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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 28, 1934
Died
September 27, 2024
Place of Birth
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Margaret Natalie Smith
- Dame Margaret Natalie Smith
- Меггі Сміт
- 메기 스미스
- مگی اسمیت
Maggie Smith
4.6 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.2
Lily Fox
The Miracle Club
2023
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
🎬
0.0
Brunhilde Pomsel
A German Life
2022
8.0
Self
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
7.2
Violet Crawley
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
7.3
Aunt Ruth
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
7.1
Self
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019
7.1
Violet Crawley
Downton Abbey
2019
6.8
Self
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
5.7
Lady Bluebury (voice)
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Credits
The Miracle Club
as Lily Fox
2023
6.2
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.4
🎬
A German Life
as Brunhilde Pomsel
2022
0.0
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
as Self
2022
8.0
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Violet Crawley
2022
7.2
A Boy Called Christmas
as Aunt Ruth
2021
7.3
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
as Self
2019
7.1
Downton Abbey
as Violet Crawley
2019
7.1
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
2018
6.8
Sherlock Gnomes
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
2018
5.7
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
2017
0.0
Woolf Works
as Reading (voice)
2017
2.0
Robin And Mark And Richard III
as Self
2016
9.0
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
2015
5.0
The Lady in the Van
as Miss Shepherd
2015
6.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Muriel Donnelly
2015
6.4
My Old Lady
as Mathilde Girard
2014
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Mrs. Sullen
2013
6.3
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.0
Quartet
as Jean Horton
2012
6.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Muriel Donnelly
2012
6.9
Honest Trailers
as Minerva McGonagall (archive footage)
2012
6.4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Minerva McGonagall
2011
8.1
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
2011
5.9
Downton Abbey
as Violet Crawley
2010
8.1
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Agatha Rose Doherty
2010
6.3
Creating the World of Harry Potter
as Self - 'Professor Minerva McGonagall'
2009
10.0
From Time to Time
as Linnet
2009
6.3
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Minerva McGonagall
2009
7.7
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
as Self (archival footage)
2008
7.7
Capturing Mary
as Mary Gilbert
2007
6.3
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Minerva McGonagall
2007
7.7
Becoming Jane
as Lady Gresham
2007
7.3
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
as Self
2006
6.0
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
2006
0.0
Keeping Mum
as Grace Hawkins
2005
6.7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Minerva McGonagall
2005
7.8
Ladies in Lavender
as Janet
2004
6.4
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
2004
7.6
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Minerva McGonagall
2004
8.0
My House in Umbria
as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
2003
6.1
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Minerva McGonagall
2002
7.7
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self (uncredited)
2002
5.0
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Caro Bennett
2002
6.1
Gosford Park
as Constance Trentham
2001
6.8
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Minerva McGonagall
2001
7.9
The Last September
as Lady Myra Naylor
2000
5.2
David Copperfield
as Betsey Trotwood
1999
7.1
All the King's Men
as Queen Alexandra
1999
6.2
Tea with Mussolini
as Lady Hester Random
1999
6.4
Curtain Call
as Lily Marlowe
1998
5.0
Washington Square
as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
1997
6.2
The First Wives Club
as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
1996
6.7
Richard III
as Duchess of York
1995
6.7
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Mother Superior
1993
6.4
The Secret Garden
as Mrs. Medlock
1993
7.4
Suddenly, Last Summer
as Violet Venable
1993
6.8
Sister Act
as Mother Superior
1992
6.8
Memento Mori
as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
1992
6.2
Hook
as Granny Wendy
1991
6.8
Romeo.Juliet
as Rosaline (voice)
1990
5.0
Talking Heads
as Susan
1988
6.2
Talking Heads
1988
5.0
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Judith Hearne
1987
6.6
A Room with a View
as Charlotte Bartlett
1986
7.0
Screen Two
as Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
1985
6.8
A Private Function
as Joyce Chilvers
1984
6.3
Lily in Love
as Lily Wynn
1984
6.0
Mrs. Silly
as Mrs Silly
1983
10.0
Better Late Than Never
as Miss Anderson
1983
3.8
The Missionary
as Lady Isabel Ames
1982
5.6
Evil Under the Sun
as Daphne Castle
1982
6.9
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Daphne Castle
1982
8.5
Quartet
as Lois Heidler
1981
5.8
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.0
Clash of the Titans
as Thetis
1981
6.9
California Suite
as Diana Barrie
1978
5.8
Death on the Nile
as Miss Bowers
1978
7.1
Murder by Death
as Dora Charleston
1976
7.2
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
as Lila Fisher
1973
5.9
Travels with My Aunt
as Augusta Bertram
1972
5.9
The Millionairess
as Epifania
1972
8.5
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
1972
7.0
Great Performances
as Violet Venable
1971
5.3
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Music Hall Star
1969
6.7
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Jean Brodie
1969
6.8
Hot Millions
as Patty Terwilliger Smith
1968
6.6
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
7.7
The Honey Pot
as Sarah Watkins
1967
6.5
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
1967
5.5
Othello
as Desdemona
1965
6.4
BBC Play of the Month
as Epifania
1965
5.0
Young Cassidy
as Nora
1965
6.2
🎬
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
1965
0.0
The Pumpkin Eater
as Philpot
1964
6.7
The V.I.P.s
as Miss Mead
1963
6.1
Go to Blazes
as Chantal
1962
6.3
Nowhere to Go
as Bridget Howard
1958
6.7
Child in the House
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1956
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as Anna Carnot
1956
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as Juliet Denise
1956
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as The Girl
1956
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer/Winner
1956
5.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.1
Lilli Palmer Theatre
as Paula Benson
1955
0.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
3.5
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.0