Maggie Smith

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	Acting
Most Rating	3.5372
Birthday	1934-12-28
Place of Birth	Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As	Margaret Natalie Smith, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, Меггі Сміт, مگی اسمیت,

Hook

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 Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Clash of the Titans

Sister Act

Tea with Mussolini

Death on the Nile

Evil Under the Sun

The First Wives Club

Becoming Jane

Gosford Park

Oh! What a Lovely War

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Secret Garden

Travels with My Aunt

A Room with a View

Murder by Death

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

Richard III

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Ladies in Lavender

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

California Suite

Hot Millions

Keeping Mum

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

My House in Umbria

The Honey Pot

The V.I.P.s

Othello

Washington Square

Gnomeo & Juliet

Quartet

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

The Last September

From Time to Time

Curtain Call

Nowhere to Go

The Pumpkin Eater

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

The Missionary

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

A Private Function

Quartet

The Millionairess

Mrs. Silly

Lily in Love

Young Cassidy

Capturing Mary

Suddenly, Last Summer

Go to Blazes

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

My Old Lady

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

Much Ado About Nothing

Better Late Than Never

The Lady in the Van

All the King's Men

Talking Heads

The Merchant of Venice

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Woolf Works

Child in the House

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Sherlock Gnomes

Nothing Like a Dame

Downton Abbey

Romeo.Juliet

Robin And Mark And Richard III

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Memento Mori