Maggie Smith
Acting
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
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movieDame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
movieThe Miracle Club
2023
Lily Fox
movieMad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieDownton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Violet Crawley
movieA Boy Called Christmas
2021
Aunt Ruth
movieDownton Abbey
2019
Violet Crawley
movieSherlock Gnomes
2018
Lady Bluebury (voice)
movieWoolf Works
2017
Reading (voice)
movieDames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive material)
movieThe Lady in the Van
2015
Miss Shepherd
movieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Muriel Donnelly
movieMy Old Lady
2014
Mathilde Girard
tvTalking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieQuartet
2012
Jean Horton
movieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Muriel Donnelly
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Minerva McGonagall
movieGnomeo & Juliet
2011
Lady Bluebury (voice)
tvDownton Abbey
2010
Violet Crawley
movieNanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Agatha Rose Doherty
movieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Minerva McGonagall
movieMaggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008
Self (archival footage)
movieCapturing Mary
2007
Mary Gilbert
movieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Minerva McGonagall
movieBecoming Jane
2007
Lady Gresham
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
movieKeeping Mum
2005
Grace Hawkins
movieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Minerva McGonagall
movieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Minerva McGonagall
movieMy House in Umbria
2003
Mrs. Emily Delahunty
movieHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Minerva McGonagall
movieThe Making of Gosford Park
2002
Self (uncredited)
movieGosford Park
2001
Constance Trentham
movieHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Minerva McGonagall
movieThe Last September
2000
Lady Myra Naylor
tvDavid Copperfield
1999
Betsey Trotwood
movieAll the King's Men
1999
Queen Alexandra
movieTea with Mussolini
1999
Lady Hester Random
movieCurtain Call
1998
Lily Marlowe
movieWashington Square
1997
Aunt Lavinia Penniman
movieThe First Wives Club
1996
Gunilla Garson Goldberg
movieRichard III
1995
Duchess of York
movieSister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Mother Superior
movieThe Secret Garden
1993
Mrs. Medlock
movieSuddenly, Last Summer
1993
Violet Venable
movieSister Act
1992
Mother Superior
movieMemento Mori
1992
Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
tvPerformance
1991
Mrs Venable
movieHook
1991
Granny Wendy
movieRomeo.Juliet
1990
Rosaline (voice)
tvTalking Heads
1988
Susan
movieThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
Judith Hearne
movieA Room with a View
1986
Charlotte Bartlett
tvScreen Two
1985
Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
movieA Private Function
1984
Joyce Chilvers
movieLily in Love
1984
Lily Wynn
movieMrs. Silly
1983
Mrs Silly
movieBetter Late Than Never
1983
Miss Anderson
movieThe Missionary
1982
Lady Isabel Ames
All for Love
1982
Mrs. Silly
movieEvil Under the Sun
1982
Daphne Castle
movieThe Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
Self / Daphne Castle
movieQuartet
1981
Lois Heidler
movieDeath on the Nile
1978
Miss Bowers
movieCalifornia Suite
1978
Diana Barrie
movieMurder by Death
1976
Dora Charleston
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieTravels with My Aunt
1972
Augusta Bertram
movieThe Millionairess
1972
Epifania
tvGreat Performances
1971
Violet Venable
movieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
Music Hall Star
movieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
Jean Brodie
movieHot Millions
1968
Patty Terwilliger Smith
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Mrs. Wislack
movieThe Honey Pot
1967
Sarah Watkins
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1967
Beatrice
movieOthello
1965
Desdemona
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Ann Whitefield / Portia / Epifana
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
(archive footage)
movieThe Pumpkin Eater
1964
Philpot
movieThe V.I.P.s
1963
Miss Mead
movieGo to Blazes
1962
Chantal
movieNowhere to Go
1958
Bridget Howard
movieChild in the House
1956
Party Guest (uncredited)
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Anna Carnot / Juliet Denise / The Girl
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Performer / Winner / Self (archive footage)
tvLilli Palmer Theatre
1955
Paula Benson
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee