Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith is a British actress born the December 28th 1934 in Ilford in Essex (England)

Biography

It begins its career with the theater of which it became one of the icons, having interpreted many great roles of the traditional repertory (of Shakespeare to Wilde). It makes its beginnings with the cinema in 1958 in “ Nowhere to go ” of B. Dearden and S. Holt.

It is Dame Commander of the British Empire like doctor honoris causa of the University of St Andrews and the University of London.

She married twice. From 1967 to 1974 with the actor Robert Stephens, who gave him two children: the actors Chris Larkin, born in 1967, and Toby Stephens, born in 1969. Finally with the playwright and scenario writer Beverley Cross-country race, of 1975 with died of this last, in 1998.

She is prize winner of two Oscars: Oscar of the Best actress for her role of professor iconoclast in Beautiful years of Miss Brodie of Ronald Neame in 1969 and Oscar of the female best supporting role for “ California Hotel ” of Herbert Ross 1978.

She is rewarded by two Golden Globes for “ California Hotel ” (" California Suite" in English) and “Room with sight” of James Ivory in 1986.

Maggie Smith worked with some of the most prestigious scenario writers like Joseph L. Mankiewicz (" Guêpier for three bees " , 1967), George Cukor (" Voyage with my aunt " , 1972), or Steven Spielberg in 1991.

Actress as popular as demanding, Maggie Smith incarnates the Mother Superior of “ Sister Act 2 ” of Bill Duke in 1993, before giving the counterpart to Cher and Judi Dench in “ the with Mussolini ” of Franco Zeffirelli in 1999 and incarnating the professor Minerva McGonagall in “ Harry Potter at the School of the Wizards ” of Chris Columbus in 2001, character whom it finds the following year for the second shutter of the adventures of the apprentice-wizard in “Harry Potter and the room of the secrecies” (Chris Colombus, 2002).

One finds Maggie Smith in 2002 in “ Gosford Park ” of Robert Altman which is worth its sixth nomination with the Oscars to him. The actress interprets once again professor McGonagall in the third shutter of the adventures of Harry Potter, “ Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban ” of Alfonso Cuarón, in the fourth “ Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire ” of Mike Newell left in room on November 23rd, 2005, like in Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix of David Yates.

Catalog of films

1956 : Child in the House : Party guest
1958: Nowhere to Go : Bridget Howard
1960 : Hay Fever (TV)
1962: Go to Blazes : Chantal
1963: International Hotel ( The V.I.P.s ): Miss Mead
1964: the pumpkin Eater ( The Pumpkin Eater ): Philpott
1965 : the Young person Cassidy ( Young Cassidy ): Nora
1965 : Othello : Desdemona
1967 : Much Teenager Butt Nothing (TV): Beatrice
1967: Guêpier for three bees ( The Honey Pot ): Sarah Watkins
1968: Hot Million : Patty Terwilliger Smith
1969: The Precedes off Miss Jean Brodie : Jean Brodie
1969: Ah! God how the war is pretty ( Oh! What has Lovely War ): Music Hall Star
1972: Voyages with my aunt ( Travels with My Aunt ): Aunt Augusta
1973 : Coils and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing : Lila Fisher
1976 : a corpse with the dessert ( Murder by Death ): Mrs. Charleston
1978 gilded: Died on the Nile ( Death one the Nile ): Miss Bowers
1978: California hotel ( California Continuation ): Visitors from London - Diana Barrie
1981: Four-bit byte : Laws Heidler
1981: the Shock of the Titans ( Clash off the Titans ): Thetis
1982 : Eternal triangle ( Better Late Than Never ): Miss Anderson
1982: Murder with the sun ( Evil Under the Sun ): Daphne Castle
1982: The Missionary : Lady Isabel Hearts
1983: Mrs. Silly (TV): Mrs. Silly
1984 : Lily in Coils : Lily Wynn
1984 : has Private Function : Joyce Chilvers
1985 : Room with sight ( has Room with has View ): In Florence - Charlotte Bartlett, has hood
1987: Talking Heads (serial TV): Susan (episode " Bed Among the Lentils")
1987 : The Lonely Passion off Judith Hearne : Judith Hearne
1990: Romeo-Juliet : Rozaline (voice)
1991: Hook or the revenge of the Captain Hook ( Hook ): Granny Wendy/Middle-Aged Wendy
1992: Memorandum Mori (TV): Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
1992 : Sister Act ( Rock'n'roll “nun ): Mother Superior
1993 : Suddenly, Last Summer (TV): Purple Venable
1993: the secret Garden ( Secret The Garden ): Mrs. Medlock
1993 : Sister Act, act 2 ( Sister Act 2: Back in the Dress ): Mother Superior
1995 : Richard III : Duchess off York
1996: the Club of the ex ( The First Wives Club ): Gunilla Garson Goldberg
1997: Washington Public garden : Aunt Lavinia Penniman
1999 : the with Mussolini ( Tea with Mussolini ): Lady Hester Random
1999: The Last September : Lady Myra Naylor
1999: Curtain Cal : Lily Marlowe
1999 : All the King' S Men (TV): Queen Alexandra
1999: David Copperfield (TV): Betsey Trotwood
2001 : Harry Potter at the school of the wizards ( Harry Potter and the Sorcerer' S Stone ): Professor Minerva McGonagall
2001 : Gosford Park : Constancy Trentham
2002: the Divine secrecies ( Divine Secrecies off the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ): Caro Eliza Bennett
2002 : Harry Potter and the room of the secrecies ( Harry Potter and the Chamber off Secret ): Professor Minerva McGonagall
2003 : My house in Ombrie ( My House in Umbria ) (TV): Mrs. Emily Delahunty
2004 : Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner off Azkaban ): Professor Minerva McGonagall
2004 : Ladies of Cornouailles ( Ladies in Lavender ): Janet Widdington
2005 : Harry Potter and the goblet of fire ( Harry Potter and the Goblet off Fire ): Minerva McGonagall
2005 : Secret of family ( Keeping Mum ): Grace Hawkins
2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix ( Harry Potter and the order off the phoenix ): Minerva McGonagall
2007 : Jane ( Becoming Jane ): Lady Gresham
2007: Pusher tractors needed
2009: From Time to Time

External bond

Maggie Smith on Internet Movie Database

Simple: Maggie Smith

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