Maggie Smith
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 of
Maggie Smith
Violet Crawley (uncredited, archive footage)
... 2025
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
... 2024
Lily Fox
... 2023
Self (archive footage)
... 2023
Brunhilde Pomsel
... 2022
... 2022
Violet Crawley
... 2022
Aunt Ruth
... 2021
... 2019
Violet Crawley
... 2019
Self
... 2018
Lady Bluebury (voice)
... 2018
... 2017
Reading (voice)
... 2017
... 2016
Self (archive material)
... 2015
Miss Shepherd
... 2015
Muriel Donnelly
... 2015
Mathilde Girard
... 2014
Mrs. Sullen
... 2013
Jean Horton
... 2012
Muriel Donnelly
... 2012
Minerva McGonagall
... 2011
Lady Bluebury (voice)
... 2011
Agatha Rose Doherty
... 2010
Linnet
... 2009
Minerva McGonagall
... 2009
Self (archival footage)
... 2008
Mary Gilbert
... 2007
Minerva McGonagall
... 2007
Lady Gresham
... 2007
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
... 2006
Grace Hawkins
... 2005
Minerva McGonagall
... 2005
Janet
... 2004
... 2004
Minerva McGonagall
... 2004
Mrs. Emily Delahunty
... 2003
Minerva McGonagall
... 2002
Self (uncredited)
... 2002
Caro Bennett
... 2002
Constance Trentham
... 2001
Minerva McGonagall
... 2001
Lady Myra Naylor
... 2000
Queen Alexandra
... 1999
Lady Hester Random
... 1999
Lily Marlowe
... 1998
Aunt Lavinia Penniman
... 1997
Gunilla Garson Goldberg
... 1996
Duchess of York
... 1995
Mother Superior
... 1993
Mrs. Medlock
... 1993
Violet Venable
... 1993
Mother Superior
... 1992
Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
... 1992
Granny Wendy
... 1991
Rosaline (voice)
... 1990
... 1988
Judith Hearne
... 1987
Charlotte Bartlett
... 1986
Joyce Chilvers
... 1984
Lily Wynn
... 1984
Mrs Silly
... 1983
Miss Anderson
... 1983
Lady Isabel Ames
... 1982
Daphne Castle
... 1982
Self / Daphne Castle
... 1982
Lois Heidler
... 1981
Thetis
... 1981
Diana Barrie
... 1978
Miss Bowers
... 1978
Dora Charleston
... 1976
Lila Fisher
... 1973
Augusta Bertram
... 1972
Epifania
... 1972
Portia
... 1972
Music Hall Star
... 1969
Jean Brodie
... 1969
Patty Terwilliger Smith
... 1968
Sarah Watkins
... 1967
Beatrice
... 1967
Desdemona
... 1965
Nora
... 1965
(archive footage)
... 1965
Philpot
... 1964
Miss Mead
... 1963
Chantal
... 1962
Bridget Howard
... 1958
Party Guest (uncredited)
... 1956