Maggie Smith

Also known as Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, Margaret Natalie Smith, Dame Maggie Natalie Smith, Dame Margaret Natalie Cross

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith was a British actress. Known for her wit in both comedic and dramatic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen for over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for six Olivier Awards. Smith is one of the few performers to earn the Triple Crown of Acting.

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Maggie Smith, born Margaret Natalie Smith on December 28, 1934, in Ilford, was a British actor. She began her work period in 1955 and continued until 2024. Her native and written language was English. She resided in Pulborough and worked in the United Kingdom.

Smith received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also honored with the BAFTA Fellowship and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Additionally, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and the Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress.

She was married to Robert Stephens and Alan Beverley Cross. Her children are Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. Smith had breast cancer. She died on September 27, 2024.

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Ilford, Essex, England, UK

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (December 28, 1934 − September 27, 2024) was a British actress. Known for her wit in comedic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a…

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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration — Self / Various Roles (archive footage)2024
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story — Self (archive footage)2023
The Miracle Club — Lily Fox2023
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration — Self2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era — Violet Crawley2022
A Boy Called Christmas — Aunt Ruth2021
Downton Abbey — Violet Crawley2019
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event — Self2019
Sherlock Gnomes — Lady Bluebury (voice)2018
Nothing Like a Dame — Self2018

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Instance of: human
Given name: Natalie
Family name: Smith
Gender: female
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Ilford
Place of death: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Spouse: Alan Beverley Cross
Child: Toby Stephens
Occupation: actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Noble title: Dame
Field of work: acting
Image: Maggie Smith - Vintage (trim).jpg
Height: 1.65
Number of children: 2
Work location: United Kingdom
Residence: Pulborough

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Commons category: Maggie Smith
date of birth: 1934-12-28
nominated for: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
Commons gallery: Maggie Smith
start of work period: 1955-00-00
birth name: Margaret Natalie Smith
medical condition: breast cancer
writing language: English language
date of death: 2024-09-27
end of work period: 2024-00-00
manner of death: natural causes
ethnic group: British

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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (28 December 1934 – 27 September 2024) was a British actress. Known for her wit in both comedic and dramatic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen for over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for six Olivier Awards. Smith was one of the few performers to earn the Triple Crown of Acting.

Smith began her stage career as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her professional debut on Broadway in New Faces of '56. Over the following decades Smith established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Broadway, she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage (1990). She was Tony-nominated for Noël Coward's Private Lives (1975) and Tom Stoppard's Night and Day (1979).

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