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Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Actor · 1934 – 2024 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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    Sister Act

    1992 · 3.5K votes

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    Hook

    1991 · 5.9K votes

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    Death on the Nile

    1978 · 951 votes

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    Gnomeo & Juliet

    2011 · 2.1K votes

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    Clash of the Titans

    1981 · 893 votes

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    Becoming Jane

    2007 · 1.3K votes

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    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    2022 · 635 votes

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    Downton Abbey

    2019 · 1.3K votes

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    The First Wives Club

    1996 · 848 votes

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    Gosford Park

    2001 · 1.3K votes

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    Keeping Mum

    2005 · 638 votes

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    A Room with a View

    1986 · 862 votes

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    A Boy Called Christmas

    2021 · 832 votes

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    Sherlock Gnomes

    2018 · 787 votes

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    The Graham Norton Show

    2007 · 290 votes

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    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

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    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

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    Downton Abbey

    2010 · 1.3K votes

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    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

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    Screen Two

    1985 · 7 votes

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    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

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    The Carol Burnett Show

    1967 · 74 votes

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    Dinah!

    1974 · 4 votes

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    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

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    Film '72

    1971 · 8 votes

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    Performance

    1991 · 2 votes

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    Entertainment Tonight

    1981 · 27 votes

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    Sunday Night Theatre

    1950 · 2 votes

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    Talking Pictures

    2013 · 6 votes

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    David Copperfield

    1999 · 59 votes

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    Lilli Palmer Theatre

    1955 · 1 votes

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    Talking Heads

    1988 · 7 votes

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    All for Love

    1982 · 1 votes

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    Armchair Theatre

    1956 · 6 votes

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