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