Maggie Smith βιογραφικό: Ηλικία, ταινίες, τα 70 χρόνια λάμψης,ο θάνατος στα 90 της, οι γιοι της! Μια εμβληματική ηθοποιός με παγκόμσια επιτυχία και λάμψη, έφυγε λιγες ώρες πριν από τη ζωή. Ο σεβασμός στο π΄ροσωπο της όλα αυτά τα χρόνια των 7 δεκαετιών που έλαμψε, ήταν μοναδικός. Για πάνω από 70 χρόνια μεσουράνησε τόσο στον Βρετανικό όσο και στον παγκόσμιο κινηματογράφο. Εχει βραβευθεί με δυο Όσκαρ, πέντε βραβείων BAFTA, τέσσερα βραβεία Emmy, τρεις Χρυσές Σφαίρες και ένα βραβείο Tony.
Έφυγε από την ζωή η σπουδαία ηθοποιός Maggie Smith σε ηλικία 89 ετών. Την είδηση του θανάτου της ανακοίνωσαν οι γιοί της.
Η ηθοποιός, γνωστή για τις ταινίες Harry Potter και Downton Abbey, γεννήθηκε στις 28 Δεκεμβρίου του 1934 και είχε πρωταγωνιστήσει σε δεκάδες ταινίες και θεατρικές παραστάσεις.
Ήταν από τις λίγες ηθοποιούς που κέρδισε το Triple Crown of Acting.
Η δήλωση των γιων της
Σε δήλωσή τους οι γιοι της, Toby Stephens και Chris Larkin, αναφέρουν: «Με μεγάλη θλίψη πρέπει να ανακοινώσουμε τον θάνατο της Dame Maggie Smith. Έφυγε ειρηνικά από τη ζωή στο νοσοκομείο νωρίς σήμερα το πρωί, Παρασκευή 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. Έντονα κλειστός άνθρωπος, ήταν μαζί με τους φίλους και την οικογένειά της στο τέλος.
Αφήνει δύο γιους και πέντε αγαπημένα εγγόνια που είναι συντετριμμένα από την απώλεια της εξαιρετικής μητέρας και γιαγιάς τους. Θα θέλαμε με την ευκαιρία αυτή να ευχαριστήσουμε το υπέροχο προσωπικό του νοσοκομείου Chelsea and Westminster για τη φροντίδα και την αμέριστη ευγένειά τους κατά τις τελευταίες ημέρες της.
Σας ευχαριστούμε για όλα τα ευγενικά σας μηνύματα και την υποστήριξή σας και σας ζητάμε να σεβαστείτε την ιδιωτική μας ζωή αυτή τη στιγμή».
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (28 December 1934 – 27 September 2024) was a British actress. She was better known as Maggie Smith. She made her stage debut in 1952 and her career lasted for over 70 years. She won many awards for acting, both for the stage and for movies, including seven BAFTA Awards (five competitive awards and two special awards including the Bafta Fellowship in 1996), two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, two SAG Awards and a Tony Award.
Maggie Smith βιογραφικό: Ηλικία, ταινίες, τα 70 χρόνια λάμψης,ο θάνατος στα 90 της, οι γιοι της! 8
Her award winning movies include 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. She currently stars in the drama Downton Abbey as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, for which she has won an Emmy.
Smith was born in Ilford, Essex. She moved to Oxford at age four and went to Oxford High School.
Personal life
Smith has been married twice. She married actor Robert Stephens on 29 June 1967 at Greenwich. The couple had two sons: actors Chris Larkin (born in 1967) and Toby Stephens (born in 1969).[1] They divorced on 6 May 1974.
She married playwright Beverley Cross on 23 August 1975 at Guildford. He died on 20 March 1998.
In 2007, the Sunday Telegraph’ reported that she had breast cancer. She has made a full recovery.
Smith died on 27 September 2024 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, at the age of 89.
Filmography
Television and cinema
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Dr. Dolittle Brenda Dolittle
1958 Nowhere to Go Bridget Howard Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
1962 Go to Blazes Chantal
1963 The V.I.P.s Miss Mead Nominated — Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
1964 The Pumpkin Eater Philpot
1965 Othello Desdemona
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Young Cassidy Nora Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1967 The Honey Pot Sarah Watkins
1968 Hot Millions Patty Terwilliger Smith
1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie
Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Music Hall Star
1972 Travels with My Aunt Aunt Augusta
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Lila Fisher
1974 The Carol Burnett Show Gwendylspire Boughgrough
1975 The Carol Burnett Show Ms. Collins
1976 Murder by Death Dora Charleston
1978 Death on the Nile Miss Bowers Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
California Suite Diana Barrie
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1981 Quartet Lois Heidler Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Clash of the Titans Thetis Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1982 Evil Under the Sun Daphne Castle
The Missionary Lady Isabel Ames
Better Late Than Never Miss Anderson
1984 A Private Function Joyce Chilvers BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lily in Love Lily Wynn Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
1985 A Room with a View Charlotte Bartlett
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Judith Hearne BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Talking Heads Susan Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
1991 Hook Wendy Darling
1992 Sister Act Reverend Mother
Memento Mori Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
1993 Suddenly, Last Summer Violet Venable Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Reverend Mother
The Secret Garden Mrs. Medlock Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1995 Richard III Duchess of York
1996 The First Wives Club Gunilla Garson Goldberg National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
1997 Washington Square Aunt Lavinia Penniman Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999 Curtain Call Lily Gale
The Last September Lady Myra Naylor
Tea with Mussolini Lady Hester Random BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
All the King’s Men Queen Alexandra
David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood
Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
2001 Gosford Park Constance, Countess of Trentham
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Professor Minerva McGonagall
Released in the US and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Professor Minerva McGonagall Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Caro Eliza Bennett
2003 My House in Umbria Emily Delahunty
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Professor Minerva McGonagall
Ladies in Lavender Janet Widdington Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress
2005 Keeping Mum Grace Hawkins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Professor Minerva McGonagall
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Professor Minerva McGonagall
Becoming Jane Lady Gresham
Capturing Mary Mary Gilbert Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Professor Minerva McGonagall
From Time to Time Linnet Oldknow
2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Mrs. Docherty
2010–present Downton Abbey Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
TV Times Award for Best Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Monte Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Lady Bluebury
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Professor Minerva McGonagall
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly
Quartet Jean Horton post-production
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