Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE 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.
Acted Movies
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Writers: Jimmy Smallhorne,
Cast: Agnes O'Casey, Eric D. Smith, Hazel Doupe, Kathy Bates, Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Mark McKenna, Mark O'Halloran, Niall Buggy, Stephen Rea,
Director: Gil Kenan
Writers: Ol Parker,
Cast: Henry Lawfull, Jim Broadbent, Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith, Michiel Huisman, Rune Temte, Sally Hawkins, Stephen Merchant, Toby Jones, Zoe Colletti,
Director: Israel Horovitz
Writers: Israel Horovitz,
Cast: Dominique Pinon, Elie Wajeman, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Michael Burstin, Noémie Lvovsky, Stéphane De Groodt, Stéphane Freiss,
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Writers: Ronald Harwood,
Cast: Andrew Sachs, Billy Connolly, Jumayn Hunter, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith, Shola Adewusi, Tom Courtenay, Trevor Peacock,
Director: John Madden
Writers: Ol Parker,
Cast: Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Lillete Dubey, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Tina Desai, Tom Wilkinson,
Director: Kelly Asbury
Writers: Kathy Greenberg,
Cast: Ashley Jensen, Emily Blunt, James McAvoy, Jason Statham, Jim Cummings, Julie Walters, Maggie Smith, Matt Lucas, Michael Caine, Ozzy Osbourne,
Director: Julian Jarrold
Writers: Sarah Williams,
Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin, Anne Hathaway, Ian Richardson, James Cromwell, James McAvoy, Joe Anderson, Julie Walters, Laurence Fox, Lucy Cohu, Maggie Smith,
Director: Niall Johnson
Writers: Niall Johnson,
Cast: Emilia Fox, James Booth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Liz Smith, Maggie Smith, Patrick Monckton, Patrick Swayze, Rowan Atkinson, Tamsin Egerton, Toby Parkes,
Director: Charles Dance
Writers: Charles Dance,
Cast: Clive Russell, Daniel Brühl, David Warner, Freddie Jones, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Natascha McElhone, Richard Pears, Toby Jones,
Director: Hugh Wilson
Writers: Robert Harling,
Cast: Bette Midler, Dan Hedaya, Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Berkley, Goldie Hawn, Maggie Smith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stephen Collins, Stockard Channing, Victor Garber,
Director: Richard Loncraine
Writers: Ian McKellen,
Cast: Adrian Dunbar, Annette Bening, Edward Hardwicke, Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Downey Jr., Tim McInnerny,
Director: Bill Duke
Writers: James Orr,
Cast: Barnard Hughes, James Coburn, Kathy Najimy, Lauryn Hill, Maggie Smith, Mary Wickes, Michael Jeter, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Wendy Makkena, Whoopi Goldberg,
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Writers: Caroline Thompson,
Cast: Andrea Pickering, Andrew Knott, Heydon Prowse, Irène Jacob, John Lynch, Kate Maberly, Laura Crossley, Maggie Smith, Valerie Hill, Walter Sparrow,
Director: Emile Ardolino
Writers: Paul Rudnick,
Cast: Bill Nunn, Ellen Albertini Dow, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith, Mary Wickes, Richard Portnow, Robert Miranda, Wendy Makkena, Whoopi Goldberg,
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: James V. Hart,
Cast: Amber Scott, Bob Hoskins, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Laurel Cronin, Maggie Smith, Phil Collins, Robin Williams,
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Writers: Alan Bennett,
Cast: Alison Steadman, Bill Paterson, Denholm Elliott, Jim Carter, John Normington, Liz Smith, Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, Richard Griffiths, Tony Haygarth,
Director: Guy Hamilton
Writers: Barry Sandler,
Cast: Colin Blakely, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, James Mason, Jane Birkin, Maggie Smith, Nicholas Clay, Peter Ustinov, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles,
Director: Desmond Davis
Writers: Beverley Cross,
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Claire Bloom, Flora Robson, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Siân Phillips, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ursula Andress,
Director: Robert Moore
Writers: Neil Simon,
Cast: Alec Guinness, David Niven, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, Estelle Winwood, James Coco, Maggie Smith, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote,
Director: Anthony Asquith
Writers: Terence Rattigan,
Cast: Dennis Price, Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Martinelli, Linda Christian, Louis Jourdan, Maggie Smith, Margaret Rutherford, Orson Welles, Richard Burton, Rod Taylor,