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Maggie Smith

Television Actress / Film Actress / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Actress | * 12/28/1934 (88) | Ilford, Essex, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. With an extensive career in film, television and theatre over seven decades, she is one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She is particularly noted for her wit in comedic roles. Smith has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for six Olivier Awards. Smith was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990. Her other honours include the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1993, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996, and the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010. 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 Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. On the Broadway stage she received Tony Award nominations for Noël Coward's Private Lives (1975) and David Hare's Night and Day (1979), winning Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage (1990). Smith received two Academy Awards: Best Ac... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes ...

Gosford Park

R

2001 | 3.4/5 | 2h 11min
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more p ...

Murder by Death

PG

1976 | 3.6/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emerson ...

A Room with a View

NR

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 57min
Drama, Romance / Love
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British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in ...

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

PG-13

2011 | 3.5/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Maggie Smith

Society of London Theatre Special Award Academy Award for Best Actress Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Fellowship 4x BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Honorary Doctor of The University of St Andrews Companion of Honour Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress Bodley Medal 4x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Academy Award for Best Actress Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2x Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Maggie Smith as Actress(79)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Lily Fox2023 The Miracle Club
as Violet Crawley2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Brunhilde Pomsel2022 A German Life
as Aunt Ruth2021 A Boy Called Christmas
as Violet Crawley2019 Downton Abbey
2019 Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
as Lady Bluebury (voice)2018 Sherlock Gnomes
as herself2018 Nothing Like a Dame
as Reading (voice)2017 Woolf Works
as herself2017 Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Muriel Donnelly2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Miss Shepherd2015 The Lady in the Van
as Mathilde Girard2014 My Old Lady
as Mrs. Sullen2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Jean Horton2012 Quartet
as Minerva McGonagall2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Muriel Donnelly2011 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Lady Bluebury (voice)2011 Gnomeo & Juliet
as Agatha Rose Doherty2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Linnet2010 From Time to Time
as Minerva McGonagall2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Mary Gilbert2007 Capturing Mary
as Lady Gresham2007 Becoming Jane
as Minerva McGonagall2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Minerva McGonagall2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Grace Hawkins2005 Keeping Mum
as Janet2004 Ladies in Lavender
as Minerva McGonagall2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Mrs. Emily Delahunty2003 My House in Umbria
as Caro Eliza Bennett2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Minerva McGonagall2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Self (uncredited)2002 The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Minerva McGonagall2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Constance Trentham2001 Gosford Park
as Lady Myra Naylor2000 The Last September
as Queen Alexandra1999 All the King's Men
as Lady Hester Random1999 Tea with Mussolini
as Lily Marlowe1998 Curtain Call
as Aunt Lavinia Penniman1997 Washington Square
as Gunilla Garson Goldberg1996 The First Wives Club
as Duchess of York1995 Richard III
as Mother Superior1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Mrs. Medlock1993 The Secret Garden
as Violet Venable1993 Suddenly, Last Summer
as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew1992 Memento Mori
as Mother Superior1992 Sister Act
as Granny Wendy1991 Hook
as Rosaline (voice)1990 Romeo.Juliet
1988 Talking Heads
as Judith Hearne1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
as Charlotte Bartlett1985 A Room with a View
as Lily Wynn1984 Lily in Love
as Joyce Chilvers1984 A Private Function
as Miss Anderson1983 Better Late Than Never
as Self / Daphne Castle1982 The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Daphne Castle1982 Evil Under the Sun
as Lady Isabel Ames1982 The Missionary
as Lois Heidler1981 Quartet
as Thetis1981 Clash of the Titans
as Diana Barrie1978 California Suite
as Miss Bowers1978 Death on the Nile
as Miss Bowers (archive footage)1978 Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
as Dora Charleston1976 Murder by Death
as Lila Fisher1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
as Portia1972 The Merchant of Venice
as Augusta Bertram1972 Travels with My Aunt
as Music Hall Star1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
as Jean Brodie1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
as Patty Terwilliger Smith1968 Hot Millions
as Sarah Watkins1967 The Honey Pot
as Beatrice1967 Much Ado About Nothing
as Desdemona1965 Othello
as Nora1965 Young Cassidy
as Philpot1964 The Pumpkin Eater
as Miss Mead1963 The V.I.P.s
as Chantal1962 Go to Blazes
as Bridget Howard1958 Nowhere to Go
as Party Guest (uncredited)1956 Child in the House

TV Shows/Series with Maggie Smith as Actress(9)

as Self (archive footage)2013 Talking Pictures
as Violet Crawley2010 Downton Abbey
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
2006 Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
as Violet Venable1971 Great Performances
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as herself1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Epifania1965 Play of the Month

Full Name: Maggie Natalie Smith
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 12/28 1934 (December) in Ilford, Essex, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 88 years + 335 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Oxford High School
Spouses (current/former): Robert Stephens, Beverley Cross
Other names for Maggie Smith (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"매기 스미스"
"Мэгги Смит"
"Margaret Natalie Smith"
"Dame Margaret Natalie Smith"
Maggie Smith frequently works together with these people:
Michael Gambon (17x, Actor)
Julian Fellowes (12x, Actor)
Julie Walters (10x, Actress)
David Holmes (10x, Crew)
David Heyman (9x, Crew)
Timothy Spall (8x, Actor)
J.K. Rowling (8x, Crew)
Stuart Craig (8x, Crew)
Geraldine Somerville (8x, Actress)
Alan Bennett (8x, Actor)
Joanna Whitney (8x, Crew)
Helen Mirren (7x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2122, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 11/06/2023