Maggie Smith

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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