Dame Margaret Natalie Smith,
DBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 28 December 1934), better known as
Maggie Smith, is an
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 57 years. Considered to be one of world's greatest living actresses, she has won numerous awards for acting, including five BAFTA Awards, two
Academy AwardsThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
, two Golden Globes, an
Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...
and a
Tony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and...
.
Smith was born in Ilford, then
EssexEssex is a county in the East of England region of the United Kingdom. The county town of Essex is Chelmsford.-History:In pre-Roman Britain the territories of Suffolk and Essex were home to the Trinovantes tribe, which had grown wealthy through intensive trade with the Roman Empire, contemporary...
, the daughter of Margaret (née Hutton), a
GlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
-born secretary, and Nathaniel Smith, a
Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England...
-born public health pathologist who worked at Oxford University.
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith,
DBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 28 December 1934), better known as
Maggie Smith, is an
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 57 years. Considered to be one of world's greatest living actresses, she has won numerous awards for acting, including five BAFTA Awards, two
Academy AwardsThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
, two Golden Globes, an
Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...
and a
Tony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and...
.
Early life
Smith was born in Ilford, then
EssexEssex is a county in the East of England region of the United Kingdom. The county town of Essex is Chelmsford.-History:In pre-Roman Britain the territories of Suffolk and Essex were home to the Trinovantes tribe, which had grown wealthy through intensive trade with the Roman Empire, contemporary...
, the daughter of Margaret (née Hutton), a
GlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
-born secretary, and Nathaniel Smith, a
Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England...
-born public health pathologist who worked at Oxford University. She has older twin brothers, Alistair and Ian. Smith studied at Oxford High School.
Career
Smith has had an extensive career both on screen and in live theatre, and is known as one of Britain's pre-eminent actresses. She began her career at the Oxford Playhouse with Frank Shelley and made her first film in 1956. She became a fixture at the
Royal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company....
in the 1960s, most notably for playing
DesdemonaDesdemona is a character in Shakespeare's Othello .Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a man several years her senior and not of her race. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the...
in
OthelloOthello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
opposite
Laurence OlivierLaurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson...
and winning her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the
1965 film versionOthello is a 1965 film based on the Shakespeare play Othello; starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, and Joyce Redman. It was simply a filmed version of a performance by the actors for the National Theatre, staged by John Dexter, from 1964-66...
.
In 1969 she won the
Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for her performance as an unorthodox
ScottishThe Scots people and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.An ethnic group, historically they emerged from an amalgamation of Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
schoolteacher in
The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark.The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen, which opened on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award...
, a role originally created on stage by
Vanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave CBE is an Oscar winning English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. A former Trotskyist and leading member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party, She is also a social activist for human rights and has...
in 1966 in London. (
Zoe CaldwellAda "Zoe" Caldwell, OBE is a four-time Tony Award winning Australian-born actress who resides in America and has earned enormous respect for her work in the theatre, especially in New York.-Life:...
had won the Tony Award for Best Actress when she played the role in New York.) Smith was also awarded the 1978
Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in
California SuiteCalifornia Suite is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his play of the same title...
, acting opposite
Michael CaineSir Michael Caine, CBE is an English film actor. Caine has appeared in more than 100 films, and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade since the 1960s Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an...
. Afterwards, on hearing that
Michael PalinMichael Edward Palin, CBE is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
was about to embark on a film (
The Missionary) with Smith, Caine is supposed to have humorously telephoned Palin, warning him that she would steal the film. She also starred with Palin in the
black comedyBlack comedy is a sub-genre of comedy and satire in which topics and events that are usually regarded as taboo are treated in a satirical or humorous manner while retaining their seriousness...
A Private FunctionA Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding, West Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival....
in 1984.
Smith appeared in
Sister ActSister Act is a 1992 American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Directed by Emile Ardolino, it features musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman and stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a...
in 1992 and had a major role in the 1999 film
Tea With MussoliniTea with Mussolini is a semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a kind British woman and her circle of friends.- Plot :...
, where she appeared as the formidable Lady Hester. Indeed, many of her more mature roles have centred on what Smith refers to as her "gallery of grotesques", playing waspish, sarcastic or plain rude characters. Recent examples of this would include the judgemental sister in
Ladies in LavenderLadies in Lavender is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Charles Dance, who based his screenplay on a short story by William J...
and the cantankerous snob Constance, Countess of Trentham in
Gosford ParkGosford Park is a 2001 film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Bob Balaban...
, for which she received another Oscar nomination.
Other notable roles include the querulous Charlotte Bartlett in the
Merchant-IvoryMerchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. Their films were for the most part directed by the former, produced by the latter, and scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala . The films were often based upon novels or short stories,...
production of
A Room with a ViewA Room with a View is a 1986 Merchant Ivory Productions' feature film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant....
, a vivid supporting turn as the aged Duchess of York in
Ian McKellenSir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE , is an English actor of stage and screen. He has received a Tony Award and two Academy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction...
's film of
Richard IIIRichard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dame Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West....
, and a little known but powerful performance as Lila Fisher in the 1973 film
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn ThingLove and Pain And The Whole Damn Thing is a 1973 American film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is often categorized as a drama, but contains many comic elements.-Plot:...
with
Timothy BottomsTimothy James Bottoms is an American actor and producer.-Personal life:Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest son of Betty and James "Bud" Bottoms, who was a sculptor and art teacher. He is the brother of actors Joseph Bottoms , Sam Bottoms and Ben Bottoms...
. Due to the international success of the
Harry PotterThe Harry Potter fantasy film series is based on the seven Harry Potter novels by British writer J. K. Rowling, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson....
movies, she is now widely known for playing the role of Professor Minerva McGonagall. She also plays an older Wendy in the Peter Pan movie,
HookHook is a 1991 family fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing on a grown-up Peter who has forgotten his childhood...
.
She appeared in numerous productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in
StratfordStratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in Southern Ontario, Canada with a population of 30,461, according to the 2006 census....
,
OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
, to extraordinary acclaim from 1976 through to 1980. These roles included Queen Elizabeth in
Richard IIIRichard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591, depicting the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified as...
, Virginia Woolf in
Virginia, and countless lead roles with long-time Stratford icon
Brian BedfordBrian Bedford is an English actor.-Life and career:Born in Morley, West Yorkshire, Bedford attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1952–1954 and was in the same class as Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Peter O'Toole.Primarily a stage actor, he is known for his English-speaking...
including the
Noël CowardSir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of Richmond upon Thames, London, Coward...
comedy
Private LivesPrivate Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel....
.
On stage, her many roles have included the title character in the stage production of
Alan BennettAlan Bennett is an English author, actor, humorist and playwright.-Early years:Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The son of a co-op butcher, Bennett attended Leeds Modern School , learned Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his National Service, and gained...
's
The Lady in the Van and starring as Amanda in a revival of
Private LivesPrivate Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel....
. She won a
Tony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and...
in 1990 for Best Actress in a Play for
Peter ShafferSir Peter Levin Shaffer is an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.-Early life:...
's
Lettice and LovageLettice and Lovage is a comedic play by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus. The play was written specifically for Dame Maggie Smith, who originated the title role of Lettice Douffet in both the English and American runs of the production. The role of Lotte Schoen was played by Margaret...
, in which she starred as an eccentric tour guide in an English stately home. She was awarded Commander of the
Order of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
(CBE) in 1970, and was raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1990.
Personal life
Smith has been married twice. She married
Robert StephensSir Robert Stephens was a leading British actor in the early years of England's Royal National Theatre.-Early years:...
on 29 June 1967 at the Greenwich
Register OfficeIn England and Wales, The Register Office is primarily the local office for the registration of births, deaths and marriages , and for the conducting of civil marriages...
and had two sons with him: actors
Chris LarkinChris Larkin is an English actor.He was born Christopher Stephens in the Middlesex Hospital in London and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is the elder son of Dame Maggie Smith, and the late Sir Robert Stephens...
(born in 1967) and
Toby StephensToby Stephens is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for playing supervillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre .-Biography:Stephens, the son of actors Maggie Smith and Robert...
(born in 1969). They divorced on 6 May 1974. Smith is a grandmother via both her sons.
She married playwright
Beverley CrossBeverley Cross was an English playwright and screenwriter.He was born into a theatrical family, and started off by writing children's plays in the 1950s. He achieved instant success with his debut play One More River, which dealt with a mutiny in which a crew puts its first officer on trial for...
on 23 August 1975 at the
GuildfordGuildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
Register Office, and the marriage ended with his death on 20 March 1998.
She was a close friend of actor Sir
Rex HarrisonSir Reginald “Rex” Carey Harrison was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison won both an Academy Award and a Tony Award.-Youth and stage career:...
and spoke at his New York memorial service in 1990. Smith was also close to
Laurence OlivierLaurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson...
and his wife
Joan PlowrightJoan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier, DBE , better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English actress. She was awarded a CBE in 1970 and was made a Dame in the New Year's Honours of 2004.-Early life:...
. She attended Olivier's memorial service in 1989.
In 2007 she was diagnosed with
breast cancerBreast cancer is a cancer that starts in the breast, usually in the inner lining of the milk ducts or lobules. There are different types of breast cancer, with different stages , aggressiveness, and genetic makeup. With best treatment, 10-year disease-free survival varies from 98% to 10%...
but made a full recovery.
Television and cinema
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 1958 |
Nowhere to Go Nowhere to Go is a 1958 British crime film directed by Basil Dearden and starring George Nader, Maggie Smith, Bernard Lee, Harry H. Corbett and Lionel Jeffries. It was Maggie Smith's first film....
|
Bridget Howard |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer -Best British Director, Producer or Writer in the First Film:*2006 - Red Road - Andrea Arnold**Black Sun – Gary Tarn**Pierrepoint – Christine Langan**London to Brighton – Paul Andrew Williams...
|
| 1962 |
Go to Blazes Go to Blazes is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Michael Truman and starring Dave King, Robert Morley, Norman Rossington, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Maggie Smith, David Lodge. It also featured Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier, later to become famous for their roles in Dad's Army...
|
Chantal |
|
| 1963 |
The V.I.P.s The V.I.P.s, also known as Hotel International, is a 1963 MGM drama film. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, produced by Anatole de Grunwald and written by Terence Rattigan, with a music score by Miklós Rózsa...
|
Miss Mead |
Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1964 |
The Pumpkin Eater The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British film which tells the story of a woman who finds herself with an unfaithful husband and pregnant with her seventh child, unsure of where life is taking her...
|
Philpot |
|
| 1965 |
Othello Othello is a 1965 film based on the Shakespeare play Othello; starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, and Joyce Redman. It was simply a filmed version of a performance by the actors for the National Theatre, staged by John Dexter, from 1964-66...
|
DesdemonaDesdemona is a character in Shakespeare's Othello .Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a man several years her senior and not of her race. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the...
" |
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| Young Cassidy Young Cassidy is a 1965 film directed by Jack Cardiff, and starring Rod Taylor. The film is a biographical drama based upon the life of the playwright Sean O'Casey.-Plot:...
|
Nora |
Nominated - BAFTA Award |
| 1967 |
The Honey PotThe Honey Pot, also known as The Honeypot, is a 1967 crime comedy film made by Famous Artists Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Charles K. Feldman. The screenplay was based on the plays Volpone by Ben...
|
Sarah Watkins |
|
| 1968 |
Hot Millions |
Patty Terwilliger Smith |
|
| 1969 |
The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark.The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen, which opened on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award...
|
Jean Brodie Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and in the play and film of the same name - both by Jay Presson Allen - which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence.Miss Brodie is a highly...
|
Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
Oh! What a Lovely WarOh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! that Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963. The title is derived from the music hall song Oh! It's a Lovely War, which is one of the major numbers in the productions. In 1969 Richard...
|
Music Hall Star |
|
| 1972 |
Travels with My Aunt Travels with My Aunt is a 1972 American comedy film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Jay Presson Allen and Hugh Wheeler is based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Graham Greene.-Plot:...
|
Aunt Augusta |
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1973 |
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Love and Pain And The Whole Damn Thing is a 1973 American film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is often categorized as a drama, but contains many comic elements.-Plot:...
|
Lila Fisher |
|
| 1974 |
The Carol Burnette Show |
Gwendylspire Bougraffe |
| 1975 |
The Carol Burnette Show |
Ms. Collins |
|
| 1976 |
Murder by Death Murder by Death is a comedy movie with a star-studded cast, written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore.The plot is a spoof of the traditional country-house whodunit, familiar to mystery fiction fans from classics such as Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, a form also parodied for...
|
Dora Charleston |
|
| 1978 |
Death on the NileDeath on the Nile is a 1978 Academy Award-winning film based on the Agatha Christie mystery novel of the same title, directed by John Guillermin. The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot played by Peter Ustinov plus an all-star cast. It takes place in Egypt, mostly on the Nile River...
|
Miss Bowers |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...
|
| California Suite California Suite is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his play of the same title...
|
Diana Barrie |
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle to honor the best achievements in acting.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:...
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
|
| 1981 |
QuartetQuartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith and Alan Bates set in 1924 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Selection Officiel .-Credit:...
|
Lois Heidler |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
|
Clash of the TitansClash of the Titans is a 1981 fantasy adventure film based on the myth of Perseus. It was released on June 12, 1981 and was a box office hit, grossing $41 million domestically, on a $16 million budget It was the 11th highest grossing film of the year....
|
Thetis |
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1982 |
Evil Under the SunEvil Under the Sun is a 1982 British mystery film, based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.-Production notes:The screenplay was written by Anthony Shaffer and an uncredited Barry Sandler...
|
Daphne Castle |
|
| The Missionary |
Lady Isabel Ames |
|
| Better Late Than Never Better Late Than Never is the debut full-length album by the ska/reggae band The Slackers, originally released in 1996 on Moon Ska Records...
|
Miss Anderson |
|
| 1984 |
A Private Function A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding, West Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival....
|
Joyce Chilvers |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
|
| Lily in Love Lily in Love is a 1984 Hungarian-American co-production in English language based on a play by Ferenc Molnár, starring Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith and Elke Sommer...
|
Lily Wynn |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best TV Actress- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...
|
| 1985 |
A Room with a View A Room with a View is a 1986 Merchant Ivory Productions' feature film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant....
|
Charlotte Bartlett |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle to honor the best achievements in acting.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:...
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 1987 |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a 1987 drama film made by Handmade Films Ltd. and United British Artists . It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by Richard Johnson and Peter Nelson with George Harrison and Denis O'Brien as executive producers. The screenplay was by Peter Nelson from...
|
Judith Hearne |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
|
| Talking Heads |
Susan |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best TV Actress- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...
|
| 1991 |
Hook Hook is a 1991 family fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing on a grown-up Peter who has forgotten his childhood...
|
Wendy DarlingWendy Moira Angela Darling is a fictional heroine and female protagonist in the Peter Pan stories by J. M. Barrie, and in most of their adaptations in other media...
|
|
| 1992 |
Sister ActSister Act is a 1992 American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Directed by Emile Ardolino, it features musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman and stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a...
|
Mother Superior |
Memento MoriMemento mori is a Latin phrase meaning "Remember you will die". It names a genre of artistic creations that vary widely from one another, but which all share the same purpose: to remind people of their own mortality and the punishment they will receive if they transgress the rules of their...
|
Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best TV Actress- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...
|
| 1993 |
Suddenly, Last Summer Suddenly, Last Summer is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams. It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958 as part of a double-bill with another one of Williams' one-act plays: Something Unspoken. The presentation of the two plays was given the overall title Garden District, but Suddenly, Last...
(BBC TV film) |
Violet Venable |
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1993 |
Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitSister Act 2: Back in the Habit is the 1993 comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg, directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures. It's the sequel to the successful 1992 film Sister Act....
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Mother Superior |
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| The Secret Garden The Secret Garden is a 1993 film adaptation of the 1909 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was directed by Agnieszka Holland and released on August 13, 1993.-Plot:...
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Mrs. Medlock |
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...
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Richard IIIRichard III is a 1995 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dame Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West....
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Duchess of York |
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The First Wives Club The First Wives Club is a comedy film, based on the same-titled 1992 best-selling novel by Olivia Goldsmith. Narrated by Diane Keaton, it stars Goldie Hawn, Keaton and Bette Midler as three divorced women who seek revenge on their husbands who left them for younger women...
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Gunilla Garson Goldberg |
National Board of Review Award for Best Cast The National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble is an annual film award given by the National Board of Review.-1990s:...
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| 1997 |
Washington Square Washington Square is a 1997 American drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. The screenplay by Carol Doyle is based on the 1880 novel of the same name by Henry James, which was filmed as The Heiress in 1949.-Plot summary:...
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Aunt Lavinia Penniman |
Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress The Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the actress or actresses whose winning performance is voted by participating members...
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| 1999 |
The Last September The Last September is a novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen published in 1929, concerning life at the country mansion of Danielstown, Cork during the Irish War of Independence.-Plot:...
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Lady Myra Naylor |
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| Tea With Mussolini Tea with Mussolini is a semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a kind British woman and her circle of friends.- Plot :...
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Lady Hester Random |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...
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| Curtain Call A curtain call occurs at the end of a performance when individuals return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. In musical theater, the performers typically recognize the orchestra and its conductor at the end of the curtain call...
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Lily Gale |
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| David Copperfield David Copperfield is a two part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, adapted by Adrian Hodges. The first part was shown on Christmas Day and the second on Boxing Day in 1999....
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Betsey Trotwood Betsey Trotwood is a fictional character from Charles Dickens' 1850 novel David Copperfield.-Role in novel:She is David's great-aunt on his father's side, and has an unfavorable view of men and boys, having been ill-used and abandoned by a worthless husband earlier in life...
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Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best TV Actress- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 2001 |
Gosford ParkGosford Park is a 2001 film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Bob Balaban...
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Constance, Countess of Trentham |
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle to honor the best achievements in acting.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:...
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Southeastern Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given by the Southeastern Film Critics Association to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-Winners:-2000s:...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actress-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-External links:*...
Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best supporting actress of the year.-1990s:-2000s:...
Nominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressThe Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is an award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society to honor the finest achievements in acting.-2000s:...
Nominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastThe Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast is an annual award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society.-2000s:*2003: 21 Grams*2004: Sideways *2005: Crash *2006: Little Miss Sunshine...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy/adventure film based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. Directed by Chris Columbus, it is the first in the popular Harry Potter films series...
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Minerva McGonagall |
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2002 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy adventure film, and the second film in the popular Harry Potter series, based on the novel by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The film was released on 15 November 2002 in the UK and North America and 28 November in AUS...
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Nominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast The Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast is an annual award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society.-2000s:*2003: 21 Grams*2004: Sideways *2005: Crash *2006: Little Miss Sunshine...
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| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a novel written by Rebecca Wells. It tells a different version of the events described in Little Altars Everywhere...
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Caro Eliza Bennett |
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| 2003 |
My House in Umbria My House in Umbria is a 2003 HBO made-for-television movie, based on the novella of the same name by William Trevor and published along with another novella in the volume Two Lives. The film stars Maggie Smith and was directed by Richard Loncraine....
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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-1990s:*1996: Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment**Kirstie Alley - Suddenly**Lolita Davidovich - Harvest on Fire**Laura Dern - The Siege of Ruby Ridge**Jena Malone - Hidden in America...
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| 2004 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. Directed by Mexican film maker Alfonso Cuarón, it is the third film in the popular Harry Potter series. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as the teenage wizard Harry Potter, and...
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Minerva McGonagall |
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| Ladies in Lavender Ladies in Lavender is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Charles Dance, who based his screenplay on a short story by William J...
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Janet Widdington |
Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actress -1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-External links:*...
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| 2005 |
Keeping Mum Keeping Mum is a 2005 British black comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze.-Plot synopsis:...
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Grace Hawkins |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy adventure film, based on J. K. Rowling's novel of the same name. The film is the fourth installment in the Harry Potter film series, although 1492 Pictures decided to leave the series. The film was directed by Mike Newell and produced by David...
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Minerva McGonagall |
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| 2007 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. Directed by David Yates, produced by David Heyman's company Heyday Films, and written by Michael Goldenberg, it is the fifth film in the popular Harry Potter film series....
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Becoming JaneBecoming Jane is a 2007 historical film directed by Julian Jarrold. It is inspired by the early life of author Jane Austen , and her posited relationship with Thomas Langlois Lefroy . Also appearing are Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith...
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Lady Gresham |
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| 2009 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy-adventure film based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth film in the Harry Potter film series. It is directed by David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...
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Minerva McGonagall |
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| From Time to Time Green Knowe is a series of six books written by Lucy M. Boston, published between 1954 and 1976. They feature a very old house, Green Knowe, which is based on Boston's then-residence, The Manor in Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. Some books in the series feature a boy called Toseland and his...
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Linnet Oldknow |
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| 2010 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part IHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an upcoming two-part fantasy film adapted from the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling and scheduled to be released on November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011 . It is the seventh and final film in the popular Harry Potter film series. Filming began in...
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Minerva McGonagall |
filming |
| Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang is an upcoming 2010 family film. It is a sequel to the 2005 film Nanny McPhee. It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books...
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Mrs. Docherty |
filming |
| 2011 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part IIHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an upcoming two-part fantasy film adapted from the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling and scheduled to be released on November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011 . It is the seventh and final film in the popular Harry Potter film series. Filming began in...
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Minerva McGonagall |
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| Quartet Quartet is a play by Ronald Harwood about ageing opera singers.The play, presented by Michael Codron, was first directed by Christopher Morahan at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford prior to its West End opening at the Albery Theatre on 8 September 1999 starring Sir Donald Sinden.Following a...
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Jean |
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Theatre Roles
- Twelfth Night, Oxford Playhouse, 1952
- He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 film starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert. It was directed by Victor Sjöström. The film is based on the Russian play Tot, kto poluchayet poshchechini by playwright Leonid Andreyev, which was published in 1914 and in English, as He Who Gets Slapped, in...
, Clarendon Press Institute, 1952
- Cinderella
Cinderella is a well-known classic folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances which suddenly change to remarkable fortune...
, Oxford Playhouse, 1952
- Rookery Nook, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
- Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale: or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard is a novel by British author William Somerset Maugham. It is often alleged to be a thinly-veiled roman à clef examining contemporary novelists Thomas Hardy and Hugh Walpole -— though Maugham maintained he had created both characters as composites...
(revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1953
- The Government Inspector, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- The Letter
The Letter may refer to:in theatre:*The Letter , a 1927 drama by W. Somerset Maughamin literature:* The Letter, a 1904 short story by Edith Whartonin film:...
, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
- The Magistrate, Oxford Playhouse, 1955
- New Faces
New Faces is a British television talent show popular in the 1970s and 1980s, presented originally by Derek Hobson. It was produced by ATV Network Limited for the ITV Network. The first run of the show was from 7 July 1973 to 2 April 1978 and was recorded at the ATV Centre, Birmingham...
(revue), Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1956
- As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The work was based upon the novel Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in...
, Old Vic, 1959
- Richard II
Richard II may refer to:*Richard II of England , King of England.*Richard II , a play by William Shakespeare about the king...
, Old Vic, 1959
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life...
, Old Vic, 1959
- What Every Woman Knows
What Every Woman Knows is the title of a four-act play written by J. M. Barrie. The show debuted at the Duke of York's Theatre in London on September 3,1908. It ran for 384 performances. It transferred to the Hicks Theatre on December 1,1908...
, Old Vic, 1960
- Rhinoceros (play)
Rhinoceros is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play belongs to the school of drama known as the Theatre of the Absurd...
, Strand Theatre, 1960
- The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal is the title of three unrelated dramas, and a novel.#The Rehearsal of 1672 by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham#The Rehearsal of 1974, a movie about the Greek junta#The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton published in 2008....
, Bristol Old Vic/ London, 1961
- The Private Ear
*The Private Ear is a 1962 play by Peter Shaffer.*The Private Ear is also an episode of The Brady Bunch...
and The Public Eye by Peter ShafferSir Peter Levin Shaffer is an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.-Early life:...
, Globe TheatreThe Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.A modern...
, 1962
- Mary, Mary
Mary, Mary is the eleventh book by James Patterson featuring the former Washington DC homicide detective and forensic psychiatrist and current FBI agent Alex Cross.-Trivia:*Title is from the rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary"....
, Queen's Theatre, 1963
- The Recruiting Officer
The Recruiting Officer is a 1706 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar, which follows the social and sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, in the town of Shrewsbury to recruit soldiers...
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1963
- Othello
Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1964
- The Master Builder
The Master Builder is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was first published in 1892 and first performed in Berlin on 19 January 1893.- Plot summary :Characters* Halvard Solness, master builder.* Aline Solness, his wife....
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1964
- Hay Fever
Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss.Laura Hope Crewes played the role in New York...
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1964
- Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their...
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1965
- Miss Julie
Miss Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love/lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them...
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1966
- Black Comedy
Black Comedy is a one-act play by British dramatist Peter Shaffer, first performed in 1965. The play is, suitably enough, a black comedy in which the effect loss of light would have on a group of people who all hold things from each other is explored; as such, its title is a pun.The play is a farce...
, National Theatre - Old Vic, 1966
- The Country Wife
The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time. Even its title contains a lewd pun...
, National Theatre - Chichester, 1969
- The Beaux Stratagem, National Theatre - Old Vic/ Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1970
- Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
, National Theatre - Cambridge Theatre, 1970
- Private Lives
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel....
, Queen's Theatre, 1972 - 1973
- Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
, London Coliseum, 1973
- Snap
-Science:* Snap * SNAP-25, a protein* S-Nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine, a chemical compound* Supernova/Acceleration Probe, a proposed spacecraft* Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power Program-Computing:* Snap...
, Vaudeville Theatre, 1974
- Private Lives
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel....
, 46th Street Theatre, New York, 1975
- The Way of the World
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London...
, Stratford, Canada, 1976
- Cleopatra, Stratford, Canada, 1976
- Three Sisters
-Creative works:* Three Sisters , a play by Anton Chekhov** Three Sisters , a UK film adaptation** Three Sisters , a Russian film adaptation* The Three Sisters , an Italian literary fairy tale-Australia:...
, Stratford, Canada, 1976
- The Guardsman
The Guardsman is a 1931 movie based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts...
, Stratford, Canada/ Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1976
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare. It was suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and written around 1594 to 1596...
, Stratford, Canada/ Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1977
- Richard III
Richard III may refer to:*Richard III of England**Richard III , a play by William Shakespeare***Richard III , a USA film***Richard III , a UK/USA film starring Ian McKellen...
, Stratford, Canada, 1977
- As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The work was based upon the novel Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in...
, Stratford, Canada, 1977
- Hay Fever
Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss.Laura Hope Crewes played the role in New York...
, Stratford, Canada, 1977
- Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth, commonly just Macbeth, is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
, Stratford, Canada, 1978
- Private Lives
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel....
, Stratford, Canada, 1978
- Night and Day
Night and Day may refer to:in Literature* Night and Day , by Virginia Woolf* Night and Day , by Robert B. Parkerin Music* "Night and Day ", written by Cole Porter* Night and Day , by Joe Jackson...
, Phoenix Theatre/ Washington D.C./ ANTA Playhouse, New York, 1979 - 1980
- Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their...
, Stratford, Canada, 1980
- The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
, Stratford, Canada, 1980
- Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1981
- The Way of the World
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London...
, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1984
- The Interpreters
The Interpreters were a Power pop band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1996. They were composed of singer/bassist Herschel Gaer, guitarist Patsy Palladino and drummer Branko Jakominich. In 1997 they released the EP "In Rememberance[sic] of That Fine, Fine Evening" which was produced by...
, Queen's Theatre, 1985
- The Infernal Machine
The Infernal Machine is a play by the French dramatist Jean Cocteau, based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus. It received its première in 1934 under the direction of Louis Jouvet.-Sources:...
, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1986
- Lettice and Lovage
Lettice and Lovage is a comedic play by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus. The play was written specifically for Dame Maggie Smith, who originated the title role of Lettice Douffet in both the English and American runs of the production. The role of Lotte Schoen was played by Margaret...
, Globe Theatre, 1987 - 1988
- Lettice and Lovage
Lettice and Lovage is a comedic play by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus. The play was written specifically for Dame Maggie Smith, who originated the title role of Lettice Douffet in both the English and American runs of the production. The role of Lotte Schoen was played by Margaret...
, Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1990
- The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest is a comic play by Oscar Wilde. It premiered on 14 February 1895 at the St. James's Theatre in London.Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social...
, Aldwych Theatre, 1993
- Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a play by Edward Albee, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Albee's third.-Characters:* A: She is a very old woman in her 90s. She is thin, autocratic, proud, and wealthy. She also has a mild case of Alzheimer's disease.* B: B is A's 52 year-old version, to whom she...
, Wyndham's Theatre, 1994 - 1995
- Talking Heads
Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
, Chichester and Comedy Theatre, 1996
- A Delicate Balance, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1997 - 1998
- The Lady In The Van, Queen's Theatre, 2000
- The Breath of Life
The Breath of Life is a Belgian Goth/Darkwave Quartet.The Breath of Life is a play by David Hare.Members:* Isabelle Dekeyser - Vocals* Benoît Sokay - Bass* Didier Czepczyk - Guitar, Drum Computer...
, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 2002 - 2003
- Talking Heads
Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
, Tour of Australia, 2004
- The Lady From Dubuque
The Lady from Dubuque, a play by Edward Albee, opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on January 31, 1980. It closed there after a mere 12 performances...
, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 2007
BAFTA/Academy Awards
Besides the acting awards Smith has won, she has received two other BAFTA Award honors. In 1993, she received a BAFTA Special Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1996, she received an Academy Fellowship. She has also won two
Academy AwardsThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
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Stage awards
- 1963: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress, for The Private Ear and The Public Eye
- 1970: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress, for Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
- 1981: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress, for Virginia
- 1984: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress, for The Way of the World
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London...
- 1990: Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and...
for Leading Actress in a Play, for Lettice and LovageLettice and Lovage is a comedic play by Peter Shaffer, author of Equus and Amadeus. The play was written specifically for Dame Maggie Smith, who originated the title role of Lettice Douffet in both the English and American runs of the production. The role of Lotte Schoen was played by Margaret...
- 1994: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress, for Three Tall Women
External links
- You have to laugh - The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Founded in 1821, it is unique among major British newspapers in being owned by a foundation .The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers...
, 20 November 2004, in-depth interview and profile.