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Maggie Smith, born Margaret Natalie Smith, reigned as one of Britain’s most iconic actresses for seven decades, celebrated for her razor-sharp wit and commanding stage presence. From her early days at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952 to her Tony-winning role in "Lettice and Lovage" in 1990, Smith’s career spanned Broadway and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her screen performances, including her Oscar-winning turns in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "California Suite," and her enduring portrayal of Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series, cemented her status as a cinematic legend. Later roles in "Downton Abbey" and "The Lady in the Van" brought her renewed acclaim and a clutch of Emmy Awards, marking a career of unparalleled longevity and distinction.
The roles that explain the career.
73 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | Film |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club | Lily Fox | Film |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Violet Crawley | Film |
| 2022 | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Self | Film |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | Film |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | Film |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self | Film |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Lady Bluebury (voice) | Film |
| 2016 | Robin And Mark And Richard III | Self | Film |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepherd | Film |
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive material) | Film |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | Film |
| 2012 | Quartet | Jean Horton | Film |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | Film |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | Film |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | TV |
| 2009 | From Time to Time | Linnet | Film |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2007 | Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | Film |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | Film |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2005 | Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | Film |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Janet | Film |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2003 | My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | Film |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro | Film |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | Film |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | Film |
| 2000 | The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | Film |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | Film |
| 1999 | All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | Film |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | TV |
| 1998 | Curtain Call | Lily Marlowe | Film |
| 1997 | Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | Film |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | Film |
| 1995 | Richard III | Duchess of York | Film |
| 1993 | The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | Film |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | Film |
| 1993 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | Film |
| 1992 | Sister Act | Mother Superior | Film |
| 1991 | Hook | Granny Wendy | Film |
| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | Film |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett | Film |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | Film |
| 1984 | Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | Film |
| 1982 | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | Film |
| 1982 | The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | Film |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | Film |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Thetis | Film |
| 1981 | Quartet | Lois Heidler | Film |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | Film |
| 1978 | California Suite | Diana Barrie | Film |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | Film |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog | Production Secretary | Film |
| 1973 | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | Film |
| 1972 | The Millionairess | Epifania | Film |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | Film |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | Film |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | Film |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | Film |
| 1968 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Production Secretary | Film |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | Film |
| 1965 | Othello | Desdemona | Film |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Nora | Film |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | Film |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Production Secretary | Film |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | Film |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Chantal | Film |
| 1960 | Sex Kittens Go to College | Production Secretary | Film |
| 1958 | Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | Film |
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