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

Professor Minerva McGonagall portrayed by Dame Maggie Smith

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…

Harry Potter...Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall

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"I don't like the marginalization of women when the fighting breaks out. We get to fight too. I really wanted that. In the book, Minerva McGonagall is the one who does it and for me it was very important that she did that." -- J.K. Rowling, on fighting the decision to pit Harry Potter against Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 instead of McGonagall, who fought Snape in the book. Can you even picture it any other way? Of course it had to be McGonagall!

Her stern demeanour hid a warm personality and fierce protectiveness. Here’s the proof…