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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The Miracle Club | Lily Fox | 2023-07-14 |
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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
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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 German Life | Brunhilde Pomsel | 2022-12-01 |
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A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | 2021-11-24 |
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Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event | Self | 2019-09-19 |
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Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2019-09-12 |
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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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Woolf Works | Reading (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Self | 2017-04-17 |
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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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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | 2011-07-12 |
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Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | 2010-03-26 |
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From Time to Time | Linnet | 2009-10-15 |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | 2009-07-15 |
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Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait | Self (archival footage) | 2008-07-10 |
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Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | 2007-11-12 |
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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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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | 2006-05-02 |
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Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | 2005-12-02 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | 2005-11-16 |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | 2004-05-31 |
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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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My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | 2003-05-25 |
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The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | 2002-06-18 |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | 2002-11-13 |
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Bennett | 2002-06-07 |
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Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | 2001-12-26 |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | 2001-11-16 |
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The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | 2000-04-28 |
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Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | 1999-03-25 |
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All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | 1999-11-14 |
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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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The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 1993-08-13 |
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Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | 1993-01-06 |
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | 1993-12-09 |
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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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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | 1982-01-01 |
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The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | 1982-11-02 |
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Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | 1982-03-05 |
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Clash of the Titans | Thetis | 1981-06-12 |
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Quartet | Lois Heidler | 1981-10-25 |
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California Suite | Diana Barrie | 1978-12-15 |
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Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | 1978-09-29 |
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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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The Merchant of Venice | Portia | 1972-04-16 |
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The Millionairess | Epifania | 1972-09-12 |
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Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | 1972-12-17 |
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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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The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | 1967-05-21 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1967-02-05 |
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Young Cassidy | Nora | 1965-02-25 |
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Othello | Desdemona | 1965-12-15 |
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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 |
