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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Character:Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:14/12/2024
The Miracle Club
Character:Lily Fox
Release Date:14/07/2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:23/07/2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Character:Violet Crawley
Release Date:27/04/2022
A Boy Called Christmas
Character:Aunt Ruth
Release Date:24/11/2021
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/2019
Downton Abbey
Character:Violet Crawley
Release Date:12/09/2019
Nothing Like a Dame
Character:Self
Release Date:02/05/2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Character:Lady Bluebury (voice)
Release Date:15/03/2018
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Character:Self
Release Date:17/04/2017
Woolf Works
Character:Reading (voice)
Release Date:08/02/2017
Robin And Mark And Richard III
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/2016
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Character:Self (archive material)
Release Date:08/11/2015
The Lady in the Van
Character:Miss Shepherd
Release Date:30/10/2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Muriel Donnelly
Release Date:26/02/2015
My Old Lady
Character:Mathilde Girard
Release Date:09/09/2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Character:Mrs. Sullen
Release Date:02/11/2013
Quartet
Character:Jean Horton
Release Date:26/12/2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Muriel Donnelly
Release Date:23/02/2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:12/07/2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
Character:Lady Bluebury (voice)
Release Date:13/01/2011
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Character:Agatha Rose Doherty
Release Date:26/03/2010
From Time to Time
Character:Linnet
Release Date:15/10/2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:15/07/2009
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
Character:Self (archival footage)
Release Date:10/07/2008
Capturing Mary
Character:Mary Gilbert
Release Date:12/11/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:08/07/2007
Becoming Jane
Character:Lady Gresham
Release Date:02/03/2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Character:Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Release Date:02/05/2006
Keeping Mum
Character:Grace Hawkins
Release Date:02/12/2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:16/11/2005
Ladies in Lavender
Character:Janet
Release Date:12/11/2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:31/05/2004
My House in Umbria
Character:Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Release Date:25/05/2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:13/11/2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:18/06/2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Character:Caro Bennett
Release Date:07/06/2002
Gosford Park
Character:Constance Trentham
Release Date:26/12/2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Character:Minerva McGonagall
Release Date:16/11/2001
The Last September
Character:Lady Myra Naylor
Release Date:28/04/2000
All the King's Men
Character:Queen Alexandra
Release Date:14/11/1999
Tea with Mussolini
Character:Lady Hester Random
Release Date:25/03/1999
Curtain Call
Character:Lily Marlowe
Release Date:05/12/1998
Washington Square
Character:Aunt Lavinia Penniman
Release Date:10/10/1997
The First Wives Club
Character:Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Release Date:20/09/1996
Richard III
Character:Duchess of York
Release Date:29/12/1995
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Character:Mother Superior
Release Date:09/12/1993
The Secret Garden
Character:Mrs. Medlock
Release Date:13/08/1993
Suddenly, Last Summer
Character:Violet Venable
Release Date:06/01/1993
Sister Act
Character:Mother Superior
Release Date:28/05/1992
Memento Mori
Character:Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
Release Date:19/04/1992
Hook
Character:Granny Wendy
Release Date:10/04/1991
Romeo.Juliet
Character:Rosaline (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Talking Heads
Character:
Release Date:19/04/1988
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Character:Judith Hearne
Release Date:23/12/1987
A Room with a View
Character:Charlotte Bartlett
Release Date:07/03/1986
A Private Function
Character:Joyce Chilvers
Release Date:09/11/1984
Lily in Love
Character:Lily Wynn
Release Date:17/10/1984
Mrs. Silly
Character:Mrs Silly
Release Date:09/09/1983
Better Late Than Never
Character:Miss Anderson
Release Date:21/02/1983
The Missionary
Character:Lady Isabel Ames
Release Date:02/11/1982
Evil Under the Sun
Character:Daphne Castle
Release Date:05/03/1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Character:Self / Daphne Castle
Release Date:01/01/1982
Quartet
Character:Lois Heidler
Release Date:25/10/1981
Clash of the Titans
Character:Thetis
Release Date:12/06/1981
Death on the Nile
Character:Miss Bowers
Release Date:29/09/1978
California Suite
Character:Diana Barrie
Release Date:19/03/1978
Murder by Death
Character:Dora Charleston
Release Date:23/06/1976
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Character:Lila Fisher
Release Date:19/04/1973
Travels with My Aunt
Character:Augusta Bertram
Release Date:17/12/1972
The Millionairess
Character:Epifania
Release Date:12/09/1972
The Merchant of Venice
Character:Portia
Release Date:16/04/1972
Oh! What a Lovely War
Character:Music Hall Star
Release Date:10/03/1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Character:Jean Brodie
Release Date:24/02/1969
Hot Millions
Character:Patty Terwilliger Smith
Release Date:19/09/1968
The Honey Pot
Character:Sarah Watkins
Release Date:21/05/1967
Much Ado About Nothing
Character:Beatrice
Release Date:05/02/1967
Othello
Character:Desdemona
Release Date:15/12/1965
Young Cassidy
Character:Nora
Release Date:25/02/1965
Olivier Talks About Othello
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Pumpkin Eater
Character:Philpot
Release Date:16/07/1964
The V.I.P.s
Character:Miss Mead
Release Date:01/09/1963
Go to Blazes
Character:Chantal
Release Date:18/04/1962
Nowhere to Go
Character:Bridget Howard
Release Date:02/12/1958
Child in the House
Character:Party Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:14/08/1956
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
Downton Abbey
Character:Violet Crawley
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
Character:Self
David Copperfield
Character:Betsey Trotwood
Performance
Character:Mrs Venable
Talking Heads
Character:Susan
Screen Two
Character:Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Violet Venable
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Ann Whitefield
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Portia
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Epifana
Armchair Theatre
Character:Anna Carnot
Armchair Theatre
Character:Juliet Denise
Armchair Theatre
Character:The Girl
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer/Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Character:Paula Benson
The Oscars
Character:Self
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:
Kraft Television Theatre
Character:
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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