1934-12-28 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.
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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2024-12-14 |
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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
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The Miracle Club | Lily Fox | 2023-07-14 |
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Downton Abbey: A New Era | Violet Crawley | 2022-04-27 |
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The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration | Self | 2022-07-23 |
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A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | 2021-11-24 |
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Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2019-09-12 |
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Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event | Self | 2019-09-19 |
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Nothing Like a Dame | Self | 2018-05-02 |
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Sherlock Gnomes | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Self | 2017-04-17 |
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Woolf Works | Reading (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
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Robin And Mark And Richard III | Self | 2016-04-15 |
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The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepherd | 2015-10-30 |
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2015-02-26 |
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive material) | 2015-11-08 |
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My Old Lady | Mathilde Girard | 2014-09-09 |
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Mrs. Sullen | 2013-11-02 |
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Quartet | Jean Horton | 2012-12-26 |
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2012-02-23 |
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Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | 2011-07-12 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | 2010-03-26 |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | 2009-07-15 |
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From Time to Time | Linnet | 2009-10-15 |
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Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait | Self (archival footage) | 2008-07-10 |
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Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | 2007-03-02 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minerva McGonagall | 2007-07-08 |
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Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | 2007-11-12 |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | 2006-05-02 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | 2005-11-16 |
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Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | 2005-12-02 |
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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Self | 2004-06-11 |
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Ladies in Lavender | Janet | 2004-11-12 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | 2004-05-31 |
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My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | 2003-05-25 |
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Bennett | 2002-06-07 |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | 2002-11-13 |
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The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | 2002-06-18 |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | 2001-11-16 |
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Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | 2001-12-26 |
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The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | 2000-04-28 |
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All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | 1999-11-14 |
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Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | 1999-03-25 |
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Curtain Call | Lily Marlowe | 1998-12-05 |
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Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | 1997-10-10 |
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The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | 1996-09-20 |
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Richard III | Duchess of York | 1995-12-29 |
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | 1993-12-09 |
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Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | 1993-01-06 |
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The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 1993-08-13 |
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Sister Act | Mother Superior | 1992-05-28 |
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Memento Mori | Mrs Mabel Pettigrew | 1992-04-19 |
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Hook | Granny Wendy | 1991-04-10 |
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Romeo.Juliet | Rosaline (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
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Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | 1987-12-23 |
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A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett | 1986-03-07 |
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A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | 1984-11-09 |
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Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | 1984-10-17 |
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Better Late Than Never | Miss Anderson | 1983-02-21 |
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Mrs. Silly | Mrs Silly | 1983-09-09 |
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Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | 1982-03-05 |
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The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | 1982-11-02 |
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | 1982-01-01 |
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Quartet | Lois Heidler | 1981-10-25 |
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Clash of the Titans | Thetis | 1981-06-12 |
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Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | 1978-09-29 |
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California Suite | Diana Barrie | 1978-03-19 |
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Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | 1976-06-23 |
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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | 1973-04-19 |
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Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | 1972-12-17 |
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The Merchant of Venice | Portia | 1972-04-16 |
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The Millionairess | Epifania | 1972-09-12 |
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Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | 1969-03-10 |
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | 1969-02-24 |
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Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | 1968-09-19 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1967-02-05 |
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The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | 1967-05-21 |
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Othello | Desdemona | 1965-12-15 |
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Young Cassidy | Nora | 1965-02-25 |
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Olivier Talks About Othello | (archive footage) | 1965-01-01 |
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The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | 1964-07-16 |
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The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | 1963-09-01 |
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Go to Blazes | Chantal | 1962-04-18 |
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Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | 1958-12-02 |
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Child in the House | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1956-08-14 |
