Maggie Smith
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 perfor
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.
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Born
Dec 28, 1934
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Died
Sep 27, 2024
Known For
Acting
Movies
87 acting
0 crew
Popularity
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Known For
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Professor McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Minerva McGonagall
Hook
1991
as Granny Wendy
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Agatha Rose Doherty
Sister Act
1992
as Mother Superior
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