Maggie Smith
Career
Her award-winning movies included Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Travels with My Aunt (1972), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001).
She has also been in a number of widely-popular movies, including Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992) and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movie series . Smith said that acting in the Harry Potter movies was not fully satisfying. However, she said she enjoyed being a part of the franchise because it allowed her to bond with her grandchildren. Smith underwent intensive chemotherapy for breast cancer while filming Half-Blood Prince . The treatment left her feeling "horribly sick", but she eventually made a full recovery.
She had a role in the drama Downton Abbey as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, for which she has won an Emmy.
Filmography
Theatre roles
Twelfth Night , Oxford Playhouse, 1952
He Who Gets Slapped , Clarendon Press Institute, 1952
Cinderella , Oxford Playhouse, 1952
Rookery Nook , Oxford Playhouse, 1953
The Housemaster , Oxford Playhouse, 1953
Cakes and Ale (revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1953
The Love of Four Colonels , Oxford Playhouse, 1953
The Ortolan , Maxton Hall, 1954
Don’t Listen Ladies , Oxford Playhouse, 1954
The Government Inspector , Oxford Playhouse, 1954
The Letter , Oxford Playhouse, 1954
A Man About The House , Oxford Playhouse, 1954
On the Mile (revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1954
Oxford Accents , New Watergate Theatre, London, 1954
Theatre 1900 , Oxford Playhouse, 1954
Listen to the Wind , Oxford Playhouse, 1954
The Magistrate , Oxford Playhouse, 1955
The School For Scandal , Oxford Playhouse, 1955
New Faces (revue), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1956
Share My Lettuce (revue), Lyric Hammersmith and Comedy Theatre, 1957
The Stepmother , St. Martin's Theatre, 1958
The Double Dealer , Old Vic, 1959
As You Like It , Old Vic, 1959
Richard II , Old Vic, 1959
The Merry Wives of Windsor , Old Vic, 1959
What Every Woman Knows , Old Vic, 1960
Rhinoceros , Strand Theatre, 1960
Strip the Willow , UK Tour, 1960
The Rehearsal , Bristol Old Vic and Globe Theatre, 1961
The Private Ear and The Public Eye , Globe Theatre, 1962
Mary, Mary , Queen's Theatre, 1963
The Recruiting Officer , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1963
Othello , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
The Master Builder , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
Hay Fever , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
Much Ado About Nothing , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1965
Trelawney of the Wells , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1965
Miss Julie , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
Black Comedy , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
A Bond Honoured , National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
The Country Wife , Chichester Festival Theatre, 1969
The Beaux Stratagem , National Theatre/Old Vic and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1970
Hedda Gabler , National Theatre/Cambridge Theatre, 1970
Design For Living , Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1971
Private Lives , Queen's Theatre, 1972
Peter Pan , London Coliseum, 1973
Snap , Vaudeville Theatre, 1974
Private Lives , US tour and 46th Street Theatre, New York, 1975 [Tony nomination]
The Way of the World , Stratford, Canada, 1976
Antony and Cleopatra , Stratford, Canada, 1976
Three Sisters , Stratford, Canada, 1976
The Guardsman , Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1976
A Midsummer Night's Dream , Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1977
Richard III , Stratford, Canada, 1977
As You Like It , Stratford, Canada, 1977
Hay Fever , Stratford, Canada, 1977
Macbeth , Stratford, Canada, 1978
Private Lives , Stratford, Canada, 1978
Night and Day , Phoenix Theatre, Washington D.C. and ANTA Playhouse, New York, 1979 [Tony nomination]
Much Ado About Nothing , Stratford, Canada, 1980
The Seagull , Stratford, Canada, 1980
Virginia , Stratford, Canada, 1980 and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1981
The Way of the World , Chichester Festival Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1984
The Interpreters , Queen's Theatre, 1985
The Infernal Machine , Lyric Hammersmith, 1986
Coming Into Land , National Theatre/Lyttelton, 1987
Lettice and Lovage , Globe Theatre, 1987
Lettice and Lovage , Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1990 [Tony win]
The Importance of Being Earnest , Aldwych Theatre, 1993
Three Tall Women , Wyndham's Theatre, 1994 and 1995
Talking Heads , Chichester Festival Theatre and Comedy Theatre, 1996
A Delicate Balance , Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1997
The Lady in the Van , Queen's Theatre, 1999
The Breath of Life , Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2002
Talking Heads , Australian tour, 2004
The Lady From Dubuque , Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2007
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