Maggie Smith
Acting
Born: December 28, 1934 · Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Died: September 27, 2024 (aged 89)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Hook
1991
Sister Act
1992
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Photos (7)
Movies (74)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Professor McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Minerva McGonagall
Hook
Granny Wendy
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Agatha Rose Doherty
Sister Act
Mother Superior
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Mother Superior
Gnomeo & Juliet
Lady Bluebury (voice)
Death on the Nile
Miss Bowers
Clash of the Titans
Thetis
Downton Abbey
Violet Crawley
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Violet Crawley
Evil Under the Sun
Daphne Castle
Gosford Park
Constance Trentham
Becoming Jane
Lady Gresham
The First Wives Club
Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Murder by Death
Dora Charleston
The Secret Garden
Mrs. Medlock
Keeping Mum
Grace Hawkins
A Boy Called Christmas
Aunt Ruth
A Room with a View
Charlotte Bartlett
Sherlock Gnomes
Lady Bluebury (voice)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Muriel Donnelly
The Lady in the Van
Miss Shepherd
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Muriel Donnelly
Ladies in Lavender
Janet
California Suite
Diana Barrie
Romeo.Juliet
Rosaline (voice)
The Miracle Club
Lily Fox
Richard III
Duchess of York
Quartet
Jean Horton
My Old Lady
Mathilde Girard
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Caro
The V.I.P.s
Miss Mead
Tea with Mussolini
Lady Hester Random
From Time to Time
Linnet
Oh! What a Lovely War
Music Hall Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Jean Brodie
Lily in Love
Lily Wynn
Washington Square
Aunt Lavinia Penniman
The Honey Pot
Sarah Watkins
Hot Millions
Patty Terwilliger Smith
Memento Mori
Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
The Pumpkin Eater
Philpot
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Travels with My Aunt
Augusta Bertram
Curtain Call
Lily Marlowe
Nowhere to Go
Bridget Howard
My House in Umbria
Mrs. Emily Delahunty
The Missionary
Lady Isabel Ames
A Private Function
Joyce Chilvers
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Mrs. Sullen
Young Cassidy
Nora
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Othello
Desdemona
The Last September
Lady Myra Naylor
Quartet
Lois Heidler
Suddenly, Last Summer
Violet Venable
All the King's Men
Queen Alexandra
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Judith Hearne
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Lila Fisher
Capturing Mary
Mary Gilbert
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
Go to Blazes
Chantal
Talking Heads
1988
The Millionairess
Epifania
Better Late Than Never
Miss Anderson
Mrs. Silly
Mrs Silly
Woolf Works
Reading (voice)
Child in the House
Party Guest (uncredited)
TV Shows (16)
Great Performances
Violet Venable · 1 eps
Downton Abbey
Violet Crawley · 47 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Ann Whitefield · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Portia · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Epifana · 1 eps
Screen Two
Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Wislack · 1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
1 eps
Performance
Mrs Venable · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
1 eps
David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood · 2 eps
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Paula Benson · 1 eps
Talking Heads
Susan · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Anna Carnot · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Juliet Denise · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
The Girl · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (25)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Performer / Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · 3 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Self
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Daphne Castle
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
Self · 1 eps
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
self
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Self
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Self (archival footage)