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Maggie Smith
Actor
Born December 28, 1934Died September 27, 2024 (89 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2023 | The Miracle Club · as Lily Fox |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era · as Violet Crawley |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas · as Aunt Ruth |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey · as Violet Crawley |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes · as Lady Bluebury (voice) |
| 2016 | Alan Bennett's Diaries · as Miss Shepherd |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van · as Miss Shepherd |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Muriel Donnelly |
| 2014 | Text Santa 2014 · as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess Of Grantham |
| 2014 | My Old Lady · as Mathilde Girard |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Mrs. Sullen |
| 2013 | Quartet: Deleted Scenes · as Jean Horton |
| 2012 | Quartet · as Jean Horton |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Minerva Mcgonagall (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Behind the Story: Lights, Colours and Smiles · as Muriel Donnelly |
| 2011 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Muriel Donnelly |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet · as Lady Bluebury (voice) |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Violet Crawley |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee Returns · as Agatha Rose Doherty |
| 2009 | From Time to Time · as Linnet |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2007 | Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery · as Miss Bower |
| 2007 | Capturing Mary · as Mary Gilbert |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane · as Lady Gresham |
| 2007 | A Brief History of Merchant and Ivory · as Charlotte Bartlett |
| 2006 | Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who · as Epifania |
| 2006 | Harry vs. the Horntail: The First Task · as Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2006 | Keeping Mum: Deleted Scenes · as Grace Hawkins |
| 2006 | Keeping Mum: Funnies · as Grace Hawkins |
| 2005 | The Agatha Christie Code · as Daphne Castle |
| 2005 | Keeping Mum · as Grace Hawkins |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2004 | Creating the Vision · as Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender · as Janet |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2003 | My House in Umbria · as Mrs. Emily Delahunty |
| 2003 | Interviews with Students · as Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · as Caro Bennett |
| 2001 | Gosford Park · as Constance Trentham |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone · as Minerva Mcgonagall |
| 1999 | The Last September · as Lady Myra Naylor |
| 1999 | David Copperfield (1999) (TV Series) · as Betsey Trotwood |
| 1999 | All the King's Men · as Queen Alexandra |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini · as Lady Hester Random |
| 1998 | It All Came True · as Lily Marlowe |
| 1997 | Washington Square · as Aunt Lavinia Penniman |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club · as Gunilla Garson Goldberg |
| 1995 | Richard III · as Duchess Of York |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit · as Mother Superior |
| 1993 | The Secret Garden · as Mrs. Medlock |
| 1992 | Suddenly, Last Summer · as Violet Venable |
| 1992 | Sister Act · as Mother Superior |
| 1992 | Memento Mori · as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew |
| 1991 | Hook · as Granny Wendy |
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet · as Rosaline (voice) |
| 1988 | Talking Heads (TV Series) · as Susan |
| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne · as Judith Hearne |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Charlotte Bartlett |
| 1985 | A Room with a View · as Charlotte Bartlett |
| 1985 | The Wandering Company · as Lois Heidler |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew |
| 1984 | A Private Function · as Joyce Chilvers |
| 1984 | Lily in Love · as Lily Wynn |
| 1983 | Mrs. Silly · as Mrs Silly |
| 1983 | Better Late Than Never · as Miss Anderson |
| 1982 | The Missionary · as Lady Isabel Ames |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun · as Daphne Castle |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans · as Thetis |
| 1981 | Quartet · as Lois Heidler |
| 1978 | California Suite · as Diana Barrie |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile · as Miss Bowers |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette · as Miss Bowers (archive Footage) |
| 1976 | Murder by Death · as Dora Charleston |
| 1973 | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing · as Lila Fisher |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt · as Augusta Bertram |
| 1972 | The Millionairess · as Epifania |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Venice · as Portia |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Violet Venable |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War · as Music Hall Star |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie · as Jean Brodie |
| 1968 | Hot Millions · as Patty Terwilliger Smith |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wislack |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot · as Sarah Watkins |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Beatrice |
| 1965 | Othello · as Desdemona |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Epifania |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy · as Nora |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater · as Philpot |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as Miss Mead |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes · as Chantal |
| 1958 | Nowhere to Go · as Bridget Howard |
| 1956 | Child in the House · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Juliet Denise |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Dixie Evens |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doto (maid) |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) |