1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Academy Award-winning performance
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A career from the stage to Hogwarts
Dame Maggie Smith was an English actor known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Downton Abbey and the Harry Potter films.
A life in performance
Dame Maggie Smith was an English stage, film and television actor. She made her stage debut in 1952 and worked across the three forms throughout her career.
She won an Academy Award for leading actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and later an Academy Award for supporting actress for California Suite.
Television viewers knew Smith as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey. The performance brought her Emmy recognition.
In the Harry Potter films she played Professor Minerva McGonagall. The list below shows films available on FLM.RED rather than her complete filmography.
Selected performances
1978
California Suite
Academy Award-winning performance
2001
Harry Potter
Professor McGonagall
2010
Downton Abbey
Violet Crawley
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Television Academy — biography and awards
- Academy Awards — database
- Associated Press — film appearances
- IMDb — credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.