Maggie Smith - Overview

Date of Birth: Dec 28, 1934

Place of Birth: Ilford, Essex, England

Nationality: English

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One of the most revered and rewarded actresses on both sides of the Atlantic, Maggie Smith has created a gallery of characters who run the gamut from repressed spinsters to comical eccentrics. The attractive redhead with the distinctly adenoidal voice, the youngest daughter of a pathologist with ties to Oxford, decided to pursue an acting career while still in her teens. She got her start as an assistant stage manager and performer at the Oxford Playhouse where she made her debut in a 1952 production of "Twelfth Night". Four years later, Smith was improbably singing and dancing on Broadway in the sketch revue "New Faces of '56". That same year, she first appeared on screen in a blink and you'll miss it bit role as a party guest in "Child in the House". Her official screen debut was in "Nowhere to Go" (1959).

Joining the Old Vic company in 1959, Smith was cast alongside Laurence Olivier in "Rhinoceros". By 1962, she was earning her first accolades in the Peter Shaffer double bill "The Private Ear" and "The Public Eye". The following year, the actress garnere... Read More

Filmography (45)

Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Becoming Jane (2007)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

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Milestones (59)

2010
Earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "Capturing Mary"

2009
Reprised the role of Prof. McGonagall in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth book in the fantasy series directed by David Yates

2007
Reprised the role of Prof. McGonagall in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

2007
Appeared opposite Anne Hathaway in the period film, "Becoming Jane"

2006
Played Rowan Atkinson’s housekeeper in the British comedy “Keeping Mum”

2006
Played Rowan Atkinson's housekeeper in the British comedy "Keeping Mum"

2005
Reprised role of Prof. McGonagall in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" directed by Mike Newell

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