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.
Hook
(Granny Wendy)
A German Life
(Brunhilde Pomsel)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(Minerva McGonagall)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Minerva McGonagall)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Minerva McGonagall)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(Minerva McGonagall)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(Minerva McGonagall)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(Minerva McGonagall)
Clash of the Titans
(Thetis)
Sister Act
(Mother Superior)
Tea with Mussolini
(Lady Hester Random)
Death on the Nile
(Miss Bowers)
Evil Under the Sun
(Daphne Castle)
The First Wives Club
(Gunilla Garson Goldberg)
Becoming Jane
(Lady Gresham)
Gosford Park
(Constance Trentham)
Oh! What a Lovely War
(Music Hall Star)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
(Jean Brodie)
Travels with My Aunt
(Augusta Bertram)
The Secret Garden
(Mrs. Medlock)
A Room with a View
(Charlotte Bartlett)
Murder by Death
(Dora Charleston)
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
(Miss Bowers (archive footage))
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
(Self / Daphne Castle)
Richard III
(Duchess of York)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
(Mother Superior)
Ladies in Lavender
(Janet)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(Minerva McGonagall)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
(Caro Bennett)
California Suite
(Diana Barrie)
Hot Millions
(Patty Terwilliger Smith)
Keeping Mum
(Grace Hawkins)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
(Agatha Rose Doherty)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
(Judith Hearne)
My House in Umbria
(Mrs. Emily Delahunty)
The Honey Pot
(Sarah Watkins)
The V.I.P.s
(Miss Mead)
Othello
(Desdemona)
Washington Square
(Aunt Lavinia Penniman)
Gnomeo & Juliet
(Lady Bluebury (voice))
Quartet
(Lois Heidler)
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
(Lila Fisher)
The Last September
(Lady Myra Naylor)
From Time to Time
(Linnet)
Curtain Call
(Lily Marlowe)
Nowhere to Go
(Bridget Howard)
The Pumpkin Eater
(Philpot)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Missionary
(Lady Isabel Ames)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(Muriel Donnelly)
A Private Function
(Joyce Chilvers)
Quartet
(Jean Horton)
The Millionairess
(Epifania)
Mrs. Silly
(Mrs Silly)
Lily in Love
(Lily Wynn)
Young Cassidy
(Nora)
Capturing Mary
(Mary Gilbert)
Suddenly, Last Summer
(Violet Venable)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
(Self)
Go to Blazes
(Chantal)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(Muriel Donnelly)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
(Self)
My Old Lady
(Mathilde Girard)
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait
(Self (archival footage))
Much Ado About Nothing
(Beatrice)
Better Late Than Never
(Miss Anderson)
The Lady in the Van
(Miss Shepherd)
All the King's Men
(Queen Alexandra)
Talking Heads
The Merchant of Venice
(Portia)
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
(Self (archive material))
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
(Mrs. Sullen)
Woolf Works
(Reading (voice))
Child in the House
(Party Guest (uncredited))
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
(Self)
Sherlock Gnomes
(Lady Bluebury (voice))
Nothing Like a Dame
(Self)
Downton Abbey
(Violet Crawley)
Romeo.Juliet
(Rosaline (voice))
Robin And Mark And Richard III
(Self)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage"))
Memento Mori
(Mrs Mabel Pettigrew)
A Boy Called Christmas
(Aunt Ruth)
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
(Self)
Olivier Talks About Othello
((archive footage))
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
(Self (uncredited))
Downton Abbey: A New Era
(Violet Crawley)
The Miracle Club
(Lily Fox)
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
(Self)
BBC Play of the Month
(Epifania)
The Oscars
(Self)
Downton Abbey
(Violet Crawley)
Talking Pictures
(Self (archive footage))
Talking Heads
(Susan)
David Copperfield
(Betsey Trotwood)
Honest Trailers
(Minerva McGonagall (archive footage))
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self - Guest / Various Characters)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self - Guest)
The Carol Burnett Show
(Self)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Great Performances
(Violet Venable)
Tony Awards
(Self (archive footage))
Armchair Theatre
(Anna Carnot)