Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Maggie Smith, is an English film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 59 years. She has won numerous awards for acting, both for the stage and for film, including five BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two SAG Awards, and a Tony Award. Her critically acclaimed films include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985), and Gosford Park (2001). She has also appeared in a number of widely-popular films, including Sister Act (1992) and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. Smith has also appeared in the recent hit TV series "Downton Abbey" (2010-2011) as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham.
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- Born:
- Dec 28, 1934 In Ilford Borough, Essex, United Kingdom
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Los Angeles Bondage Murders
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Miracle Club 2023-07-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Los Angeles Bondage Murders | Victim #2 | 2025 |
| Movie | The Miracle Club | Lily Fox | 2023-07-14 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Violet Crawley | 2022-04-27 |
| Movie | A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | 2021-11-24 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Batman | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2019-09-12 |
| Movie | Sherlock Gnomes | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
| Movie | Nothing Like a Dame | Herself | 2018-05-02 |
| Movie | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Herself | 2017-04-17 |
| Movie | Woolf Works | Reading (voice) | 2017-02-08 |
| Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2015-02-26 |
| Movie | The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepherd | 2015-10-30 |
| Movie | My Old Lady | Mathilde Girard | 2014-09-09 |
| Movie | I Carry the Gift | Josette | 2014-02-22 |
| Series | Talking Pictures | Herself | 2013-01-05 |
| Movie | Eternal Torture | Michelle | 2013-12-07 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Mrs. Sullen | 2013-11-02 |
| Movie | Quartet | Jean Horton | 2012-12-26 |
| Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | 2012-02-23 |
| Movie | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | 2010-03-26 |
| Movie | From Time to Time | Linnet | 2010-09-24 |
| Series | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | 2010-09-26 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | 2009-07-15 |
| Movie | Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | 2007-03-02 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minerva McGonagall | 2007-07-08 |
| Movie | Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | 2007-11-12 |
| Series | Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe | Unknown | 2006-06-11 |
| Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | 2006-05-02 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | 2005-11-16 |
| Movie | Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | 2005-12-02 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | 2004-05-31 |
| Movie | Ladies in Lavender | Janet | 2004-11-12 |
| Movie | My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | 2003-05-25 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | 2002-11-13 |
| Movie | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Bennett | 2002-06-07 |
| Movie | Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | 2001-11-07 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | 2000-04-28 |
| Movie | Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | 1999-03-25 |
| Movie | All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | 1999-11-14 |
| Series | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | 1999-12-25 |
| Movie | Curtain Call | Lily Marlowe | 1998-12-05 |
| Movie | Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | 1997-10-10 |
| Movie | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | 1996-09-20 |
| Movie | Richard III | Duchess of York | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | 1993-01-06 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | 1993-12-09 |
| Movie | The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 1993-08-13 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Mother Superior | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | Memento Mori | Mrs Mabel Pettigrew | 1992-04-19 |
| Movie | Hook | Granny Wendy | 1991-04-10 |
| Movie | Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
| Movie | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | 1987-12-23 |
| Movie | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett | 1986-03-07 |
| Movie | Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | 1984-10-17 |
| Movie | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | 1984-11-09 |
| Movie | Better Late Than Never | Miss Anderson | 1983-02-21 |
| Movie | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | 1982-11-02 |
| Movie | Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | 1982-03-05 |
| Movie | Clash of the Titans | Thetis | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | Quartet | Lois Heidler | 1981-10-25 |
| Movie | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Miss Bowers (archive footage) | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | 1978-09-29 |
| Movie | California Suite | Diana Barrie | 1978-12-15 |
| Movie | Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | 1973-04-19 |
| Movie | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | 1972-04-16 |
| Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | 1972-12-17 |
| Movie | The Millionairess | Epifania | 1972-09-12 |
| Movie | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | 1969-02-24 |
| Movie | Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | 1969-03-10 |
| Movie | Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | 1968-09-19 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | 1967-05-21 |
| Movie | Othello | Desdemona | 1965-12-15 |
| Movie | Young Cassidy | Nora | 1965-02-25 |
| Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Movie | The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | 1964-07-16 |
| Movie | The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | 1963-09-01 |
| Movie | Go to Blazes | Chantal | 1962-04-18 |
| Movie | Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | 1958-12-02 |
| Movie | Child in the House | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1956-08-14 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |