Maggie Smith
Age: N/A | From: Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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Aliases: Margaret Natalie Smith , Dame Margaret Natalie Smith , Меггі Сміт , 메기 스미스
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Downton Abbey
(2010) Violet Crawley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001) Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004) Minerva McGonagall
Honest Trailers
(2012) Minerva McGonagall (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005) Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002) Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011) Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009) Minerva McGonagallActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lily Fox | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Brunhilde Pomsel | |
| Herself | ||
| Violet Crawley | ||
| 2021 | Aunt Ruth | |
| 2019 | N/A | |
| Violet Crawley | ||
| 2018 | Herself | |
| Lady Bluebury (voice) | ||
| 2017 | Herself | |
| Reading (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Herself | |
| 2015 | Self (archive material) | |
| Miss Shepherd | ||
| Muriel Donnelly | ||
| 2014 | Mathilde Girard | |
| 2013 | Mrs. Sullen | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | Jean Horton | |
| Muriel Donnelly | ||
| Minerva McGonagall (archive footage) | ||
| 2011 | Minerva McGonagall | |
| Lady Bluebury (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Violet Crawley | |
| Linnet | ||
| Agatha Rose Doherty | ||
| 2009 | Minerva McGonagall | |
| 2008 | Self (archival footage) | |
| 2007 | Mary Gilbert | |
| Minerva McGonagall | ||
| Lady Gresham | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | ||
| 2005 | Grace Hawkins | |
| Minerva McGonagall | ||
| 2004 | Janet | |
| Self | ||
| Minerva McGonagall | ||
| 2003 | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | |
| 2002 | Minerva McGonagall | |
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Caro Bennett | ||
| 2001 | Minerva McGonagall | |
| Constance Trentham | ||
| 2000 | Lady Myra Naylor | |
| 1999 | Betsey Trotwood | |
| Queen Alexandra | ||
| Lady Hester Random | ||
| 1998 | Lily Marlowe | |
| 1997 | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | |
| 1996 | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | |
| 1995 | Duchess of York | |
| 1993 | Mother Superior | |
| Mrs. Medlock | ||
| Violet Venable | ||
| 1992 | Mother Superior | |
| Mrs Mabel Pettigrew | ||
| 1991 | Granny Wendy | |
| 1990 | Rosaline (voice) | |
| 1988 | Susan | |
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Judith Hearne | |
| 1986 | Charlotte Bartlett | |
| 1984 | Joyce Chilvers | |
| Lily Wynn | ||
| 1983 | Mrs Silly | |
| Miss Anderson | ||
| 1982 | Lady Isabel Ames | |
| Daphne Castle | ||
| Self / Daphne Castle | ||
| 1981 | Lois Heidler | |
| Self | ||
| Thetis | ||
| 1978 | Diana Barrie | |
| Miss Bowers | ||
| Miss Bowers (archive footage) | ||
| 1976 | Dora Charleston | |
| 1973 | Lila Fisher | |
| 1972 | Augusta Bertram | |
| Epifania | ||
| Portia | ||
| 1971 | Violet Venable | |
| 1969 | Music Hall Star | |
| Jean Brodie | ||
| 1968 | Patty Terwilliger Smith | |
| 1967 | Self - Guest / Various Characters | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Sarah Watkins | ||
| Beatrice | ||
| 1965 | Desdemona | |
| Epifania | ||
| Nora | ||
| Archive Footage | ||
| 1964 | Philpot | |
| 1963 | Miss Mead | |
| 1962 | Chantal | |
| 1958 | Bridget Howard | |
| 1956 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
