Acting · Ilford, Essex, England, UK · Born December 28, 1934
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.
MovieDame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
MovieThe Miracle Club
2023
as Lily Fox
MovieMad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self
MovieDownton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Violet Crawley
MovieA Boy Called Christmas
2021
as Aunt Ruth
MovieReturn to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019
as Self
MovieDownton Abbey
2019
as Violet Crawley
MovieNothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
MovieSherlock Gnomes
2018
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
MovieRod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
MovieWoolf Works
2017
as Reading (voice)
MovieRobin And Mark And Richard III
2016
as Self
MovieDames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
MovieThe Lady in the Van
2015
as Miss Shepherd
MovieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Muriel Donnelly
MovieMy Old Lady
2014
as Mathilde Girard
MovieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Mrs. Sullen
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieQuartet
2012
as Jean Horton
MovieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Muriel Donnelly
MovieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieGnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Lady Bluebury (voice)
TVDownton Abbey
2010
as Violet Crawley
MovieNanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Agatha Rose Doherty
MovieFrom Time to Time
2009
as Linnet
MovieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieMaggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008
as Self (archival footage)
MovieCapturing Mary
2007
as Mary Gilbert
MovieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieBecoming Jane
2007
as Lady Gresham
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVFrancesco's Italy: Top to Toe
2006
as Self
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
MovieKeeping Mum
2005
as Grace Hawkins
MovieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieLadies in Lavender
2004
as Janet
MovieThe Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
as Self
MovieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieMy House in Umbria
2003
as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
MovieHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieThe Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self (uncredited)
MovieDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Caro
MovieGosford Park
2001
as Constance Trentham
MovieHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Minerva McGonagall
MovieThe Last September
2000
as Lady Myra Naylor
TVDavid Copperfield
1999
as Betsey Trotwood
MovieAll the King's Men
1999
as Queen Alexandra
MovieTea with Mussolini
1999
as Lady Hester Random
MovieCurtain Call
1998
as Lily Marlowe
MovieWashington Square
1997
as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
MovieThe First Wives Club
1996
as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
MovieRichard III
1995
as Duchess of York
MovieSister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Mother Superior
MovieThe Secret Garden
1993
as Mrs. Medlock
MovieSuddenly, Last Summer
1993
as Violet Venable
MovieSister Act
1992
as Mother Superior
MovieMemento Mori
1992
as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
TVPerformance
1991
as Mrs Venable
MovieHook
1991
as Granny Wendy
MovieRomeo.Juliet
1990
as Rosaline (voice)
MovieTalking Heads
1988
TVTalking Heads
1988
as Susan
MovieThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
as Judith Hearne
MovieA Room with a View
1986
as Charlotte Bartlett
TVScreen Two
1985
as Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
MovieA Private Function
1984
as Joyce Chilvers
MovieLily in Love
1984
as Lily Wynn
MovieMrs. Silly
1983
as Mrs Silly
MovieBetter Late Than Never
1983
as Miss Anderson
MovieThe Missionary
1982
as Lady Isabel Ames
All for Love
1982
as Mrs. Silly
MovieEvil Under the Sun
1982
as Daphne Castle
MovieThe Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
as Self / Daphne Castle
MovieQuartet
1981
as Lois Heidler
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
MovieClash of the Titans
1981
as Thetis
MovieDeath on the Nile
1978
as Miss Bowers
MovieCalifornia Suite
1978
as Diana Barrie
MovieMurder by Death
1976
as Dora Charleston
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieLove and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973
as Lila Fisher
MovieTravels with My Aunt
1972
as Augusta Bertram
MovieThe Millionairess
1972
as Epifania
MovieThe Merchant of Venice
1972
as Portia
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Violet Venable
MovieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Music Hall Star
MovieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
as Jean Brodie
MovieHot Millions
1968
as Patty Terwilliger Smith
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Mrs. Wislack
TVThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
MovieThe Honey Pot
1967
as Sarah Watkins
MovieMuch Ado About Nothing
1967
as Beatrice
MovieOthello
1965
as Desdemona
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Ann Whitefield
MovieYoung Cassidy
1965
as Nora
MovieSean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
as self
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Pumpkin Eater
1964
as Philpot
MovieThe V.I.P.s
1963
as Miss Mead
MovieGo to Blazes
1962
as Chantal
MovieNowhere to Go
1958
as Bridget Howard
MovieChild in the House
1956
as Party Guest (uncredited)
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Anna Carnot
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVLilli Palmer Theatre
1955
as Paula Benson
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
