Acting
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
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Film · 2024
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Film · 2023
The Miracle Club
Film · 2023
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Film · 2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Film · 2022
A Boy Called Christmas
Film · 2021
Downton Abbey
Film · 2019
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Film · 2019
Sherlock Gnomes
Film · 2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Film · 2018
Woolf Works
Film · 2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Film · 2017
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Film · 2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2015
The Lady in the Van
Film · 2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Film · 2015
My Old Lady
Film · 2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Film · 2013
Talking Pictures
Series · 2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2012
Quartet
Film · 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
Film · 2011
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Film · 2010
Downton Abbey
Series · 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Film · 2009
From Time to Time
Film · 2009
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Film · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
Becoming Jane
Film · 2007
Capturing Mary
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Film · 2006
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
Series · 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Film · 2005
Keeping Mum
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
Ladies in Lavender
Film · 2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Film · 2004
My House in Umbria
Film · 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Film · 2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Film · 2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Film · 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Film · 2001
Gosford Park
Film · 2001
The Last September
Film · 2000
Tea with Mussolini
Film · 1999
All the King's Men
Film · 1999
David Copperfield
Series · 1999
Curtain Call
Film · 1998
Washington Square
Film · 1997
The First Wives Club
Film · 1996
Richard III
Film · 1995
The Secret Garden
Film · 1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Film · 1993
Suddenly, Last Summer
Film · 1993
Sister Act
Film · 1992
Memento Mori
Film · 1992
Hook
Film · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Romeo.Juliet
Film · 1990
Talking Heads
Film · 1988
Talking Heads
Series · 1988
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Film · 1987
A Room with a View
Film · 1986
Screen Two
Series · 1985
A Private Function
Film · 1984
Lily in Love
Film · 1984
Mrs. Silly
Film · 1983
Better Late Than Never
Film · 1983
Evil Under the Sun
Film · 1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Film · 1982
The Missionary
Film · 1982
All for Love
Series · 1982
Clash of the Titans
Film · 1981
Quartet
Film · 1981
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Death on the Nile
Film · 1978
California Suite
Film · 1978
Murder by Death
Film · 1976
Dinah!
Series · 1974
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Film · 1973
Travels with My Aunt
Film · 1972
The Millionairess
Film · 1972
The Merchant of Venice
Film · 1972
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
Oh! What a Lovely War
Film · 1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Film · 1969
Hot Millions
Film · 1968
The Honey Pot
Film · 1967
Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 1967
The Carol Burnett Show
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Othello
Film · 1965
Young Cassidy
Film · 1965
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
The Pumpkin Eater
Film · 1964
The V.I.P.s
Film · 1963
Go to Blazes
Film · 1962
Nowhere to Go
Film · 1958
Child in the House
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Series · 1955
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Sunday Night Theatre
Series · 1950
Kraft Television Theatre
Series · 1947
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944