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.
Filmography · 108
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Downton Abbey
2010 · Violet Crawley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Minerva McGonagall
Great Performances
1971 · Violet Venable
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Minerva McGonagall
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Ann Whitefield
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
Screen Two
1985 · Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Mrs. Wislack
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Performance
1991 · Mrs Venable
Death on the Nile
1978 · Miss Bowers
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Sister Act
1992 · Mother Superior
Hook
1991 · Granny Wendy
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010 · Agatha Rose Doherty
Clash of the Titans
1981 · Thetis
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 · Mother Superior
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011 · Lady Bluebury (voice)
David Copperfield
1999 · Betsey Trotwood
The Secret Garden
1993 · Mrs. Medlock
The First Wives Club
1996 · Gunilla Garson Goldber...
Downton Abbey
2019 · Violet Crawley
Evil Under the Sun
1982 · Daphne Castle
Keeping Mum
2005 · Grace Hawkins
Gosford Park
2001 · Constance Trentham
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · Violet Crawley
A Room with a View
1986 · Charlotte Bartlett
Becoming Jane
2007 · Lady Gresham
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Muriel Donnelly
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955 · Paula Benson
Sherlock Gnomes
2018 · Lady Bluebury (voice)
The Lady in the Van
2015 · Miss Shepherd
A Boy Called Christmas
2021 · Aunt Ruth
Murder by Death
1976 · Dora Charleston
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Music Hall Star
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Muriel Donnelly
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · Jean Brodie
Richard III
1995 · Duchess of York
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Anna Carnot
Hot Millions
1968 · Patty Terwilliger Smit...
Ladies in Lavender
2004 · Janet
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002 · Caro
Talking Heads
1988 · Susan
California Suite
1978 · Diana Barrie
My Old Lady
2014 · Mathilde Girard
Quartet
2012 · Jean Horton
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Lady Hester Random
The Miracle Club
2023 · Lily Fox
A Private Function
1984 · Joyce Chilvers
From Time to Time
2009 · Linnet
The Missionary
1982 · Lady Isabel Ames
Washington Square
1997 · Aunt Lavinia Penniman
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017 · Self
The V.I.P.s
1963 · Miss Mead
Romeo.Juliet
1990 · Rosaline (voice)
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 · Philpot
The Honey Pot
1967 · Sarah Watkins
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965 · self
My House in Umbria
2003 · Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Travels with My Aunt
1972 · Augusta Bertram
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · Judith Hearne
Robin And Mark And Richard III
2016 · Self
Lily in Love
1984 · Lily Wynn
The Last September
2000 · Lady Myra Naylor
All the King's Men
1999 · Queen Alexandra
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Lettice Douffet (segme...
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993 · Violet Venable
Quartet
1981 · Lois Heidler
Curtain Call
1998 · Lily Marlowe
Young Cassidy
1965 · Nora
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004 · Self
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973 · Lila Fisher
The Merchant of Venice
1972 · Portia
Othello
1965 · Desdemona
Better Late Than Never
1983 · Miss Anderson
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Mrs. Sullen
Nowhere to Go
1958 · Bridget Howard
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
2006 · Self
The Millionairess
1972 · Epifania
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 · Beatrice
Capturing Mary
2007 · Mary Gilbert
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Memento Mori
1992 · Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 · Self / Various Roles (...
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Self (archive material...
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008 · Self (archival footage...
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019 · Self
Child in the House
1956 · Party Guest (uncredite...
Go to Blazes
1962 · Chantal
Talking Heads
1988
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982 · Self / Daphne Castle
Woolf Works
2017 · Reading (voice)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 · Self
Mrs. Silly
1983 · Mrs Silly