Maggie Smith
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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.
Known for
Credits
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
as Professor McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
as Minerva McGonagall
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
as Mrs. Docherty
Sister Act (1992)
as Mother Superior
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
as Mother Superior
Hook (1991)
as Granny Wendy
Downton Abbey (2019)
as Violet Crawley
Clash of the Titans (1981)
as Thetis
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Violet Crawley
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Miss Bowers
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
A Room with a View (1986)
as Charlotte Bartlett
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Becoming Jane (2007)
as Lady Gresham
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Muriel Donnelly
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
as Daphne Castle
Gosford Park (2001)
as Constance Trentham
The Secret Garden (1993)
as Mrs. Medlock
Keeping Mum (2005)
as Grace Hawkins
A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
as Aunt Ruth
Murder by Death (1976)
as Dora Charleston
The Lady in the Van (2015)
as Miss Shepherd
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Muriel Donnelly
The Miracle Club (2023)
as Lily Fox
Richard III (1995)
as Duchess of York
California Suite (1978)
as Diana Barrie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
as Caro
Washington Square (1997)
as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
as Self
My Old Lady (2014)
as Mathilde Girard
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
as Janet
Quartet (2012)
as Jean Horton
From Time to Time (2009)
as Linnet
The V.I.P.s (1963)
as Miss Mead
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Music Hall Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
as Jean Brodie
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
as Lady Hester Random
The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Philpot
Travels with My Aunt (1972)
as Augusta Bertram
Hot Millions (1968)
as Patty Terwilliger Smith
All the King's Men (1999)
as Queen Alexandra
My House in Umbria (2003)
as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Curtain Call (1998)
as Lily Marlowe
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
as Mrs. Sullen
The Honey Pot (1967)
as Sarah Watkins
Romeo.Juliet (1990)
as Rosaline (voice)
A Private Function (1984)
as Joyce Chilvers
Better Late Than Never (1983)
as Miss Anderson
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
as Judith Hearne
The Merchant of Venice (1972)
as Portia
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)
as Lila Fisher
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004)
as Self
Young Cassidy (1965)
as Nora
Robin And Mark And Richard III (2016)
as Self
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
as Self
The Missionary (1982)
as Lady Isabel Ames
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
as Beatrice
Capturing Mary (2007)
as Mary Gilbert
Nowhere to Go (1958)
as Bridget Howard
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965)
as self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration (2022)
as Self
Lily in Love (1984)
as Lily Wynn
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait (2008)
as Self (archival footage)
Child in the House (1956)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event (2019)
as Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration (2024)
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
as Self (archive material)
Memento Mori (1992)
as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)
as Self / Daphne Castle
Othello (1965)
as Desdemona
Quartet (1981)
as Lois Heidler
The Last September (2000)
as Lady Myra Naylor
The Millionairess (1972)
as Epifania
Suddenly, Last Summer (1993)
as Violet Venable
Go to Blazes (1962)
as Chantal
Mrs. Silly (1983)
as Mrs Silly
Talking Heads (1988)
Actor
Woolf Works (2017)
as Reading (voice)