List of Maggie Smith performances

Dame Maggie Smith was a British actress who worked in theatre, television and film. She made her professional theatre debut in 1956 playing Viola in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse. She made her Broadway debut in musical revue New Faces of 1956 (1956). Smith excelled in both comedy and drama performing in various works of Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Noël Coward, Edward Albee and Tom Stoppard. She received three Tony Award nominations for Private Lives (1975) and Night and Day (1980) before winning in 1990 for Lettice and Lovage.^[1]

Smith was also known for her film roles and started acting in films in the late 1950s before gaining her breakthrough film role in Othello (1965) in which she acted alongside Laurence Olivier and Michael Gambon. She won her first Academy Award for her performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). She received her second win for her role as an Oscar loser in Neil Simon's California Suite (1978). Other notable roles include Travels with My Aunt (1972), Death on the Nile (1978), A Room with a View (1986), Richard III (1995), Gosford Park (2001) and Quartet (2012). Smith also starred in the commercially successful films Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Secret Garden (1993) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and its sequel. Additionally, she gained worldwide attention and acclaim for her role as Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011).^[2]

Smith was also known for her roles on television appearing in various programmes including, BBC Sunday Night Theatre, Theatre Royal, Play of the Week, Armchair Theatre, Play of the Month and Screen Two. She also guest starred in The Carol Burnett Show. Smith received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her work in Suddenly, Last Summer (1992), David Copperfield (1999) and Capturing Mary (2010). Smith won for My House in Umbria (2003). Smith gained international acclaim for her performance in Downton Abbey (2010–2015) as the Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham. She received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning three times.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Child in the House	Party Guest
1958	Nowhere to Go	Bridget Howard
1962	Go to Blazes	Chantal
1963	The V.I.P.s	Miss Mead
1964	The Pumpkin Eater	Philpot
1965	Young Cassidy	Nora
1965	Othello	Desdemona
1967	The Honey Pot	Sarah Watkins
1968	Hot Millions	Patty Terwilliger Smith
1969	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Jean Brodie
1969	Oh! What a Lovely War	Music Hall Star
1972	Travels with My Aunt	Aunt Augusta Bertram
1973	Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing	Lila Fisher
1976	Murder by Death	Dora Charleston
1978	Death on the Nile	Miss Bowers
1978	California Suite	Diana Barrie
1981	Quartet	Lois Heidler
1981	Clash of the Titans	Thetis
1982	Evil Under the Sun	Daphne Castle
1982	The Missionary	Lady Isabel Ames
1983	Better Late Than Never	Miss Anderson
1984	Lily in Love	Lily Wynn
1984	A Private Function	Joyce Chilvers
1985	A Room with a View	Charlotte Bartlett
1987	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	Judith Hearne
1990	Romeo.Juliet	Rosaline	Voice
1991	Hook	Wendy Darling
1992	Sister Act	Mother Superior
1993	The Secret Garden	Mrs Medlock
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Mother Superior
1995	Richard III	Cecily Neville
1996	The First Wives Club	Gunilla Garson Goldberg
1997	Washington Square	Aunt Lavinia Penniman
1999	Curtain Call	Lily Marlowe	Re-released as It All Came True
	Tea with Mussolini	Lady Hester Random
	The Last September	Lady Myra Naylor
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Minerva McGonagall
2001	Gosford Park	Constance Trentham
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Caro Eliza Bennett
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Minerva McGonagall
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Minerva McGonagall
2004	Ladies in Lavender	Janet Widdington
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Minerva McGonagall
2005	Keeping Mum	Grace Hawkins
2007	Becoming Jane	Lady Gresham
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Minerva McGonagall
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Minerva McGonagall
2009	From Time to Time	Linnet Oldknow
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Agatha Docherty	Also known as Nanny McPhee Returns
2011	Gnomeo & Juliet	Lady Bluebury	Voice
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Minerva McGonagall
2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Muriel Donnelly
2012	Quartet	Jean Horton
2014	My Old Lady	Mathilde Girard
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Muriel Donnelly
2015	The Lady in the Van	Miss Shepherd
2018	Sherlock Gnomes	Lady Bluebury	Voice
2018	Nothing Like a Dame	Herself	Documentary
2019	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
2021	A Boy Called Christmas	Aunt Ruth
2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
2023	The Miracle Club	Lily Fox

Source: Turner Classic Movies

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre	Performer	Episode: "The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business"
1956	Theatre Royal	Paula Benson	Episode: "Death Under the City"
1956	The Adventures of Aggie	Fiona Frobisher-Smith	Episode: "Cobalt Blue"
1957	Sing for Your Supper	Ann Carter	Television film
	Kraft Television Theatre	Performer	Episode: "Night of the Plague"
	ITV Play of the Week	Various roles	6 episodes: 1957–1960
	On Stage – London	Performer	Episode: "Episode #1.3"
1958	Armchair Theatre	Julie, The Girl, Anna Carnot	3 episodes: 1958–1960
1959	ITV Television Playhouse	Doto, Elaine	2 episodes
1966	ITV Play of the Week	Victoria	Episode: "Home and Beauty"
1967	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Television film
1968	Play of the Month	Ann Whitefield	Episode: "Man and Superman"
1968	ITV Playhouse	Mrs Wislack	Episode: "On Approval"
1972	Play of the Month	Portia	Episode: "The Merchant of Venice"
1972	Play of the Month	Epifania	Episode: "The Millionairess"
1974–75	The Carol Burnett Show	Various roles	American TV debut; 3 episodes
1983	All for Love	Mrs Silly	Episode: "Mrs Silly"
1988	Talking Heads	Susan	Episode: "A Bed Among the Lentils"
1992	Screen Two	Mrs Mabel Pettigrew	Episode: "Memento Mori"
1993	Great Performances	Violet Venable	Episode: "Suddenly, Last Summer"
1999	All the King's Men	Queen Alexandra	Television film, BBC
1999	David Copperfield	Betsey Trotwood	Miniseries – 2 episodes
2003	My House in Umbria	Emily Delahunty	Television film, HBO
2007	Capturing Mary	Mary Gilbert	Television film, HBO
2010–16	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham	Series – 52 episodes
2014	National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage	Mrs Sullen	Television special, PBS

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1952	Twelfth Night	Viola	Oxford Playhouse
	He Who Gets Slapped	Performer	Clarendon Press
	Cinderella		Oxford Playhouse
1953	Rookery Nook
	Housemaster
	Cakes and Ale		revue, Edinburgh Festival
	The Love of Four Colonels		Oxford Playhouse
1954	The Ortolan		Maxton Hall
	Don't Listen Ladies		Oxford Playhouse
	The Government Inspector
	The Letter
	A Man About The House
	On the Mile		revue, Edinburgh Festival
	Oxford Accents		Watergate Theatre, London
	Theatre 1900		Oxford Playhouse
	Listen to the Wind
1955	The Magistrate
1955	The School for Scandal
1956	New Faces of '56	Various roles	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1957	Share My Lettuce	Performer	Lyric Theatre Comedy Theatre Garrick Theatre
1958	The Stepmother	Vera Dane	St. Martin's Theatre
1959	The Double Dealer	Lady Plyant	The Old Vic
	As You Like It	Celia
	Richard II	The Queen
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Mistress Ford
1960	What Every Woman Knows	Maggie Wylie
	Rhinoceros	Daisy	Strand Theatre
	Strip the Willow	Performer	UK tour
1961	The Rehearsal	Lucile	Bristol Old Vic Globe Theatre Queen's Theatre
1962	The Private Ear & The Public Eye	Belinda/Doreen	Globe Theatre
1963	Mary, Mary	Mary	Queen's Theatre
1963	The Recruiting Officer	Silvia	National Theatre
1964	Othello	Desdemona
	The Master Builder	Hilda Wangel
	Hay Fever	Myra Arundel
1965	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice
1965	Trelawny of the 'Wells'	Avonia Bunn
1966	Miss Julie	Miss Julie
	Black Comedy	Clea
	A Bond Honoured	Marcela
1969	The Country Wife	Margery Pinchwife	Chichester Festival Theatre
1970	The Beaux' Stratagem	Mrs Sullen	National Theatre Ahmanson Theatre The Old Vic
	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Tesman	National Theatre Cambridge Theatre The Old Vic
	Three Sisters	Masha	Ahmanson Theatre
1971	Design for Living	Gilda	Ahmanson Theatre
1972	Private Lives	Amanda Prynne	Queen's Theatre
1973	Peter Pan	Peter Pan	London Coliseum
1974	Snap	Connie Hudson	Vaudeville Theatre
1975	Private Lives	Amanda Prynne	US tour and 46th Street Theatre
1976	The Way of the World	Millamant	Stratford Shakespeare Festival
	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra
	Three Sisters	Masha
	Measure for Measure	Mistress Overdone
	The Guardsman	The Actress	Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Ahmanson
1977	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Titania/Hippolyta	Stratford Shakespeare Festival/Ahmanson
	Richard III	Queen Elizabeth	Stratford Shakespeare Festival
	As You Like It	Rosalind
	Hay Fever	Judith Bliss
1978	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth
1978	Private Lives	Amanda Prynne
1979	Night and Day	Ruth Carson	Phoenix Theatre ANTA Playhouse, Broadway
1980	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	Stratford Shakespeare Festival
	The Seagull	Arkadina	Stratford Shakespeare Festival
	Virginia	Virginia Woolf	SSF/Haymarket Theatre
1984	The Way of the World	Millament	Chichester/Haymarket Theatre
1985	Interpreters	Nadia Ogilvy-Smith	Queen's Theatre
1986	The Infernal Machine	Jocasta	Lyric Theatre
1987	Coming into Land	Halina Rodziewiczowna	Royal National Theatre Lyttelton Theatre
1987	Lettice and Lovage	Lettice Doucett	Globe Theatre
1990	Lettice and Lovage	Lettice Doucett	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
1993	The Importance of Being Earnest	Lady Bracknell	Aldwych Theatre
1994	Three Tall Women	A	Wyndham's Theatre
1996	Talking Heads	Susan	Chichester/Comedy Theatre
1997	A Delicate Balance	Claire	Haymarket Theatre
1999	The Lady in the Van	Miss Mary Shepherd	Queen's Theatre
2002	The Breath of Life	Madeleiane Palmer	Haymarket Theatre
2004	Talking Heads	Susan	Australia/New Zealand tour
2007	The Lady from Dubuque	Elizabeth	Haymarket Theatre
2019	A German Life	Brunhilde Pomsel	Bridge Theatre

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery	Minerva McGonagall	Voice

References

^ "Top 10 Maggie Smith Performances". IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "The Arguably Ten Best Maggie Smith Performances". IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Sulcas, Roslyn (8 January 2016). "Maggie Smith Shifts From Dowager to Down and Out for 'The Lady in the Van'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

External links

[1] "Top 10 Maggie Smith Performances". IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[2] "The Arguably Ten Best Maggie Smith Performances". IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[3] Sulcas, Roslyn (8 January 2016). "Maggie Smith Shifts From Dowager to Down and Out for 'The Lady in the Van'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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