Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Birthday: 1934-12-28

Deathday: 2024-09-27

Place of birth: Ilford, Essex, England, UK

Also known as: Margaret Natalie Smith, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, Меггі Сміт, 메기 스미스, مگی اسمیت

imdb_id: nm0001749

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.

Played in movies:

Mrs. Silly

Score: 10.0

Robin And Mark And Richard III

Score: 9.0

The Millionairess

Score: 8.5

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

Score: 8.5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Score: 8.1

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Score: 8.0

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

Score: 8.0

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Score: 7.9

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Score: 7.8

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Score: 7.7

Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

Score: 7.7

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Score: 7.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Score: 7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Score: 7.7

The Secret Garden

Score: 7.4

A Boy Called Christmas

Score: 7.3

Becoming Jane

Score: 7.3

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Score: 7.2

Murder by Death

Score: 7.2

Downton Abbey

Score: 7.1

Death on the Nile

Score: 7.1

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

Score: 7.1

The Merchant of Venice

Score: 7.0

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Score: 7.0

A Room with a View

Score: 6.9

Clash of the Titans

Score: 6.9

Evil Under the Sun

Score: 6.9

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Score: 6.9

Hook

Score: 6.8

Gosford Park

Score: 6.8

Suddenly, Last Summer

Score: 6.8

Sister Act

Score: 6.8

Nothing Like a Dame

Score: 6.8

Oh! What a Lovely War

Score: 6.8

Richard III

Score: 6.7

The First Wives Club

Score: 6.7

The Pumpkin Eater

Score: 6.7

Nowhere to Go

Score: 6.7

Keeping Mum

Score: 6.7

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Score: 6.6

Quartet

Score: 6.5

The Honey Pot

Score: 6.5

Hot Millions

Score: 6.5

Tea with Mussolini

Score: 6.5

Othello

Score: 6.4

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Score: 6.4

The Lady in the Van

Score: 6.4

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Score: 6.4

Ladies in Lavender

Score: 6.4

A Private Function

Score: 6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Score: 6.4

Capturing Mary

Score: 6.3

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Score: 6.3

Go to Blazes

Score: 6.3

The Miracle Club

Score: 6.3

From Time to Time

Score: 6.3

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Score: 6.3

Young Cassidy

Score: 6.3

Washington Square

Score: 6.2

My Old Lady

Score: 6.2

Memento Mori

Score: 6.2

All the King's Men

Score: 6.2

The V.I.P.s

Score: 6.1

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Score: 6.1

My House in Umbria

Score: 6.1

Lily in Love

Score: 6.0

Travels with My Aunt

Score: 5.9

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

Score: 5.9

Gnomeo & Juliet

Score: 5.9

Child in the House

Score: 5.8

Quartet

Score: 5.8

California Suite

Score: 5.8

Sherlock Gnomes

Score: 5.7

The Missionary

Score: 5.6

Much Ado About Nothing

Score: 5.5

The Last September

Score: 5.2

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

Score: 5.0

Romeo.Juliet

Score: 5.0

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

Score: 5.0

Talking Heads

Score: 5.0

Curtain Call

Score: 5.0

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Score: 4.5

Better Late Than Never

Score: 3.8

Woolf Works

Score: 2.0

Olivier Talks About Othello

Score: 0.0

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Score: 0.0

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Score: 0.0

A German Life

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Score: 10.0

Downton Abbey

Score: 8.1

The Carol Burnett Show

Score: 7.7

Kraft Television Theatre

Score: 7.5

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

David Copperfield

Score: 7.1

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Screen Two

Score: 6.8

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

Talking Heads

Score: 6.2

Performance

Score: 6.0

Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Talking Pictures

Score: 5.0

Entertainment Tonight

Score: 4.1

Sunday Night Theatre

Score: 3.5

Lilli Palmer Theatre

Score: 0.0