Renowned ACTRESS, Maggie Smith died on September 27 at a hospital in London. He died at the age of 89 years. At the age of 89, he has made many achievements and given his own color to the world of cinema.
The actress appeared frequently on stage, in films and on TV from the 1950s until last year when she starred in The Miracle Club. His illustrious career earned him two Oscars, four Emmys, a Tony, seven BAFTA Awards and a British peerage.
So, who is Maggie Smith? For those who don’t know this actress, below we will explain her profile.
Quoted from the biography, Dame Maggie Smith has had a varied career, on stage, film and television spanning six decades. Her achievements range from playing Desdemona in Othello alongside Laurence Olivier in the 1960s, to winning an Academy Award for her performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, to memorable roles in the hit television series Downton Abbey and the popular film Harry Potter. He died in September 2024 at the age of 89.
Early life
Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith on December 28, 1934, in Ilford, England, outside London. His parents were Margaret and Nathaniel Smith.
When Maggie was 4 years old, the family moved to Oxford, where her father worked as a pathologist at Oxford University. Maggie studied at the all-girls Oxford High School until, aged 16, she left school and attended the Oxford Playhouse School from 1951 to 1953. She made her professional stage debut in 1952, playing Viola in Oxford University’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Dramatics Society. He first gained recognition in the 1956 Broadway revue New Faces and played the lead comedian in the London revue Share My Lettuce (1957–58).
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Early Career in Theater and Film
After a brief stop on Broadway, New York, where he appeared in the 1956 comedy New Faces, Smith also began acting in films.
Her first role was a brief uncredited appearance in Child in the House (1956) followed by a larger role in the crime drama Nowhere to Go (1959).
In the 1960s, Smith was active with the National Theater of Great Britain. She played Desdemona in Laurence Olivier’s Othello in 1964. They both reprized their roles in the film version of Othello the following year. While at the National Theatre, he acted in classic plays by great writers such as Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov.
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Movies and TV Shows: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Downton Abbey, and Harry Potter
Smith received two Academy Awards throughout his career. She won her first Oscar in 1970. She received the best actress trophy for her role as an idealistic and unorthodox schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Nine years later, Smith won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Neil Simon’s California Suite (1978).
The actress also received a British Academy Film Award for her work, including her roles in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1984’s A Private Function, 1985’s A Room with a View, and 1987’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne. Among awards for performance her stage credits included a Variety Club Award for her performance in Noël Coward’s Private Lives in 1972 and a Tony Award for Lettice and Lovage in 1990.
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Throughout the 1990s, Smith acted in a variety of projects, from the 1993 comedy Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit with Whoopi Goldberg to the 1997 literary adaptation Washington Square and the 1999 drama Tea with Mussolini. His performance as a pompous aristocrat in Gosford Park ( 2001) Robert Altman’s work received very positive attention.
Smith captured the attention of a new generation when she played the strict wizarding teacher Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001). The film was a huge success, and Smith returned to play the character in six of the seven Harry Potter sequels.
Beginning in 2010, Smith earned praise for her performance as Violet Crawley, the fiercely formidable Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the period drama Downton Abbey. He received three Emmy Awards for the role in 2011, 2012, and 2016.
This venerable and busy actress also continues her prolific film career. In 2012, he joined the cast of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and appeared in the Dustin Hoffman-directed film Quartet. In 2015, he returned for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and starred in the comedy drama The Lady in the Van, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
Husband and Children
Smith was married twice. Her first marriage, to actor Robert Stephens in 1967, ended in divorce in 1974. Her two sons by Stephens, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, are both actors. In 1975, Smith married writer Beverley Cross, who died of cancer in 1998.
Smith was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1990.
In 2008, Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent intensive treatment that included chemotherapy sessions that coincided with filming schedules for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. (Z-10)
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