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Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Acting December 28, 1934 (89 years old) September 27, 2024 Ilford, Essex, England, UK

Biography

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (December 28, 1934 − September 27, 2024) was a British actress. Known for her wit in comedic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award as well as nominations for six Laurence Olivier Awards. Smith was one of the few performers to earn the Triple Crown of Acting. Smith began her stage career as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her professional debut on Broadway in New Faces of '56. Over the following decades Smith established herself alongside Judi Dench as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Noël Coward's Private Lives (1975) and Tom Stoppard's Night and Day (1979), and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage (1990). She won Academy Awards for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978). She was Oscar-nominated for Othello (1965), Travels with My Aunt (1972), A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001). She portrayed Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). She also acted in Death on the Nile (1978), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Quartet (2012) and The Lady in the Van (2015). Smith received newfound attention and international fame for her role as Violet Crawley in the British period drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). The role earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards; she had previously won one for the HBO film My House in Umbria (2003). Over the course of her career she was the recipient of numerous honorary awards including the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1993, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996 and the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010. Smith was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies 88

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Professor McGonagall

2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 7.7

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Minerva McGonagall

2002
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 7.8

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Minerva McGonagall

2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Minerva McGonagall

2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 8.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Minerva McGonagall

2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Minerva McGonagall

2009
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Minerva McGonagall

2007
Hook 6.8

Hook

as Granny Wendy

1991
Sister Act 6.8

Sister Act

as Mother Superior

1992
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Mother Superior

1993
Clash of the Titans 6.9

Clash of the Titans

as Thetis

1981
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 6.3

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Mrs. Docherty

2010
Death on the Nile 7.2

Death on the Nile

as Miss Bowers

1978
Downton Abbey 7.2

Downton Abbey

as Violet Crawley

2019
A Room with a View 6.9

A Room with a View

as Charlotte Bartlett

1986
Downton Abbey: A New Era 7.2

Downton Abbey: A New Era

as Violet Crawley

2022
Gnomeo & Juliet 5.9

Gnomeo & Juliet

as Lady Bluebury (voice)

2011
The First Wives Club 6.7

The First Wives Club

as Gunilla Garson Goldberg

1996
The Secret Garden 7.4

The Secret Garden

as Mrs. Medlock

1993
Gosford Park 6.8

Gosford Park

as Constance Trentham

2001
A Boy Called Christmas 7.3

A Boy Called Christmas

as Aunt Ruth

2021
Evil Under the Sun 6.9

Evil Under the Sun

as Daphne Castle

1982
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 7.0

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Muriel Donnelly

2012
Becoming Jane 7.3

Becoming Jane

as Lady Gresham

2007
Sherlock Gnomes 5.7

Sherlock Gnomes

as Lady Bluebury (voice)

2018
The Lady in the Van 6.4

The Lady in the Van

as Miss Shepherd

2015
Richard III 6.8

Richard III

as Duchess of York

1995
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 6.4

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Muriel Donnelly

2015
The Miracle Club 6.3

The Miracle Club

as Lily Fox

2023
Murder by Death 7.1

Murder by Death

as Dora Charleston

1976
Keeping Mum 6.7

Keeping Mum

as Grace Hawkins

2005
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 6.0

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

as Caro

2002
Tea with Mussolini 6.4

Tea with Mussolini

as Lady Hester Random

1999
Ladies in Lavender 6.4

Ladies in Lavender

as Janet

2004
Oh! What a Lovely War 6.7

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Music Hall Star

1969
California Suite 5.9

California Suite

as Diana Barrie

1978
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 7.0

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

as Jean Brodie

1969
From Time to Time 6.2

From Time to Time

as Linnet

2009
Quartet 6.5

Quartet

as Jean Horton

2012
The Pumpkin Eater 6.6

The Pumpkin Eater

as Philpot

1964
Nothing Like a Dame 6.8

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self

2018
The V.I.P.s 6.2

The V.I.P.s

as Miss Mead

1963
Quartet 5.8

Quartet

as Lois Heidler

1981
All the King's Men 6.2

All the King's Men

as Queen Alexandra

1999
My Old Lady 6.2

My Old Lady

as Mathilde Girard

2014
The Missionary 5.6

The Missionary

as Lady Isabel Ames

1982
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 6.2

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as Mrs. Sullen

2013
Washington Square 6.2

Washington Square

as Aunt Lavinia Penniman

1997
A Private Function 6.4

A Private Function

as Joyce Chilvers

1984
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 6.6

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Judith Hearne

1987
Nowhere to Go 6.7

Nowhere to Go

as Bridget Howard

1958
The Honey Pot 6.5

The Honey Pot

as Sarah Watkins

1967
My House in Umbria 6.1

My House in Umbria

as Mrs. Emily Delahunty

2003
Hot Millions 6.6

Hot Millions

as Patty Terwilliger Smith

1968
Travels with My Aunt 6.0

Travels with My Aunt

as Augusta Bertram

1972
Othello 6.4

Othello

as Desdemona

1965
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing 6.1

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

as Lila Fisher

1973
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

2006
Lily in Love 6.2

Lily in Love

as Lily Wynn

1984
The Making of Gosford Park 5.3

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self (uncredited)

2002
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story 6.4

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged 5.0

Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged

as Self

2001
Capturing Mary 6.3

Capturing Mary

as Mary Gilbert

2007
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' 8.3

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

as Self / Daphne Castle

1982
Much Ado About Nothing 6.3

Much Ado About Nothing

as Beatrice

1967
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

as Self

2017
Young Cassidy 6.4

Young Cassidy

as Nora

1965
Curtain Call 5.1

Curtain Call

as Lily Marlowe

1998
Memento Mori 6.3

Memento Mori

as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew

1992
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland 5.5

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

as self

1965
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter 7.7

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

as Self - Professor McGonagall

2004
Robin And Mark And Richard III 9.0

Robin And Mark And Richard III

as Self

2016
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration 4.5

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

2024
Woolf Works 2.0

Woolf Works

as Reading (voice)

2017
The Merchant of Venice 8.5

The Merchant of Venice

as Portia

1972
The Last September 5.4

The Last September

as Lady Myra Naylor

2000
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait 7.7

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

as Self (archival footage)

2008
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event 7.2

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

as Self

2019
Go to Blazes 6.3

Go to Blazes

as Chantal

1962
Suddenly, Last Summer 6.4

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Violet Venable

1993
Better Late Than Never 4.8

Better Late Than Never

as Miss Anderson

1983
Romeo.Juliet 7.5

Romeo.Juliet

as Rosaline (voice)

1990
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC 5.0

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

as Self (archive material)

2015
Talking Heads 5.0

Talking Heads

1988
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration 8.0

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

as Self

2022
Child in the House 6.6

Child in the House

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1956
Mrs. Silly 10.0

Mrs. Silly

as Mrs Silly

1983
The Millionairess 8.5

The Millionairess

as Epifania

1972

TV Shows 30

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