Maggie Smith

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1934 age 0

   Born

2. 1976 age 42

   CreditMurder by Death

3. 1978 age 44

   CreditDeath on the Nile

4. 1981 age 47

   CreditClash of the Titans

5. 1986 age 52

   CreditA Room with a View

6. 1991 age 57

   CreditHook

7. 1992 age 58

   CreditSister Act

8. 1993 age 59

   CreditSister Act 2: Back in the Habit

9. 1996 age 62

   CreditThe First Wives Club

10. 2001 age 67

    CreditGosford Park

    CreditHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

11. 2002 age 68

    CreditHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

12. 2004 age 70

    CreditHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

13. 2005 age 71

    CreditHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

14. 2007 age 73

    CreditBecoming Jane

    CreditHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

15. 2009 age 75

    CreditHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

16. 2011 age 77

    CreditHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

    CreditThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

17. 2019 age 85

    CreditDownton Abbey

18. 2022 age 88

    CreditDownton Abbey: A New Era

19. 2024 age 89

    Died

• GSGeraldine Somerville8 titles
• DBDavid Bradley7 titles
• DRDaniel Radcliffe7 titles
• RGRupert Grint7 titles
• EWEmma Watson7 titles
• RCRobbie Coltrane7 titles
• WDWarwick Davis7 titles
• ARAlan Rickman7 titles
• JWJulie Walters7 titles
• MLMatthew Lewis7 titles

• Spouse

  • RSRobert Stephens
  • ACAlan Beverley Cross

• Children

  • TSToby Stephens
  • CLChris Larkin

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

• I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.

  Maggie Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen. I did Desdemona [at the National, opposite Olivier] with great discomfort and was terrified all the time. But then everyone was terrified of Larry.

  Maggie Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0

• [On the attempted suicide of her husband, actor Robert Stephens, who was playing the lead in the film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) at the time] And after that it was just hopeless. We had two little boys. He didn't understand. I sure as hell didn't understand. It got worse and then it went on getting worse and worse. In the end it was destroying everybody. And he was having so many affairs. [Stephens saw doctors] I remember when he was diagnosed as hyper-manic asking what it meant and the doctor saying violent moods swings and indiscriminate sexual activity. And I thought "that about covers it really".

  Maggie Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0

• It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.

  Maggie Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United Kingdom

Height

165 cm

Languages

English

Years active

1955–2024

Education

Oxford High School