Maggie Smith
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Maggie Smith, is an English film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 59 years. She has won numerous awards for acting, both for the stage and for film, including five BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two SAG Awards, and a Tony Award. Her critically acclaimed films include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985), and Gosford Park (2001). She has also appeared in a number of widely-popular films, including Sister Act (1992) and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. Smith has also appeared in the recent hit TV series "Downton Abbey" (2010-2011) as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Dec 28, 1934 In Ilford Borough, Essex, United Kingdom
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022-04-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self (Archival Footage) | 2022-01-01 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Violet Crawley | 2022-04-27 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Batman | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | 2021-11-24 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2019-09-12 |
| Movie | Sherlock Gnomes | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
| Movie | Nothing Like a Dame | Herself | 2018-05-02 |
| Movie | Woolf Works | Reading (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
| Movie | Robin And Mark And Richard III | Herself | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepherd | 2015-10-30 |
| Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2015-02-26 |
| Movie | I Carry the Gift | Josette | 2014-02-22 |
| Movie | My Old Lady | Mathilde Girard | 2014-09-09 |
| Series | Talking Pictures | Herself | 2013-01-05 |
| Movie | Eternal Torture | Michelle | 2013-12-07 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Mrs. Sullen | 2013-11-02 |
| Movie | Quartet | Jean Horton | 2012-09-08 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | 2011-07-07 |
| Movie | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2011-11-28 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey: Christmas at Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | From Time to Time | Linnet | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | 2010-03-26 |
| Series | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2010-09-26 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | 2009-07-07 |
| Movie | Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | 2007-03-02 |
| Movie | Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | 2007-11-12 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minerva McGonagall | 2007-06-28 |
| Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | 2006-05-02 |
| Series | Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe | Unknown | 2006-06-11 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | 2005-11-16 |
| Movie | Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | 2005-12-02 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | 2004-05-31 |
| Movie | Ladies in Lavender | Janet | 2004-11-12 |
| Movie | My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | 2003-05-25 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | 2002-11-13 |
| Movie | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Eliza Bennett | 2002-06-07 |
| Movie | Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | 2001-11-07 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | 2000-04-28 |
| Movie | All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | 1999-11-14 |
| Movie | Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | 1999-03-25 |
| Series | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Curtain Call | Lily Marlowe | 1998-12-05 |
| Movie | Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | 1997-10-10 |
| Movie | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | 1996-09-20 |
| Movie | Richard III | Duchess of York | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | 1993-12-09 |
| Movie | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | 1993-01-06 |
| Movie | The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 1993-08-13 |
| Movie | Memento Mori | Mrs Mabel Pettigrew | 1992-04-19 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Mother Superior | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Hook | Granny Wendy | 1991-04-10 |
| Series | Talking Heads | Unknown | 1988-04-19 |
| Movie | Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
| Movie | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | 1987-12-23 |
| Movie | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett | 1985-12-13 |
| Movie | Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | 1984-10-17 |
| Movie | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | 1984-11-09 |
| Movie | Better Late Than Never | Miss Anderson | 1983-04-14 |
| Movie | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | 1982-11-02 |
| Movie | Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | 1982-03-05 |
| Movie | Clash of the Titans | Thetis | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | Quartet | Lois Heidler | 1981-10-25 |
| Movie | California Suite | Diana Barrie | 1978-12-15 |
| Movie | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Miss Bowers (archive footage) | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | 1978-09-29 |
| Movie | Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | 1973-04-19 |
| Movie | The Millionairess | Epifania | 1972-09-12 |
| Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | 1972-12-17 |
| Movie | Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | 1969-03-10 |
| Movie | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | 1969-02-24 |
| Movie | Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | 1968-09-19 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | 1967-05-21 |
| Movie | Young Cassidy | Nora | 1965-02-25 |
| Series | Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Movie | Othello | Desdemona | 1965-12-15 |
| Movie | The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | 1964-07-16 |
| Movie | The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | 1963-09-01 |
| Movie | Go to Blazes | Chantal | 1962-04-18 |
| Movie | Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | 1958-12-02 |
| Movie | Child in the House | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1956-08-14 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |