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 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.
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Acted in
The Miracle Club
2023
as Lily Fox
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
A German Life
2022
as Brunhilde Pomsel
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
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Quartet
2012
as Jean Horton
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Muriel Donnelly
Honest Trailers
2012
as Minerva McGonagall (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Minerva McGonagall
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Downton Abbey
2010
as Violet Crawley
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Agatha Rose Doherty
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
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
2006
as Self
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
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 Bennett
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Minerva McGonagall
Gosford Park
2001
as Constance Trentham
The Last September
2000
as Lady Myra Naylor
David Copperfield
1999
as Betsey Trotwood
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
Talking Heads
1988
as Susan
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
as Judith Hearne
A Room with a View
1985
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
California Suite
1978
as Diana Barrie
Death on the Nile
1978
as Miss Bowers
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Miss Bowers (archive footage)
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
Great Performances
1971
as Violet Venable
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 Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
The Honey Pot
1967
as Sarah Watkins
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Beatrice
Othello
1965
as Desdemona
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Epifania
Young Cassidy
1965
as Nora
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
as (archive footage)
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)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
as Self