Maggie Smith Overview:

Legendary actress, Maggie Smith, was born Margaret Natalie Smith on Dec 28, 1934 in Ilford, England. As of December 2024, Maggie Smith was 90 years old.

MINI BIO:

Red-haired, sharply-spoken, extremely dominant British actress, mostly seen in the theatre. For a while her film roles were softer than the parts she played on the stage, until she began to go in for acidulous spinsters. Married/divorced actor Robert Stephens (1931-1995). Actor Toby Stephens is their son. Academy Awards for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite. Also nominated for Oscars on Othello, Travels with My Aunt, and A Room with a View. Created Dame in 1989.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Maggie Smith was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (as Miss Jean Brodie) in 1969 for Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (as Diana Barrie) in 1978.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1965Best Supporting ActressOthello (1965)DesdemonaNominated
1969Best ActressThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)Miss Jean BrodieWon
1972Best ActressTravels with My Aunt (1972)Aunt AugustaNominated
1978Best Supporting ActressCalifornia Suite (1978)Diana BarrieWon
1986Best Supporting ActressA Room with a View (1986)Charlotte BartlettNominated
2001Best Supporting ActressGosford Park (2001)N/ANominated
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Maggie Smith BlogHub Articles:

Day 22: Maggie Smith

By Jill Blake on Aug 22, 2013 From Sittin' on a Backyard Fence

Thanks to everyone who contributed to yesterday’s tribute to William Holden. Please make sure you check out all the great contributions dedicated to Holden.? For the next 24 hours we honor a living legend: Maggie Smith. Actually, it’s Dame Maggie Smith to you. Trivia on Maggie Smith: ... Read full article


Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Maggie Smith

By minooallen on Dec 28, 2012 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Maggie Smith, Born December 29, 1934! Although I adore the woman to no end, I must admit, I would not necessarily consider Maggie Smith a classic movie legend. Now, please, don’t get me wrong. Maggie Smith is a legend. The woman is a Dame for heaven̵... Read full article


Hollywood?s Greatest: Then and Now ? Maggie Smith Part 3

By Josh Kaye on Apr 22, 2012 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Where Is She Now? From 1966 to 2000, Maggie Smith had won two Oscars and had been nominated five times in total. She appeared in comedies, romances, even epics (Clash of the Titans). But within a span of three days in the year 2001, Maggie Smith had truly proven to the world that she hasn’t re... Read full article


Hollywood?s Greatest: Then and Now ? Maggie Smith Part 2

By Josh Kaye on Apr 21, 2012 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

One of England’s most prominent stars, Dame Maggie Smith has been gracing the stage and the theaters with her presence since the early 1950′s. Born on the 28th of December in 1934, Smith is the youngest child to Margaret and Nathaniel Smith. She would go on to study at Oxford High School... Read full article


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Maggie Smith Quotes:

Jean Brodie: For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.


Patty: A woman's place is in the home... making money!


Jean Brodie: "Dear Miss Brodie, I hope it will be convenient for you to see me in my office this afternoon at 4:15. Emily Mackay." Four fifteen. Not four, not four thirty, but four fifteen. Hm. She thinks to intimidate me by the use of quarter hours?


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Maggie Smith Facts
Made her stage debut with the Oxford University Dramatic Society as Viola in Shakespare's "Twelfth Night." Bird-dogged by an American theatrical impresario, the part led to her being cast in her Broadway debut in "New Faces of 1956."

Has played fictional fascists twice: first Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and then Lady Hester Random in Tea with Mussolini (1999).

She appeared in "The Master Builder" with Michael Redgrave and Celia Johnson (who had replaced the recently deceased Diana Wynyard') as part of the new National Theatre Company in 1964. She and Johnson would later appear together in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969).

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