Biography
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (December 28, 1934 β 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 NoΓ«l 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 (2001β2011). 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 (2010β2015). 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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Filmography (109)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
Mad About the Boy: The NoΓ«l Coward Story
2023
The Miracle Club
2023
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
Downton Abbey
2019
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Woolf Works
2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
Robin And Mark And Richard III
2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
The Lady in the Van
2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
My Old Lady
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Talking Pictures
2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Downton Abbey
2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
From Time to Time
2009
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Becoming Jane
2007
Capturing Mary
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Keeping Mum
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Ladies in Lavender
2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
My House in Umbria
2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Gosford Park
2001
The Last September
2000
Tea with Mussolini
1999
All the King's Men
1999
David Copperfield
1999
Curtain Call
1998
Washington Square
1997
The First Wives Club
1996
Richard III
1995
The Secret Garden
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993
Sister Act
1992
Memento Mori
1992
Hook
1991
Performance
1991
Romeo.Juliet
1990
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
1988
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
A Room with a View
1986
Screen Two
1985
A Private Function
1984
Lily in Love
1984
Mrs. Silly
1983
Better Late Than Never
1983
Evil Under the Sun
1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
The Missionary
1982
All for Love
1982
Clash of the Titans
1981
Quartet
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Death on the Nile
1978
California Suite
1978
Murder by Death
1976
Dinah!
1974
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973
Travels with My Aunt
1972
The Millionairess
1972
The Merchant of Venice
1972
Great Performances
1971
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
Hot Millions
1968
The Honey Pot
1967
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
Othello
1965
Young Cassidy
1965
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
The V.I.P.s
1963
Go to Blazes
1962
Nowhere to Go
1958
Child in the House
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955
The Oscars
1953
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Golden Globe Awards
1944
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