Maggie Smith
Born December 28, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Miracle Club
2023
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as Lily Fox
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Age: 88
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
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as Violet Crawley
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Age: 87
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
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as Aunt Ruth
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Age: 86
Downton Abbey
2019
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as Violet Crawley
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Age: 84
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
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as Lady Bluebury (voice)
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Age: 83
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
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as Self (archive material)
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Age: 80
The Lady in the Van
2015
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as Miss Shepherd
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Age: 80
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
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as Muriel Donnelly
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Age: 80
My Old Lady
2014
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as Mathilde Girard
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Age: 79
Quartet
2012
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as Jean Horton
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Age: 77
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
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as Muriel Donnelly
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Age: 77
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 76
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
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as Lady Bluebury (voice)
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Age: 76
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
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as Agatha Rose Doherty
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Age: 75
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 74
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 72
Becoming Jane
2007
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as Lady Gresham
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Age: 72
Keeping Mum
2005
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as Grace Hawkins
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Age: 70
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 70
Ladies in Lavender
2004
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as Janet
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Age: 69
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
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as Self
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Age: 69
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 69
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 67
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 67
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
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as Caro Bennett
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Age: 67
Gosford Park
2001
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as Constance Trentham
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Age: 66
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
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as Minerva McGonagall
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Age: 66
The Last September
2000
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as Lady Myra Naylor
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Age: 65
Tea with Mussolini
1999
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as Lady Hester Random
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Age: 64
Curtain Call
1998
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as Lily Marlowe
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Age: 63
Washington Square
1997
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as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
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Age: 62
The First Wives Club
1996
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as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
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Age: 61
Richard III
1995
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as Duchess of York
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Age: 61
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
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as Mother Superior
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Age: 58
The Secret Garden
1993
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as Mrs. Medlock
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Age: 58
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993
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as Violet Venable
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Age: 58
Sister Act
1992
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as Mother Superior
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Age: 57
Memento Mori
1992
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as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
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Age: 57
Hook
1991
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as Granny Wendy
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Age: 56
Romeo.Juliet
1990
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as Rosaline (voice)
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Age: 55
Talking Heads
1988
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as
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Age: 53
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
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as Judith Hearne
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Age: 52
A Room with a View
1986
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as Charlotte Bartlett
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Age: 51
The Missionary
1982
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as Lady Isabel Ames
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Age: 47
Evil Under the Sun
1982
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as Daphne Castle
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Age: 47
Quartet
1981
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as Lois Heidler
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Age: 46
Clash of the Titans
1981
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as Thetis
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Age: 46
Death on the Nile
1978
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as Miss Bowers
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Age: 43
California Suite
1978
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as Diana Barrie
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Age: 43
Murder by Death
1976
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as Dora Charleston
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Age: 41
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973
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as Lila Fisher
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Age: 38
The Millionairess
1972
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as Epifania
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Age: 37
The Merchant of Venice
1972
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as Portia
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Age: 37
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
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as Music Hall Star
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Age: 34
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
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as Jean Brodie
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Age: 34
Othello
1965
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as Desdemona
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Age: 30
Young Cassidy
1965
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as Nora
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Age: 30
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
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as self
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Age: 30
No Image
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 30
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
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as Philpot
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Age: 29
The V.I.P.s
1963
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as Miss Mead
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Age: 28
Go to Blazes
1962
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as Chantal
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Age: 27
Nowhere to Go
1958
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as Bridget Howard
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Age: 23
Child in the House
1956
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as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Age: 21