Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is a British actress. She is better known as Maggie Smith. She made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 70 years. She has won many awards for acting, both for the stage and for movies, including seven BAFTA Awards (five competitive awards and two special awards including the Bafta Fellowship in 1996), two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, two SAG Awards and a Tony Award.
Maggie Smith | |
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_(cropped).jpg.webp) Smith in 1973 | |
| Born | Margaret Natalie Smith 28 December 1934 |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Dame Maggie Smith |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Stephens (m. 1967–1974, divorced) Beverley Cross (m. 1975–1998, his death) |
| Children | Chris Larkin, Toby Stephens |
| Film Awards | |
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| Academy Awards | |
| 1969 | Best Actress |
| 1978 | Best Supporting Actress |
| British Academy Film Awards | |
| 1969, 1984, 1986, 1988 | Best Actress |
| 1999 | Best Supporting Actress |
| 1996 | Fellowship |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
| 1978 | Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1986 | Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |
| 2001 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
Her award winning movies include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Travels with My Aunt (1972), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001). She has also been in a number of widely-popular movies, including Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992) and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movie series. She currently stars in the drama Downton Abbey as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, for which she has won an Emmy.
Smith was born in Ilford, Essex. She moved to Oxford at age four and went to Oxford High School.
Personal life
Smith has been married twice. She married actor Robert Stephens on 29 June 1967 at Greenwich. The couple had two sons: actors Chris Larkin (born in 1967) and Toby Stephens (born in 1969).[1] They divorced on 6 May 1974.[1][2]
She married playwright Beverley Cross on 23 August 1975 at Guildford. He died on 20 March 1998.
In 2007, the Sunday Telegraph' reported that she had breast cancer. She has made a full recovery.[3]
Filmography
Television and cinema
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Dr. Dolittle | Brenda Dolittle | |
| 1958 | Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Chantal | |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | |
| 1965 | Othello | Desdemona |
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| Young Cassidy | Nora | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie |
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| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt | Aunt Augusta |
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| 1973 | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | |
| 1974 | The Carol Burnett Show | Gwendylspire Boughgrough | |
| 1975 | The Carol Burnett Show | Ms. Collins | |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| California Suite | Diana Barrie |
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| 1981 | Quartet | Lois Heidler | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Clash of the Titans | Thetis | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | |
| The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | ||
| Better Late Than Never | Miss Anderson | ||
| 1984 | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress | |
| 1985 | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett |
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| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Talking Heads | Susan | Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress | |
| 1991 | Hook | Wendy Darling | |
| 1992 | Sister Act | Reverend Mother | |
| Memento Mori | Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew | Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress | |
| 1993 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Reverend Mother | ||
| The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| 1995 | Richard III | Duchess of York | |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast |
| 1997 | Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1999 | Curtain Call | Lily Gale | |
| The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | ||
| Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | ||
| David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood |
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| 2001 | Gosford Park | Constance, Countess of Trentham |
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| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Professor Minerva McGonagall |
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| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Professor Minerva McGonagall | Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Eliza Bennett | ||
| 2003 | My House in Umbria | Emily Delahunty |
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| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Professor Minerva McGonagall | |
| Ladies in Lavender | Janet Widdington | Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress | |
| 2005 | Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Professor Minerva McGonagall | ||
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Professor Minerva McGonagall | |
| Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | ||
| Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Professor Minerva McGonagall | |
| From Time to Time | Linnet Oldknow | ||
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Mrs. Docherty | |
| 2010–present | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham | Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie TV Times Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Monte Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actress Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Professor Minerva McGonagall | ||
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | |
| Quartet | Jean Horton | post-production |
Theatre roles
- Twelfth Night, Oxford Playhouse, 1952
- He Who Gets Slapped, Clarendon Press Institute, 1952
- Cinderella, Oxford Playhouse, 1952
- Rookery Nook, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
- The Housemaster, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
- Cakes and Ale (revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1953
- The Love of Four Colonels, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
- The Ortolan, Maxton Hall, 1954
- Don’t Listen Ladies, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- The Government Inspector, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- The Letter, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- A Man About The House, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- On the Mile (revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1954
- Oxford Accents, New Watergate Theatre, London, 1954
- Theatre 1900, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- Listen to the Wind, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- The Magistrate, Oxford Playhouse, 1955
- The School For Scandal, Oxford Playhouse, 1955
- New Faces (revue), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1956
- Share My Lettuce (revue), Lyric Hammersmith and Comedy Theatre, 1957
- The Stepmother, St. Martin's Theatre, 1958
- The Double Dealer, Old Vic, 1959
- As You Like It, Old Vic, 1959
- Richard II, Old Vic, 1959
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic, 1959
- What Every Woman Knows, Old Vic, 1960
- Rhinoceros, Strand Theatre, 1960
- Strip the Willow, UK Tour, 1960
- The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic and Globe Theatre, 1961
- The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Globe Theatre, 1962
- Mary, Mary, Queen's Theatre, 1963
- The Recruiting Officer, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1963
- Othello, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
- The Master Builder, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
- Hay Fever, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
- Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1965
- Trelawney of the Wells, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1965
- Miss Julie, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
- Black Comedy, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
- A Bond Honoured, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
- The Country Wife, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1969
- The Beaux Stratagem, National Theatre/Old Vic and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1970
- Hedda Gabler, National Theatre/Cambridge Theatre, 1970
- Design For Living, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1971
- Private Lives, Queen's Theatre, 1972
- Peter Pan, London Coliseum, 1973
- Snap, Vaudeville Theatre, 1974
- Private Lives, US tour and 46th Street Theatre, New York, 1975 [Tony nomination]
- The Way of the World, Stratford, Canada, 1976
- Antony and Cleopatra, Stratford, Canada, 1976
- Three Sisters, Stratford, Canada, 1976
- The Guardsman, Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1976
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1977
- Richard III, Stratford, Canada, 1977
- As You Like It, Stratford, Canada, 1977
- Hay Fever, Stratford, Canada, 1977
- Macbeth, Stratford, Canada, 1978
- Private Lives, Stratford, Canada, 1978
- Night and Day, Phoenix Theatre, Washington D.C. and ANTA Playhouse, New York, 1979 [Tony nomination]
- Much Ado About Nothing, Stratford, Canada, 1980
- The Seagull, Stratford, Canada, 1980
- Virginia, Stratford, Canada, 1980 and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1981
- The Way of the World, Chichester Festival Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1984
- The Interpreters, Queen's Theatre, 1985
- The Infernal Machine, Lyric Hammersmith, 1986
- Coming Into Land, National Theatre/Lyttelton, 1987
- Lettice and Lovage, Globe Theatre, 1987
- Lettice and Lovage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1990 [Tony win]
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Aldwych Theatre, 1993
- Three Tall Women, Wyndham's Theatre, 1994 and 1995
- Talking Heads, Chichester Festival Theatre and Comedy Theatre, 1996
- A Delicate Balance, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1997
- The Lady in the Van, Queen's Theatre, 1999
- The Breath of Life, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2002
- Talking Heads, Australian tour, 2004
- The Lady From Dubuque, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2007
References
- Maggie Smith biography Archived 2012-12-09 at Archive.today. Tiscali.film & TV.
- Maggie Smith. Film Reference.com.
- "Actress Maggie Smith recounts cancer battle". Google.com. 2009-10-05. Archived from the original on 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
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