Maggie Smith
Acting • Born 1934-12-28 – Died 2024-09-27
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
110 credits
Hook
Movie • 1991
Granny Wendy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie • 2001
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie • 2004
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie • 2007
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie • 2005
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie • 2009
Minerva McGonagall
Clash of the Titans
Movie • 1981
Thetis
Sister Act
Movie • 1992
Mother Superior
Tea with Mussolini
Movie • 1999
Lady Hester Random
Death on the Nile
Movie • 1978
Miss Bowers
Evil Under the Sun
Movie • 1982
Daphne Castle
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Becoming Jane
Movie • 2007
Lady Gresham
Gosford Park
Movie • 2001
Constance Trentham
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie • 1969
Music Hall Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Movie • 1969
Jean Brodie
Travels with My Aunt
Movie • 1972
Augusta Bertram
The Secret Garden
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Medlock
A Room with a View
Movie • 1986
Charlotte Bartlett
Murder by Death
Movie • 1976
Dora Charleston
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Movie • 1982
Self / Daphne Castle
Richard III
Movie • 1995
Duchess of York
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Movie • 1993
Mother Superior
Ladies in Lavender
Movie • 2004
Janet
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie • 2011
Minerva McGonagall
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Movie • 2002
Caro Bennett
California Suite
Movie • 1978
Diana Barrie
Hot Millions
Movie • 1968
Patty Terwilliger Smith
Keeping Mum
Movie • 2005
Grace Hawkins
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Movie • 2010
Agatha Rose Doherty
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Movie • 1987
Judith Hearne
My House in Umbria
Movie • 2003
Mrs. Emily Delahunty
The Honey Pot
Movie • 1967
Sarah Watkins
The V.I.P.s
Movie • 1963
Miss Mead
Othello
Movie • 1965
Desdemona
Washington Square
Movie • 1997
Aunt Lavinia Penniman
Gnomeo & Juliet
Movie • 2011
Lady Bluebury (voice)
Quartet
Movie • 1981
Lois Heidler
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Movie • 1973
Lila Fisher
The Last September
Movie • 2000
Lady Myra Naylor
From Time to Time
Movie • 2009
Linnet
Curtain Call
Movie • 1998
Lily Marlowe
Nowhere to Go
Movie • 1958
Bridget Howard
The Pumpkin Eater
Movie • 1964
Philpot
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Missionary
Movie • 1982
Lady Isabel Ames
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2012
Muriel Donnelly
A Private Function
Movie • 1984
Joyce Chilvers
Quartet
Movie • 2012
Jean Horton
The Millionairess
Movie • 1972
Epifania
Mrs. Silly
Movie • 1983
Mrs Silly
Lily in Love
Movie • 1984
Lily Wynn
Young Cassidy
Movie • 1965
Nora
Capturing Mary
Movie • 2007
Mary Gilbert
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie • 1993
Violet Venable
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie • 2004
Self
Go to Blazes
Movie • 1962
Chantal
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2015
Muriel Donnelly
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Movie • 2022
Self
My Old Lady
Movie • 2014
Mathilde Girard
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Movie • 2008
Self (archival footage)
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 1967
Beatrice
Better Late Than Never
Movie • 1983
Miss Anderson
The Lady in the Van
Movie • 2015
Miss Shepherd
All the King's Men
Movie • 1999
Queen Alexandra
Talking Heads
Movie • 1988
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 1972
Portia
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Movie • 2015
Self (archive material)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie • 2013
Mrs. Sullen
Woolf Works
Movie • 2017
Reading (voice)
Child in the House
Movie • 1956
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie • 2017
Self
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie • 2018
Lady Bluebury (voice)
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie • 2018
Self
Downton Abbey
Movie • 2019
Violet Crawley
Romeo.Juliet
Movie • 1990
Rosaline (voice)
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Movie • 2016
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie • 2006
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Memento Mori
Movie • 1992
Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
A Boy Called Christmas
Movie • 2021
Aunt Ruth
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Movie • 2019
Self
Olivier Talks About Othello
Movie • 1965
(archive footage)
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie • 2022
Violet Crawley
The Miracle Club
Movie • 2023
Lily Fox
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Movie • 2024
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
TV • 2006
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Violet Crawley
Talking Pictures
TV • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Talking Heads
TV • 1988
Susan
David Copperfield
TV • 1999
Betsey Trotwood
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Violet Venable
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Anna Carnot
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Juliet Denise
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
The Girl
Lilli Palmer Theatre
TV • 1955
Paula Benson
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Performance
TV • 1991
Mrs Venable
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Ann Whitefield
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Portia
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Epifana