Actress. Maggie 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. She established herself, along with Judi Dench, as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In The V.I.P.s (1963), Maggie showed her ability to steal the scene even from Richard Burton. In 1968, Maggie starred as a delightful scatter brained secretary in the crime comedyHot Millions with Peter Ustinov and Bob Newhart. Maggie won Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978). She portrayed 'Professor Minerva McGonagall' in the Harry Potter film series (2001 to 2011). She also appeared in Othello (1965), Travels with My Aunt (1972), Death on the Nile (1978), A Room with a View (1985), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), Gosford Park (2001), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Quartet (2012) and The Lady in the Van (2015). Over the course of her career, Maggie was the recipient of numerous honorary awards, including the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1993, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996, and the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010. In 1989, Maggie Smith was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. From 2010 to 2015, she appeared as 'Violet Crawley", Dowager Countess of Grantham,' in the British period drama series Downton Abbey, in addition to the film spin-offs, Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). Maggie married actor Robert Stephens on June 29, 1967. They had two sons, actors Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, and were divorced on April 6, 1975. She married playwright Beverley Cross on June 23, 1975, and they remained married until his death on March 20, 1998. Maggie Smith died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on September 27, 2024, aged 89.
Actress. Maggie 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. She established herself, along with Judi Dench, as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In The V.I.P.s (1963), Maggie showed her ability to steal the scene even from Richard Burton. In 1968, Maggie starred as a delightful scatter brained secretary in the crime comedyHot Millions with Peter Ustinov and Bob Newhart. Maggie won Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978). She portrayed 'Professor Minerva McGonagall' in the Harry Potter film series (2001 to 2011). She also appeared in Othello (1965), Travels with My Aunt (1972), Death on the Nile (1978), A Room with a View (1985), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), Gosford Park (2001), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Quartet (2012) and The Lady in the Van (2015). Over the course of her career, Maggie was the recipient of numerous honorary awards, including the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1993, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996, and the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010. In 1989, Maggie Smith was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. From 2010 to 2015, she appeared as 'Violet Crawley", Dowager Countess of Grantham,' in the British period drama series Downton Abbey, in addition to the film spin-offs, Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). Maggie married actor Robert Stephens on June 29, 1967. They had two sons, actors Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, and were divorced on April 6, 1975. She married playwright Beverley Cross on June 23, 1975, and they remained married until his death on March 20, 1998. Maggie Smith died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on September 27, 2024, aged 89.
Bio by: Stories Among The Stones
Gravesite Details
Her body was cremated here but ashes are elsewhere.
