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Maggie Smith

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Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith is an actress born on December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex, England, UK. She died on September 27, 2024, aged 89. She is known for Hook, Sister Act and Gnomeo & Juliet. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of her movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
December 28, 1934
Place of birth
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Died
September 27, 2024
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.

Filmography

  1. 2023The Miracle Clubas Lily Fox
  2. 2022Downton Abbey: A New Eraas Violet Crawley
  3. 2021A Boy Called Christmasas Aunt Ruth
  4. 2019Downton Abbeyas Violet Crawley
  5. 2018Nothing Like a Dameas Self
  6. 2018Sherlock Gnomesas Lady Bluebury (voice)
  7. 2015The Lady in the Vanas Miss Shepherd
  8. 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotelas Muriel Donnelly
  9. 2014My Old Ladyas Mathilde Girard
  10. 2012Quartetas Jean Horton
  11. 2012The Best Exotic Marigold Hotelas Muriel Donnelly
  12. 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2as Minerva McGonagall
  13. 2011Gnomeo & Julietas Lady Bluebury (voice)
  14. 2010Downton Abbeyas Violet Crawley · 47 episodes
  15. 2010Nanny McPhee and the Big Bangas Mrs. Docherty
  16. 2009From Time to Timeas Linnet
  17. 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeas Minerva McGonagall
  18. 2007Capturing Maryas Mary Gilbert
  19. 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixas Minerva McGonagall
  20. 2007Becoming Janeas Lady Gresham
  21. 2005Keeping Mumas Grace Hawkins
  22. 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireas Minerva McGonagall
  23. 2004Ladies in Lavenderas Janet
  24. 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanas Minerva McGonagall
  25. 2003My House in Umbriaas Mrs. Emily Delahunty
  26. 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsas Minerva McGonagall
  27. 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhoodas Caro
  28. 2001Gosford Parkas Constance Trentham
  29. 2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneas Professor McGonagall
  30. 1999David Copperfieldas Betsey Trotwood · 2 episodes
  31. 1999Tea with Mussolinias Lady Hester Random
  32. 1998Curtain Callas Lily Marlowe
  33. 1997Washington Squareas Aunt Lavinia Penniman
  34. 1996The First Wives Clubas Gunilla Garson Goldberg
  35. 1995Richard IIIas Duchess of York
  36. 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the Habitas Mother Superior
  37. 1993The Secret Gardenas Mrs. Medlock
  38. 1992Sister Actas Mother Superior
  39. 1991Hookas Granny Wendy
  40. 1987The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearneas Judith Hearne
  41. 1986A Room with a Viewas Charlotte Bartlett
  42. 1984A Private Functionas Joyce Chilvers
  43. 1982The Missionaryas Lady Isabel Ames
  44. 1982Evil Under the Sunas Daphne Castle
  45. 1981Quartetas Lois Heidler
  46. 1981Clash of the Titansas Thetis
  47. 1978Death on the Nileas Miss Bowers
  48. 1978California Suiteas Diana Barrie
  49. 1976Murder by Deathas Dora Charleston
  50. 1972Travels with My Auntas Augusta Bertram
  51. 1969Oh! What a Lovely Waras Music Hall Star
  52. 1969The Prime of Miss Jean Brodieas Jean Brodie
  53. 1968Hot Millionsas Patty Terwilliger Smith
  54. 1967The Carol Burnett Showas Self · 3 episodes
  55. 1967The Honey Potas Sarah Watkins
  56. 1965Othelloas Desdemona
  57. 1964The Pumpkin Eateras Philpot
  58. 1963The V.I.P.sas Miss Mead
  59. 1958Nowhere to Goas Bridget Howard
  60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 2 episodes