1934-12-28 ( 90 years old ) in Ilford, Essex, England, UK
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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Movies
The Miracle Club
2023-07-14
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023-06-02
A German Life
2022-12-01
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022-07-23
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022-04-27
A Boy Called Christmas
2021-11-24
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019-09-19
Downton Abbey
2019-09-12
Nothing Like a Dame
2018-05-02
Sherlock Gnomes
2018-03-15
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017-04-17
Woolf Works
2017-02-08
Robin And Mark And Richard III
2016-04-15
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015-11-08
The Lady in the Van
2015-10-30
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015-02-26
My Old Lady
2014-09-09
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013-11-02
Quartet
2012-12-26
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012-02-23
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011-07-12
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011-01-13
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010-03-26
From Time to Time
2009-10-15
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009-07-15
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
2008-07-10
Capturing Mary
2007-11-12
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007-07-08
Becoming Jane
2007-03-02
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02
Keeping Mum
2005-12-02
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005-11-16
Ladies in Lavender
2004-11-12
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004-06-11
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004-05-31
My House in Umbria
2003-05-25
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002-11-13
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002-06-18
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002-06-07
Gosford Park
2001-12-26
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001-11-16
The Last September
2000-04-28
All the King's Men
1999-11-14
Tea with Mussolini
1999-03-25
Curtain Call
1998-12-05
Washington Square
1997-10-10
The First Wives Club
1996-09-20
Richard III
1995-12-29
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993-12-09
The Secret Garden
1993-08-13
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993-01-06
Sister Act
1992-05-28
Memento Mori
1992-04-19
Hook
1991-04-10
Romeo.Juliet
1990-01-01
Talking Heads
1988-04-19
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987-12-23
A Room with a View
1986-03-07
A Private Function
1984-11-09
Lily in Love
1984-10-17
Mrs. Silly
1983-09-09
Better Late Than Never
1983-02-21
The Missionary
1982-11-02
Evil Under the Sun
1982-03-05
Quartet
1981-10-25
Clash of the Titans
1981-06-12
California Suite
1978-12-15
Death on the Nile
1978-09-29
Murder by Death
1976-06-23
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973-04-19
Travels with My Aunt
1972-12-17
The Millionairess
1972-09-12
The Merchant of Venice
1972-04-16
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969-02-24
Hot Millions
1968-09-19
The Honey Pot
1967-05-21
Much Ado About Nothing
1967-02-05
Othello
1965-12-15
Young Cassidy
1965-02-25
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965-01-01
The Pumpkin Eater
1964-07-16
The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01
Go to Blazes
1962-04-18
Nowhere to Go
1958-12-02
Child in the House
1956-08-14
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