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From Shakespeare to Harry Potter: How Dame Maggie Smith garnered a brand new technology of followers

By Editorial Board Published September 27, 2024 5 Min Read
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From Shakespeare to Harry Potter: How Dame Maggie Smith garnered a brand new technology of followers

Dame Maggie Smith was a extremely versatile actress whose repertoire ranged from Shakespeare to Harry Potter and Downton Abbey.

She received her first Oscar for The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie in 1969 and went on to garner a number of Golden Globes and BAFTAs all through her lengthy profession.

Dame Maggie, who has died on the age of 89, was a part of a technology of feminine performers that included Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave.

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Judi Dench and Dame Maggie in A Room With A View, 1985. Pic: Everett/Shutterstock

Born Margaret Natalie Smith in Ilford, east London, on 28 December 1934, she as soon as supplied a quick abstract of her life: “One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, one’s still acting.”

She studied at Oxford Excessive Faculty for Women and later on the Oxford Playhouse Faculty, which led to a busy apprenticeship.

She used Maggie as her stage title as a result of one other Margaret Smith was energetic within the theatre.

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Dame Maggie first appeared on stage on the age of 18 in Twelfth Night time and made a reputation for herself starring in revues as a singer and dancer.

Her expertise was noticed by Laurence Olivier, who invited her to affix the newly-formed Nationwide Theatre Firm in London.

There and on the Outdated Vic she demonstrated her talents in each tragedy and comedy and listed administrators Ingmar Bergman and William Gaskill as vital influences.

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The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie - 1969
Maggie Smith

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Dame Maggie in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. Pic: twentieth Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Success within the movie trade

Dame Maggie’s talents have been rapidly recognised by the movie trade and she or he was initially given a number of supporting roles.

However she later emerged as a number one star together with her efficiency because the fanatical trainer Jean Brodie in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie in 1969, for which she received a greatest actress Oscar and a BAFTA.

She earned a second Oscar for her position in California Suite in 1978, which received her a greatest supporting actress trophy, in addition to a Golden Globe.

She was made a dame by the late Queen in 1990.

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MAGGIE SMITH AND KELLY MACDONALD IN 'GOSFORD PARK' - 2001

2001

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A brand new technology of followers from Harry Potter and Downton Abbey

Dame Maggie went on to star in Love, Ache And The Entire Rattling Factor, The Lonely Ardour Of Judith Hearne and Gosford Park, which earned her a sixth Oscar nomination.

However she was launched to an entire new technology of followers when she performed Professor McGonagall within the Harry Potter movies and Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey.

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“I am deeply grateful for the work in [Harry] Potter and indeed Downton [Abbey] but it wasn’t what you’d call satisfying,” she informed ES Journal.

“I didn’t really feel I was acting in those things.”

Her position within the Downton Abbey TV sequence received her three Emmys, a Golden Globe and 4 Display Actors Guild Awards.

As soon as when she was requested why she took the Harry Potter position she quipped: “Harry Potter is my pension.”

A slew of awards

Dame Magie received quite a few awards all through her profession, together with for her performances in Tea With Mussolini, A Room With A View, A Non-public Operate and The Lonely Ardour Of Judith Hearne.

One among her most celebrated roles was in The Girl In The Van, the 2015 adaptation of Alan Bennett’s memoirs.

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The Lady In The Van - 2015
Alex Jennings, Maggie Smith

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The Lady In The Van - 2015
Maggie Smith

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Dame Maggie married fellow actor Robert Stephens in 1967 and so they had two sons collectively earlier than divorcing in 1975. The identical 12 months she married the author Beverley Cross, who died in 1998.

She leaves behind two sons and 5 grandchildren “who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother”, her sons stated in an announcement.

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