Maggie Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1934-12-28Died 2024-09-27Ilford, Essex, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mrs. Silly

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

Robin And Mark And Richard III

Downton Abbey

The Millionairess

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

The Merchant of Venice

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Lilli Palmer Theatre

A Boy Called Christmas

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Romeo.Juliet

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

Becoming Jane

The Carol Burnett Show

The Secret Garden

Downton Abbey

The Graham Norton Show

Kraft Television Theatre

David Copperfield

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Nothing Like a Dame

Screen Two

Murder by Death

Death on the Nile

Gosford Park

A Room with a View

Hook

Richard III

Sister Act

Dinah!

Keeping Mum

Clash of the Titans

Evil Under the Sun

ITV Playhouse

The First Wives Club

Golden Globe Awards

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie