Actor
Maggie Smith
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 performe ...

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