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