit and passion for perfection

“After the war, McGonagall returned to the position of Headmistress of Hogwarts until at least 2008. #HappyBirthdayMcGonagall”

Professor Minerva McGonagall, O.M. (First Class),[15] (b. 4 October) was a Scottish half-blood witch, the only daughter of Muggle Robert McGonagall and witch Isobel Ross. She also was the older sister of Malcolm and Robert Jnr. Minerva attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Gryffindor House, but it took the Sorting Hat five and a half minutes to decide if she was Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, which made her a Hatstall. During her seventh year, she was appointed…

Let's talk about Minerva McGonagall for just a second. Or for an hour. Or for the next week. Professor Have-a-Biscuit-Potter never ceases to throw us for a

Maggie Smith as Professor Minverva McGonagall, "Harry Potter" series, 2001-2011.

It all started because of wizards' robes. While on the World Race last year, I re-read the Harry Potter series, and began to wonder about wizard's robes. In the movies, robes are depicted as garments worn over relatively normal clothing. In the books however, robes are referred to as primary garments, not over garments. This realization lead me down a rabbit hole. I had to figure out what wizards robes were supposed to look like, according to the books. And, while I was at it, I decided I…

@wizardingworld posted on their Instagram profile: “Did you know that Minerva McGonagall was a Hatstall? (A term for when the Sorting Hat takes longer…”

"What people don't realize, is that jobs like these don't come up very often. This story has caught everyone's imagination, including grown-ups. And how often do you get to walk around as a wizard with great clothes?" - Maggie Smith

Professor McGonagall. I'll have to do some general destruction on the hat, plus some feathers. The green velvet robe is pretty straightforward.