Maggie Smith
Actor
Born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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).
Filmography
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Miracle Club
Lily Fox
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Self (archive footage)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Violet Crawley
A Boy Called Christmas
Aunt Ruth
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Self
Downton Abbey
Violet Crawley
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
Sherlock Gnomes
Lady Bluebury (voice)
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Self
Woolf Works
Reading (voice)
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
The Lady in the Van
Miss Shepherd
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Muriel Donnelly
My Old Lady
Mathilde Girard
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Mrs. Sullen
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Quartet
Jean Horton
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Muriel Donnelly
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Minerva McGonagall
Gnomeo & Juliet
Lady Bluebury (voice)
Downton Abbey
Violet Crawley
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Agatha Rose Doherty
From Time to Time
Linnet
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Minerva McGonagall
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Self (archival footage)
Capturing Mary
Mary Gilbert
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Minerva McGonagall
Becoming Jane
Lady Gresham
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Keeping Mum
Grace Hawkins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Minerva McGonagall
Ladies in Lavender
Janet
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Minerva McGonagall
My House in Umbria
Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Minerva McGonagall
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Caro
Gosford Park
Constance Trentham
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Minerva McGonagall
The Last September
Lady Myra Naylor
David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
All the King's Men
Queen Alexandra
Tea with Mussolini
Lady Hester Random
Curtain Call
Lily Marlowe
Washington Square
Aunt Lavinia Penniman
The First Wives Club
Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Richard III
Duchess of York
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Mother Superior
The Secret Garden
Mrs. Medlock
Suddenly, Last Summer
Violet Venable
Sister Act
Mother Superior
Memento Mori
Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
Performance
Mrs Venable
Hook
Granny Wendy
Romeo.Juliet
Rosaline (voice)
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Susan
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Judith Hearne
A Room with a View
Charlotte Bartlett
Screen Two
Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
A Private Function
Joyce Chilvers
Lily in Love
Lily Wynn
Mrs. Silly
Mrs Silly
Better Late Than Never
Miss Anderson
The Missionary
Lady Isabel Ames
Evil Under the Sun
Daphne Castle
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Daphne Castle
Quartet
Lois Heidler
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Clash of the Titans
Thetis
Death on the Nile
Miss Bowers
California Suite
Diana Barrie
Murder by Death
Dora Charleston
Dinah!
Self
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Lila Fisher
Travels with My Aunt
Augusta Bertram
The Millionairess
Epifania
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
Great Performances
Violet Venable
Oh! What a Lovely War
Music Hall Star
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Jean Brodie
Hot Millions
Patty Terwilliger Smith
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Wislack
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The Honey Pot
Sarah Watkins
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Othello
Desdemona
BBC Play of the Month
Ann Whitefield
Young Cassidy
Nora
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
self
The Pumpkin Eater
Philpot
The V.I.P.s
Miss Mead
Go to Blazes
Chantal
Nowhere to Go
Bridget Howard
Child in the House
Party Guest (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
Anna Carnot
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Paula Benson
The Oscars
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee