Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith’s screen credits include Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Constance Trentham in Gosford Park.
Born December 28, 1934† September 27, 2024 Ilford, Essex, England, UK2 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2024Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationSelf / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2023The Miracle ClubLily Fox
- 2023Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelf
- 2022Downton Abbey: A New EraViolet Crawley
- 2021A Boy Called ChristmasAunt Ruth
- 2019Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand EventSelf
- 2019Downton AbbeyViolet Crawley
- 2018Nothing Like a DameSelf
- 2018Sherlock GnomesLady Bluebury (voice)
- 2017Rod Taylor: Pulling No PunchesSelf
- 2017Woolf WorksReading (voice)
- 2016Robin And Mark And Richard IIISelf
- 2015Dames of Classic Drama at the BBCSelf (archive material)
- 2015The Lady in the VanMiss Shepherd
- 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelMuriel Donnelly
- 2014My Old LadyMathilde Girard
- 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageMrs. Sullen
- 2012QuartetJean Horton
- 2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelMuriel Donnelly
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Minerva McGonagall
- 2011Gnomeo & JulietLady Bluebury (voice)
- 2010Nanny McPhee and the Big BangMrs. Docherty
- 2009From Time to TimeLinnet
- 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceMinerva McGonagall
- 2008Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portraitSelf (archival footage)
- 2007Capturing MaryMary Gilbert
- 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixMinerva McGonagall
- 2007Becoming JaneLady Gresham
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysLettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
- 2005Keeping MumGrace Hawkins
- 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireMinerva McGonagall
- 2004Ladies in LavenderJanet
- 2004The Magic Touch of Harry PotterSelf
- 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanMinerva McGonagall
- 2003My House in UmbriaMrs. Emily Delahunty
- 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMinerva McGonagall
- 2002The Making of Gosford ParkSelf (uncredited)
- 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodCaro
- 2000The Last SeptemberLady Myra Naylor
- 1999All the King's MenQueen Alexandra
- 1999Tea with MussoliniLady Hester Random
- 1998Curtain CallLily Marlowe
- 1997Washington SquareAunt Lavinia Penniman
- 1996The First Wives ClubGunilla Garson Goldberg
- 1995Richard IIIDuchess of York
- 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitMother Superior
- 1993The Secret GardenMrs. Medlock
- 1993Suddenly, Last SummerViolet Venable
- 1992Sister ActMother Superior
- 1992Memento MoriMrs Mabel Pettigrew
- 1991HookGranny Wendy
- 1990Romeo.JulietRosaline (voice)
- 1988Talking HeadsActor
- 1987The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneJudith Hearne
- 1986A Room with a ViewCharlotte Bartlett
- 1984A Private FunctionJoyce Chilvers
- 1984Lily in LoveLily Wynn
- 1983Mrs. SillyMrs Silly
- 1983Better Late Than NeverMiss Anderson
- 1982The MissionaryLady Isabel Ames
- 1982Evil Under the SunDaphne Castle
- 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Daphne Castle
- 1981QuartetLois Heidler
- 1981Clash of the TitansThetis
- 1978Death on the NileMiss Bowers
- 1978California SuiteDiana Barrie
- 1976Murder by DeathDora Charleston
- 1973Love and Pain and the Whole Damn ThingLila Fisher
- 1972Travels with My AuntAugusta Bertram
- 1972The MillionairessEpifania
- 1972The Merchant of VenicePortia
- 1969Oh! What a Lovely WarMusic Hall Star
- 1969The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieJean Brodie
- 1968Hot MillionsPatty Terwilliger Smith
- 1967The Honey PotSarah Watkins
- 1967Much Ado About NothingBeatrice
- 1965OthelloDesdemona
- 1965Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Irelandself
- 1965Young CassidyNora
- 1964The Pumpkin EaterPhilpot
- 1963The V.I.P.sMiss Mead
- 1962Go to BlazesChantal
- 1958Nowhere to GoBridget Howard
- 1956Child in the HouseParty Guest (uncredited)
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