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Maggie Smith

Professor Minerva McGonagall


Full name: Dame Margaret Natalie Smith
Age: 72 years old
Birth place: Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Short biography: Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Dame Maggie Smith, is a two-time Academy Award-winning English film, stage, and television actress. Smith was born in Ilford, Essex to Nathaniel Smith, who worked at Oxford University, and Margaret Hutton Little, who was Scottish; she has two older twin brothers, Alistair and Ian. She studied at Oxford High School although she didn't enjoy the experience. She started her career at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre with Frank Shelley, and made her first film in 1956. In 1969 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She was also awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a brittle actress in California Suite.

Filmography:

  1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) (filming) (attached) .... Minerva McGonagall
  2. Becoming Jane (2007) (post-production) (attached)
  3. Keeping Mum (2005) .... Grace Hawkins
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) .... Minerva McGonagall ... aka Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
  5. Ladies in Lavender. (2004) .... Janet Widdington
  6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Professor Minerva McGonagall ... aka Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
  7. My House in Umbria (2003) (TV) .... Mrs. Emily Delahunty
  8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (as Dame Maggie Smith) .... Professor Minerva McGonagall ... aka Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens (Germany)
  9. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) .... Caro Eliza Bennett
  10. Gosford Park (2001) .... Constance Trentham ... aka Gosford Park (Germany)
  11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) .... Professor Minerva McGonagall ... aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (UK) ... aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (USA)
  12. David Copperfield (1999) (TV) .... Betsey Trotwood
  13. All the King's Men (1999) (TV) .... Queen Alexandra
  14. Curtain Call (1999) .... Lily Marlowe
  15. The Last September (1999) .... Lady Myra Naylor ... aka The Last September (France)
  16. Tea with Mussolini (1999) .... Lady Hester Random ... aka Te con Mussolini, Un (Italy)
  17. Washington Square (1997) .... Aunt Lavinia Penniman
  18. The First Wives Club (1996) .... Gunilla Garson Goldberg
  19. Richard III (1995) .... Duchess of York
  20. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) .... Mother Superior
  21. The Secret Garden (1993) .... Mrs. Medlock
  22. Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV) .... Violet Venable
  23. Sister Act (1992) .... Mother Superior
  24. Memento Mori (1992) (TV) .... Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew
  25. Hook (1991) .... Granny Wendy/Middle-Aged Wendy
  26. Romeo-Juliet (1990) (voice) .... Rozaline
  27. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) .... Judith Hearne
  28. "Talking Heads" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Susan (episode "Bed Among the Lentils")
  29. A Room with a View (1985) .... In Florence - Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon
  30. A Private Function (1984) .... Joyce Chilvers

Rest of filmography here.

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