Maggie Smith AKA Maggie Natalie Smith Born: 28-Dec-1934 Birthplace: Ilford, Essex, England
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor Nationality: England Executive summary: Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter Maggie Smith went from high school to the Oxford Playhouse School of Theatre, and first stepped on the professional stage in 1952, with the Oxford University Drama Society. At 21, she appeared on Broadway in a six-month run of collected bits written by then-newcomer talents like Neil Simon and Paul Lynde. She started her movie career with a series of now-forgotten films in the early 1960s, including Go to Blazes and The Pumpkin Eater. In 1969, she won an Oscar for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; she has also won a Tony, a second Oscar, three Golden Globes, and six BAFTAs (the British Academy Award).
Smith is also remembered for A Room with a View, The First Wives Club, Hook, and Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing. Additionally, she has starred in many British films, doing fine work that often doesn't translate well across the Atlantic (Quartet, The Missionary, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, etc.). Younger audiences know her as the witchy Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, the snooty Mother Superior in Whoopi Goldberg's Sister Act movies, the snobbish matron in Gosford Park, or the intimidating Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey. Father: Nathaniel Smith Mother: Margaret Hutton Little Brother: Ian Smith (b. 8-Dec-1928) Brother: Alastair Smith (b. 8-Dec-1928) Husband: Robert Stephens (actor, m. 1967, div. 1974, d. 12-Nov-1995) Son: Chris Larkin (actor, b. 19-Jun-1967) Son: Toby Stephens (actor, b. 21-Apr-1969) Husband: Beverley Cross (screenwriter, m. 1975, d. 20-Mar-1998)
High School: Oxford High School For Girls (1950)
Oscar for Best Actress 1970 for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1979 for California Suite Golden Globe 1979 for California Suite Golden Globe 1987 for A Room with a View Emmy 2003, Outstanding Lead Actress, for My House in Umbria Tony 1990, Best Actress, for Lettice and Lovage Emmy 2011, Outstanding Supporting Actress, for Downton Abbey Commander of the British Empire 1970 Dame of the British Empire 1990 Risk Factors: Breast Cancer
TELEVISION Downton Abbey Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham (2010-)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The Lady in the Van (12-Sep-2015) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (26-Feb-2015) My Old Lady (10-Sep-2014) Quartet (9-Sep-2012) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (30-Nov-2011) · Muriel Donnelly Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (7-Jul-2011) · Prof. Minerva McGonagall Gnomeo & Juliet (23-Jan-2011) · Lady Bluebury [VOICE] Nanny McPhee Returns (24-Mar-2010) · Mrs. Docherty From Time to Time (15-Oct-2009) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6-Jul-2009) · Prof. Minerva McGonagall Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (3-Jul-2007) Becoming Jane (2-Mar-2007) Keeping Mum (2-Dec-2005) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (6-Nov-2005) Ladies in Lavender (17-Sep-2004) · Janet Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (31-May-2004) · Prof. Minerva McGonagall My House in Umbria (8-Mar-2003) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (3-Nov-2002) · Prof. McGonagall Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (3-Jun-2002) · Caro Gosford Park (7-Nov-2001) · Constance Trentham Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (4-Nov-2001) · Prof. McGonagall David Copperfield (25-Dec-1999) All the King's Men (14-Nov-1999) Curtain Call (30-Aug-1999) The Last September (16-May-1999) · Lady Myra Tea with Mussolini (26-Mar-1999) · Lady Hester Washington Square (12-Sep-1997) The First Wives Club (20-Sep-1996) · Gunilla Garson Goldberg Richard III (20-Aug-1995) · Duchess of York Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (10-Dec-1993) · Mother Superior The Secret Garden (27-Jan-1993) Sister Act (29-May-1992) · Mother Superior Hook (11-Dec-1991) · Granny Wendy The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (23-Dec-1987) · Judith Hearne A Room with a View (Dec-1985) · Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon A Private Function (Nov-1984) · Joyce Chilvers Lily in Love (17-Oct-1984) The Missionary (2-Nov-1982) · Lady Ames Evil Under the Sun (5-Mar-1982) · Daphne Castle Better Late Than Never (1982) Clash of the Titans (12-Jun-1981) · Thetis Quartet (May-1981) California Suite (15-Dec-1978) · Diana Barrie Death on the Nile (30-Oct-1978) · Miss Bowers Murder by Death (23-Jun-1976) · Dora Charleston Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (19-Apr-1973) · Lila Fisher Travels with My Aunt (17-Dec-1972) · Aunt Augusta Oh! What a Lovely War (10-Mar-1969) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Jan-1969) Hot Millions (19-Sep-1968) · Patty The Honey Pot (21-Mar-1967) · Sarah Watkins Othello (15-Dec-1965) · Desdemona Young Cassidy (22-Mar-1965) · Nora The Pumpkin Eater (9-May-1964) · Philpot The V.I.P.'s (1-Sep-1963) · Miss Mead Go to Blazes (Apr-1962) Nowhere to Go (2-Dec-1958) · Bridget Howard
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