Maggie Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 28, 1934
- Died
- September 27, 2024 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hook
Sister Act
Gnomeo & Juliet
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Photos
Filmography
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Movie · as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Miracle Club
Movie · as Lily Fox
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie · as Violet Crawley
A Boy Called Christmas
Movie · as Aunt Ruth
Downton Abbey
Movie · as Violet Crawley
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Movie · as Self
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie · as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie · as Self
Woolf Works
Movie · as Reading (voice)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · as Self
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Movie · as Self
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Muriel Donnelly
The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Miss Shepherd
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive material)
My Old Lady
Movie · as Mathilde Girard
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie · as Mrs. Sullen
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Muriel Donnelly
Quartet
Movie · as Jean Horton
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Minerva McGonagall
Gnomeo & Juliet
Movie · as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Movie · as Mrs. Docherty
Downton Abbey
TV · as Violet Crawley · 47 eps
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie · as Minerva McGonagall
From Time to Time
Movie · as Linnet
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Minerva McGonagall
Becoming Jane
Movie · as Lady Gresham
Capturing Mary
Movie · as Mary Gilbert
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie · as Minerva McGonagall
Keeping Mum
Movie · as Grace Hawkins
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie · as Minerva McGonagall
Ladies in Lavender
Movie · as Janet
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie · as Self - Professor McGonagall
My House in Umbria
Movie · as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie · as Minerva McGonagall
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Movie · as Caro
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie · as Professor McGonagall
Gosford Park
Movie · as Constance Trentham
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged
Movie · as Self
The Last September
Movie · as Lady Myra Naylor
Tea with Mussolini
Movie · as Lady Hester Random
All the King's Men
Movie · as Queen Alexandra
David Copperfield
TV · as Betsey Trotwood · 2 eps
Curtain Call
Movie · as Lily Marlowe
Washington Square
Movie · as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
The First Wives Club
Movie · as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Richard III
Movie · as Duchess of York
The Secret Garden
Movie · as Mrs. Medlock
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Movie · as Mother Superior
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie · as Violet Venable
Sister Act
Movie · as Mother Superior
Memento Mori
Movie · as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
Hook
Movie · as Granny Wendy
Performance
TV · as Mrs Venable · 1 ep
Romeo.Juliet
Movie · as Rosaline (voice)
Talking Heads
Movie
Talking Heads
TV · as Susan · 1 ep
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Movie · as Judith Hearne
A Room with a View
Movie · as Charlotte Bartlett
Screen Two
TV · as Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew · 1 ep
A Private Function
Movie · as Joyce Chilvers
Lily in Love
Movie · as Lily Wynn
Mrs. Silly
Movie · as Mrs Silly
Better Late Than Never
Movie · as Miss Anderson
Evil Under the Sun
Movie · as Daphne Castle
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Movie · as Self / Daphne Castle
The Missionary
Movie · as Lady Isabel Ames
All for Love
TV · as Mrs Silly · 1 ep
Clash of the Titans
Movie · as Thetis
Quartet
Movie · as Lois Heidler
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Death on the Nile
Movie · as Miss Bowers
California Suite
Movie · as Diana Barrie
Murder by Death
Movie · as Dora Charleston
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Movie · as Lila Fisher
Travels with My Aunt
Movie · as Augusta Bertram
The Millionairess
Movie · as Epifania
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Portia
Great Performances
TV · as Violet Venable · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie · as Music Hall Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Movie · as Jean Brodie
Hot Millions
Movie · as Patty Terwilliger Smith
The Honey Pot
Movie · as Sarah Watkins
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Beatrice
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Wislack · 1 ep
Othello
Movie · as Desdemona
Young Cassidy
Movie · as Nora
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Movie · as self
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Ann Whitefield, Portia, Epifana · 1 ep
The Pumpkin Eater
Movie · as Philpot
The V.I.P.s
Movie · as Miss Mead
Go to Blazes
Movie · as Chantal
Nowhere to Go
Movie · as Bridget Howard
Child in the House
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Anna Carnot, Juliet Denise, The Girl · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Performer / Winner, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Lilli Palmer Theatre
TV · as Paula Benson · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep