Maggie Smith

Birthday: 1934-12-28
Birthplace: Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Gender: Female
Drafted: 182
Drafted By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 8
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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.

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1966 32 Othello (1965) Supporting Actress Nom 0
1970 36 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Leading Actress Win 0
1973 39 Travels with My Aunt (1972) Leading Actress Nom 0
1979 45 California Suite (1978) Supporting Actress Win 0
1987 53 A Room with a View (1986) Supporting Actress Nom 0
2002 68 Gosford Park (2001) Supporting Actress Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
2023-07-14 The Miracle Club Lily Fox
2022-12-01 A German Life Brunhilde Pomsel
2022-04-27 Downton Abbey: A New Era Violet Crawley
2021-11-24 A Boy Called Christmas Aunt Ruth
2019-09-12 Downton Abbey Violet Crawley
2018-03-15 Sherlock Gnomes Lady Bluebury (voice)
2017-02-08 Woolf Works Reading (voice)
2015-10-30 The Lady in the Van Miss Shepherd
2015-02-26 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly
2014-09-09 My Old Lady Mathilde Girard
2013-11-02 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage Mrs. Sullen
2012-12-26 Quartet Jean Horton
2012-02-23 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly
2011-07-12 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Minerva McGonagall
2011-01-13 Gnomeo & Juliet Lady Bluebury (voice)
2010-03-26 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Agatha Rose Doherty
2009-10-15 From Time to Time Linnet
2009-07-15 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Minerva McGonagall
2007-11-12 Capturing Mary Mary Gilbert
2007-07-08 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Minerva McGonagall
2007-03-02 Becoming Jane Lady Gresham
2006-05-02 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
2005-12-02 Keeping Mum Grace Hawkins
2005-11-16 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Minerva McGonagall
2004-11-12 Ladies in Lavender Janet
2004-05-31 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Minerva McGonagall
2003-05-25 My House in Umbria Mrs. Emily Delahunty
2002-11-13 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Minerva McGonagall
2002-06-07 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Caro Bennett
2001-11-16 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Minerva McGonagall
2001-11-07 Gosford Park Constance Trentham
2000-04-28 The Last September Lady Myra Naylor
1999-11-14 All the King's Men Queen Alexandra
1999-03-25 Tea with Mussolini Lady Hester Random
1998-12-05 Curtain Call Lily Marlowe
1997-10-10 Washington Square Aunt Lavinia Penniman
1996-09-20 The First Wives Club Gunilla Garson Goldberg
1995-12-29 Richard III Duchess of York
1993-12-09 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Mother Superior
1993-08-13 The Secret Garden Mrs. Medlock
1993-01-06 Suddenly, Last Summer Violet Venable
1992-05-28 Sister Act Mother Superior
1992-04-19 Memento Mori Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
1991-04-10 Hook Granny Wendy
1990-01-01 Romeo.Juliet Rosaline (voice)
1988-04-19 Talking Heads
1987-12-23 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Judith Hearne
1985-12-13 A Room with a View Charlotte Bartlett
1984-11-09 A Private Function Joyce Chilvers
1984-10-17 Lily in Love Lily Wynn
1983-09-09 Mrs. Silly Mrs Silly
1983-02-21 Better Late Than Never Miss Anderson
1982-11-02 The Missionary Lady Isabel Ames
1982-03-05 Evil Under the Sun Daphne Castle
1981-10-25 Quartet Lois Heidler
1981-06-12 Clash of the Titans Thetis
1978-12-15 California Suite Diana Barrie
1978-09-29 Death on the Nile Miss Bowers
1976-06-23 Murder by Death Dora Charleston
1973-04-19 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Lila Fisher
1972-12-17 Travels with My Aunt Augusta Bertram
1972-09-12 The Millionairess Epifania
1972-04-16 The Merchant of Venice Portia
1969-03-10 Oh! What a Lovely War Music Hall Star
1969-02-24 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie
1968-09-19 Hot Millions Patty Terwilliger Smith
1967-05-21 The Honey Pot Sarah Watkins
1967-01-01 Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice
1965-12-15 Othello Desdemona
1965-02-25 Young Cassidy Nora
1964-07-16 The Pumpkin Eater Philpot
1963-09-01 The V.I.P.s Miss Mead
1962-04-18 Go to Blazes Chantal
1958-12-02 Nowhere to Go Bridget Howard
1956-08-14 Child in the House Party Guest (uncredited)