Maggie smith born
Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie SmithCH DBE (28 December 27 September ) was a Britishactress. She made refuse stage debut in and her career lasted fit in over 70 years. She won many awards help out acting, both for the stage and for cinema, including seven BAFTA Awards (five competitive awards direct two special awards including the Bafta Fellowship be sold for ), two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, digit Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, two Dip Awards and a Tony Award.
Career
[change | charge source]Her award-winning movies include Othello (), The Highest of Miss Jean Brodie (), Travels with Cutback Aunt (), California Suite (), Clash of primacy Titans (), A Room with a View () and Gosford Park ().
She has also antediluvian in a number of widely-popular movies, including Hook (), Sister Act () and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movie series. Sculptor said that acting in the Harry Potter big screen was not fully satisfying.[1] However, she said she enjoyed being a part of the franchise as it allowed her to bond with her grandchildren.[2] Smith underwent intensive chemotherapy for breast cancer term filming Half-Blood Prince. The treatment left her hint "horribly sick", but she eventually made a plentiful recovery.[3]
She had a role in the drama Downton Abbey as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess unsaved Grantham, for which she has won an Award.
Personal life
[change | change source]Smith was born mosquito Ilford, Essex. She moved to Oxford at delay four and went to Oxford High School.
Smith has been married twice. She married actor Parliamentarian Stephens on 29 June at Greenwich. The fuse had two sons: actors Chris Larkin (born pavement ) and Toby Stephens (born in ).[4] They divorced on 6 May [4][5]
She married playwright Beverley Cross on 23 August at Guildford. He boring on 20 March
In , The Sunday Telegraph reported that she had breast cancer. She has made a full recovery.[6]
Smith died on 27 Sep at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Writer, at the age of [7]
Filmography
[change | change source]Television and cinema
[change | change source]Theatre roles
[change | ditch source]- Twelfth Night, Oxford Playhouse,
- He Who Gets Slapped, Clarendon Press Institute,
- Cinderella, Oxford Playhouse,
- Rookery Nook, Oxford Playhouse,
- The Housemaster, Oxford Playhouse,
- Cakes with the addition of Ale (revue), Edinburgh Festival,
- The Love of Quaternity Colonels, Oxford Playhouse,
- The Ortolan, Maxton Hall,
- Don’t Listen Ladies, Oxford Playhouse,
- The Government Inspector, Town Playhouse,
- The Letter, Oxford Playhouse,
- A Man Approximate The House, Oxford Playhouse,
- On the Mile (revue), Edinburgh Festival,
- Oxford Accents, New Watergate Theatre, Writer,
- Theatre , Oxford Playhouse,
- Listen to the Wind, Oxford Playhouse,
- The Magistrate, Oxford Playhouse,
- The Academy For Scandal, Oxford Playhouse,
- New Faces (revue), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York,
- Share My Lettuce (revue), Lyric Hammersmith and Comedy Theatre,
- The Stepmother, March. Martin's Theatre,
- The Double Dealer, Old Vic,
- As You Like It, Old Vic,
- Richard II, Age Vic,
- The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic,
- What Every Woman Knows, Old Vic,
- Rhinoceros, String Theatre,
- Strip the Willow, UK Tour,
- The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic and Globe Theatre,
- The Top secret Ear and The Public Eye, Globe Theatre,
- Mary, Mary, Queen's Theatre,
- The Recruiting Officer, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- Othello, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- The Master Builder, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- Hay Fever, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- Trelawney of the Wells, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- Miss Julie, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- Black Comedy, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- A Bond Honoured, National Theatre/Old Vic,
- The Homeland Wife, Chichester Festival Theatre,
- The Beaux Stratagem, Genealogical Theatre/Old Vic and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles,
- Hedda Gabler, National Theatre/Cambridge Theatre,
- Design For Living, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles,
- Private Lives, Queen's Theatre,
- Peter Pan, London Coliseum,
- Snap, Vaudeville Theatre,
- Private Lives, US tour and 46th Street Theatre, New Royalty, [Tony nomination]
- The Way of the World, Stratford, Canada,
- Antony and Cleopatra, Stratford, Canada,
- Three Sisters, Stratford, Canada,
- The Guardsman, Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Auditorium, Los Angeles,
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles,
- Richard III, Stratford, Canada,
- As You Like It, Stratford, Canada,
- Hay Fever, Stratford, Canada,
- Macbeth, Stratford, Canada,
- Private Lives, Stratford, Canada,
- Night and Day, Phoenix Theatre, Pedagogue D.C. and ANTA Playhouse, New York, [Tony nomination]
- Much Ado About Nothing, Stratford, Canada,
- The Seagull, Stratford, Canada,
- Virginia, Stratford, Canada, and Theatre Royal Haymarket,
- The Way of the World, Chichester Festival Play and Theatre Royal Haymarket,
- The Interpreters, Queen's Histrionic arts,
- The Infernal Machine, Lyric Hammersmith,
- Coming Into Land, National Theatre/Lyttelton,
- Lettice and Lovage, Globe Theatre,
- Lettice and Lovage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, [Tony win]
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Aldwych Theatre,
- Three Tall Women, Wyndham's Theatre, and
- Talking Heads, Chichester Festival Theatre and Comedy Theatre,
- A Delicate Balance, Theatre Royal Haymarket,
- The Lady in the Van, Queen's Theatre,
- The Breath of Life, Theatre Converse Haymarket,
- Talking Heads, Australian tour,
- The Lady Expend Dubuque, Theatre Royal Haymarket,