Cast
Maggie Smith
Acting
Cast
Maggie Smith
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-12-28
From
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Died
2024-09-27
Also known as Margaret Natalie Smith, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, Меггі Сміт
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.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Minerva McGonagall
Hook
as Granny Wendy
Clash of the Titans
as Thetis
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Agatha Rose Doherty
Sister Act
as Mother Superior
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Downton Abbey
as Violet Crawley
Gosford Park
as Constance Trentham
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Mother Superior
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Violet Crawley
Death on the Nile
as Miss Bowers
Becoming Jane
as Lady Gresham
The Secret Garden
as Mrs. Medlock
The First Wives Club
as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
A Room with a View
as Charlotte Bartlett
Quartet
as Jean Horton
Sherlock Gnomes
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
A Boy Called Christmas
as Aunt Ruth
The Lady in the Van
as Miss Shepherd
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Muriel Donnelly
Keeping Mum
as Grace Hawkins
Curtain Call
as Lily Marlowe
Evil Under the Sun
as Daphne Castle
Murder by Death
as Dora Charleston
The Missionary
as Lady Isabel Ames
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Muriel Donnelly
The Miracle Club
as Lily Fox
California Suite
as Diana Barrie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Caro
Ladies in Lavender
as Janet
Tea with Mussolini
as Lady Hester Random
The Pumpkin Eater
as Philpot
Richard III
as Duchess of York
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Mrs. Sullen
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Jean Brodie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
The Honey Pot
as Sarah Watkins
Washington Square
as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Daphne Castle
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Music Hall Star
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage)
Quartet
as Lois Heidler
All the King's Men
as Queen Alexandra
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
Lily in Love
as Lily Wynn
Memento Mori
as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
A Private Function
as Joyce Chilvers
My House in Umbria
as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
My Old Lady
as Mathilde Girard
Young Cassidy
as Nora
From Time to Time
as Linnet
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Judith Hearne
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
Travels with My Aunt
as Augusta Bertram
The V.I.P.s
as Miss Mead
Capturing Mary
as Mary Gilbert
Othello
as Desdemona
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
Child in the House
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
Nowhere to Go
as Bridget Howard
Hot Millions
as Patty Terwilliger Smith
The Last September
as Lady Myra Naylor
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
as Self
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
as Lila Fisher
Suddenly, Last Summer
as Violet Venable
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Better Late Than Never
as Miss Anderson
Romeo.Juliet
as Rosaline (voice)
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
The Millionairess
as Epifania
Woolf Works
as Reading (voice)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
as Self
Go to Blazes
as Chantal
Talking Heads
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
as Self (archival footage)
Robin And Mark And Richard III
as Self
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
as self
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs Silly