Maggie Smith Biography

Dame Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith, (born 28 December 1934) is a British film, stage and television actress. She made her stage debut in 1952 and has had an extensive, varied career in stage, film and television spanning over sixty years. Smith has appeared in over 50 films and is one of Britain's most recognisable actresses.

She first drew praise for the crime film Nowhere to Go (1958), for which she received her first BAFTA Award nomination. Her 1965 film role as Desdemona, in William Shakespeare's Othello, earned her an Academy Award nomination (the first of her six) and a Golden Globe nomination. Since then Smith has worked consistently in film, television and stage, establishing herself as one of the most respected British actresses. Her most notable films include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Travels with My Aunt, Murder by Death, California Suite, Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, A Private Function, A Room with a View, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Gosford Park and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. She has also appeared in a number of widely popular films, including Clash of the Titans, Hook, both Sister Act films, and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the highly successful Harry Potter film series. She currently stars in the critically acclaimed drama Downton Abbey as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, for which she has won a Golden Globe and two consecutive Emmy awards.

She has won numerous awards for her acting in theatre, film and television; including seven BAFTA Awards (five competitive awards and two special awards including the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996), two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and an Honorary Olivier Award. Smith is one of the few actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. In September 2012, she was honoured with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award. She accepted the award, presented to her by Christopher Plummer, in a star-studded ceremony at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

Smith is the only person to win an Academy Award for playing an Academy Award nominee, Diana Barrie, in 1978's California Suite. She is also one of only five actresses to win Oscars in both lead and supporting categories.

Early life

Smith was born in Ilford, Essex, England; she moved to Oxford when she was four. She is the daughter of Margaret Smith (née Hutton), a Glasgow-born secretary, and Nathaniel Smith, a Newcastle upon Tyne-born public health pathologist who worked at Oxford University. As a child, Smith's parents used to tell her the romantic story of how they had met on the train from Glasgow to London via Newcastle. She has older twin brothers, Alistair and Ian, who went to architecture school. Smith studied at Oxford High School until age 16 when she left to study acting at the Oxford Playhouse.

Career

In 1952, under the auspices of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, Smith began her career as Viola at the Oxford Playhouse and made her first film in 1956. Her first professional performance was on Broadway in the review New Faces of '56. She became a fixture at the Royal National Theatre in the 1960s, most notably for playing Desdemona in Othello opposite Laurence Olivier and earning her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the 1965 film version.She also played the title role in Ingmar Bergman's production of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" and appeared opposite Olivier in the same playwright's "The Master Builder". Her gift for comedy was apparent in plays such as "The Recruiting Officer" (Farquhar) and as Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing", staged by Zeffirelli.

She appeared with Ronnie Barker at the Oxford Playhouse in the play The Housemaster and various others.

In 1969, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, a role originally created on stage by Vanessa Redgrave in 1966 in London. (Zoe Caldwell won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play when she created the role in New York.) Smith was also awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in California Suite, acting opposite Michael Caine. Afterward, on hearing that Michael Palin was about to embark on a film (The Missionary) with Smith, Caine is supposed to have humorously telephoned Palin, warning him that she would steal the film. She also starred with Palin in the black comedy A Private Function in 1984.

Smith appeared in Sister Act in 1992 and had a major role in the 1999 film Tea with Mussolini, where she appeared as the formidable Lady Hester. Indeed, many of her more mature roles have centred on what Smith refers to as her "gallery of grotesques", playing waspish, sarcastic or plain rude characters. Recent examples of this would include the judgmental sister in Ladies in Lavender and the cantankerous snob Constance, Countess of Trentham, in Gosford Park, for which she received another Oscar nomination.

Other notable roles include the querulous Charlotte Bartlett in the Merchant Ivory production of A Room with a View, a vivid supporting turn as the aged Duchess of York in Ian McKellen's film of Richard III, and a little known but powerful performance as Lila Fisher in the 1973 film Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing with Timothy Bottoms. Due to the international success of the Harry Potter movies, she is now widely known for playing the role of Professor Minerva McGonagall, opposite Daniel Radcliffe, with whom she had previously worked in the 1999 BBC television adaptation of David Copperfield, playing Betsey Trotwood. Smith was Rowlings personal choice for the role of Minerva, a role she had played in seven of the eight films in the series and had been nominated twice for Best Supporting Actress. She also plays an older Wendy in the Peter Pan movie Hook, and Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden.

In 2010, she started appearing as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the British period drama Downton Abbey, which is currently in its third series.

In 2012, she earned another Golden Globe Awards nomination (her ninth) for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for series 1 of Downton Abbey. Smith has won two Emmy Awards for this role. In 2013, she received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Downton Abbey season 2.

She appeared in numerous productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, to acclaim from 1976 through 1980. These roles included Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, Cleopatra, Lady Macbeth, Virginia Woolf in Virginia, and countless lead roles with long-time Stratford icon Brian Bedford including the Noël Coward comedy Private Lives. In September 2012, Smith received the prestigious Stratford Shakespeare Festival Legacy Award, recognizing her career.

On stage, her many roles have included the title character in the stage production of Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van and starring as Amanda in a revival of Private Lives. She won a Tony Award in 1990 for Best Actress in a Play for Peter Shaffer's Lettice and Lovage, in which she starred as an eccentric tour guide in an English stately home. In 2007, she appeared in Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque at Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Her five Evening Standard Awards for Best Actress in the theatre are for Peter Shaffer's Private Ear and Public Eye (1962), Ingmar Bergman's production of Hedda Gabler (1970), Edna O'Brien's 'Virginia' (1981), Millamant in The Way of the World by William Congreve (1984), and for Three Tall Women by Edward Albee in 1994.

She appeared in a 1954 BBC television programme, Oxford Accents, produced by Ned Sherrin. She was one of the performers, playing several roles, in New Faces of 1956 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre from 14 June to 22 December 1956. She was "in Orange" in the musical comedy Share My Lettuce, based on the book by Bamber Gascoigne, that opened at the Lyric Hammersmith on 21 August 1957. With Anthony Bowles as musical director, it transferred to the Comedy Theatre on 25 September 1957 and to the Garrick Theatre on 27 January 1958. Smith's musical numbers in this performance included: Love's Cocktail (solo), On Train He'll Come (solo), Party Games (solo), Bubble Man (with Kenneth Williams) and Menu (with Kenneth Williams). Eight photos from this performance as well as an article on Smith appeared in the November 1957 issue of Theatre World magazine. One of Smith's earliest acting citations was as nominee for Most Promising Newcomer to Film of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for Nowhere To Go in 1958. In Hollywood, Smith was a nominee for the Golden Globe Awards New Star of the Year (Actress) in 1964 for her performance in The V.I.P.s.

In 2012, Smith played Muriel in the British comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. She also starred as Jean Horton in Quartet, based on Ronald Harwood's play, directed by Dustin Hoffman.

Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours and was raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours.

In 1986, she was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Bath. She also received honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews in 1971 and the University of Cambridge in 1995.

In 1999, Smith received the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre (The Will Award) presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.

Personal life

Smith has been married twice. She married actor Robert Stephens on 29 June 1967 at Greenwich Register Office, ten days after the birth of their first child. The couple had two sons, actors Chris Larkin (born in 1967) and Toby Stephens (born in 1969), and divorced on 6 May 1974. Smith is a grandmother via both her sons.

She married playwright Beverley Cross on 23 August 1975 at the Guildford Register Office; he died on 20 March 1998. When asked if she was lonely, she replied, "[on Cross's death] I don't know. It seems a bit pointless. Going on one's own and not having someone to share it with."

In January 1988, she was diagnosed with Graves disease and has been undergoing treatments of radiotherapy and surgery on the eyes. In 2007, the Sunday Telegraph's Mandrake diary disclosed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was subsequently reported to have made a full recovery.

Smith has also been involved in charity work. In September 2011, she offered her support for raising the $4.6 million needed to rebuild the Court Theatre in New Zealand after the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. In July 2012, she became a patron of the International Glaucoma Association, hoping to support the organisation and raise the profile of glaucoma. On 27 November 2012, Smith contributed a unique piece of art " a drawing of her own hand " to the 2012 Celebrity Paw Auction, in order to raise funds for Cats Protection.

Work

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Child in the House	Party guest	Uncredited
1958	Nowhere to Go	Bridget Howard	Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
1962	Go to Blazes	Chantal
1963	'	Miss Mead	Also known as Hotel International Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year " Actress
1964	'	Philpot
1965	Othello	Desdemona	Nominated "? Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Drama
	Young Cassidy	Nora	Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1967	'	Sarah Watkins
1968	Hot Millions	Patty Terwilliger Smith
1969	'	Jean Brodie	Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Drama Nominated "? Laurel Award for Best Female Dramatic Performance (4th place) Nominated "? National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (3rd place)
	Oh! What a Lovely War	Music Hall Star	Nominated "? New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (3rd place)
1972	Travels with My Aunt	Aunt Augusta Bertram	Nominated "? Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1973	Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing	Lila Fisher
1976	Murder by Death	Dora Charleston
1978	Death on the Nile	Miss Bowers	Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
	California Suite	Diana Barrie	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated "? National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (3rd place) Nominated "? New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (runner-up)
1981	Quartet	Lois Heidler	Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
	Clash of the Titans	Thetis	Nominated "? Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1982	Evil Under the Sun	Daphne Castle
	'	Lady Isabel Ames
1983	Better Late Than Never	Miss Anderson
1984	'	Joyce Chilvers	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
	Lily in Love	Lily Wynn
1985	'	Charlotte Bartlett	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress " Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1987	'	Judith Hearne	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress
1990	Romeo.Juliet	Rosaline	Voice only
1991	Hook	Wendy Darling
1992	Sister Act	Reverend Mother	Nominated "? American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Reverend Mother
	'	Mrs. Medlock	Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1995	Richard III	Duchess of York
1996	'	Gunilla Garson Goldberg	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
1997	Washington Square	Aunt Lavinia Penniman	Nominated "? Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999	Curtain Call	Lily Marlowe	The film was later re-released under the title It All Came True
	'	Lady Myra Naylor
	Tea with Mussolini	Lady Hester Random	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2001	Gosford Park	Constance, Countess of Trentham	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Cast " Motion Picture Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress " Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated "? Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress " Motion Picture Nominated "? National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (runner-up) Nominated "? New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (runner-up) Nominated "? Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated "? San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (runner-up)
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Professor Minerva McGonagall	Released in the US and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Nominated "? Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Professor Minerva McGonagall	Nominated "? Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Caro Eliza Bennett
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Professor Minerva McGonagall
	Ladies in Lavender	Janet Widdington	Nominated "? European Film Award for Best Actress
2005	Keeping Mum	Grace Hawkins
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Professor Minerva McGonagall
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Professor Minerva McGonagall
	Becoming Jane	Lady Gresham
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Professor Minerva McGonagall
	From Time to Time	Linnet Oldknow
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Mrs. Agatha Docherty	Released in the US and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns
2011	Gnomeo & Juliet	Lady Bluebury	Voice only
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " Part 2	Professor Minerva McGonagall
2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Muriel Donnelly	Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Comedic Actress Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Nominated "? British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated "? Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
	Quartet	Jean Horton	Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2014	My Old Lady	Mathilde Giffard	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre		TV series (1 episode: "The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business")
1956	Theatre Royal	Paula Benson	Also known as Lilli Palmer Theatre TV series (1 episode: "Death Under the City")
1957	The Adventures of Aggie	Fiona Frobisher-Smith	TV series (1 episode: "Cobalt Blue")
	Kraft Television Theatre		TV series (1 episode: "Night of the Plague")
	ITV Play of the Week	Susie/Fairy/Dixie Evens/Lois Ardsley/Jackie Coryton	TV series (5 episodes: 1957-1960)
1958	Chelsea at Nine		TV series (1 episode)
	Armchair Theatre	Julie	TV series (3 episodes: 1958-1960)
1959	ITV Television Playhouse	Elaine	TV series (2 episodes)
1966	ITV Play of the Week	Victoria	TV series (1 episode: "Home and Beauty")
1967	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice	TV movie
1968	Man and Superman	Ann Whitefield	TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
	The Seagull	Irina Arkadina	TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
	ITV Playhouse	Mrs. Wislack	TV series (1 episode: "On Approval")
1972	The Merchant of Venice	Portia	TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
	The Millionairess	Epifania	TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
1983	All for Love	Mrs Silly	TV series (1 episode: "Mrs Silly") Nominated "? BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
1988	Talking Heads	Susan	TV series (1 episode: "A Bed Among the Lentils") RTS Television Award for Best Actor - Female Nominated "? BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
1992	Screen Two	Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew	TV series (1 episode: "Memento Mori") Nominated "? BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
1993	Great Performances	Violet Venable	TV series (1 episode: "Suddenly, Last Summer") Nominated "? Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress " Miniseries or a Movie
1999	All the King's Men	Queen Alexandra	TV movie
	David Copperfield	Betsey Trotwood	TV movie Nominated "? BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress " Miniseries or a Movie
2003	My House in Umbria	Emily Delahunty	TV movie Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress " Miniseries or a Movie Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Miniseries or Television Film Nominated "? Satellite Award for Best Actress " Miniseries or Television Film
2007	Capturing Mary	Mary Gilbert	TV movie Nominated "? Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress " Miniseries or a Movie
2010"Present	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham	TV series (25 episodes: 2010"present) Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2012) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012) Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2012) Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (2011) TV Times Award for Best Actress (2011) Nominated "? Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2013) Nominated "? TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress (2012, 2013) Nominated "? BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012) Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2012) Nominated "? Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress (2011) Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2011) Nominated "? Monte-Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2011, 2013) Nominated "? Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2011) Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2011)

Theatre

• Twelfth Night, Oxford Playhouse, 1952
• He Who Gets Slapped, Clarendon Press Institute, 1952
• Cinderella, Oxford Playhouse, 1952
• Rookery Nook, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
• The Housemaster, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
• Cakes and Ale (revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1953
• The Love of Four Colonels, Oxford Playhouse, 1953
• The Ortolan, Maxton Hall, 1954
• Don't Listen Ladies, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
• The Government Inspector, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
• The Letter, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
• A Man About The House, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
• On the Mile (revue), Edinburgh Festival, 1954
• Oxford Accents, New Watergate Theatre, London, 1954
• Theatre 1900, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
• Listen to the Wind, Oxford Playhouse, 1954
• The Magistrate, Oxford Playhouse, 1955
• The School For Scandal, Oxford Playhouse, 1955
• New Faces of '56 (revue), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1956
• Share My Lettuce (revue), Lyric Hammersmith and Comedy Theatre, 1957
• The Stepmother, St. Martin's Theatre, 1958
• The Double Dealer, Old Vic, 1959
• As You Like It, Old Vic, 1959
• Richard II, Old Vic, 1959
• The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic, 1959
• What Every Woman Knows, Old Vic, 1960
• Rhinoceros, Strand Theatre, 1960
• Strip the Willow, UK Tour, 1960
• The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic and Globe Theatre, 1961
• The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Globe Theatre, 1962
• Mary, Mary, Queen's Theatre, 1963
• The Recruiting Officer, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1963
• Othello, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
• The Master Builder, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
• Hay Fever, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1964
• Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1965
• Trelawney of the Wells, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1965
• Miss Julie, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
• Black Comedy, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966
• A Bond Honoured, National Theatre/Old Vic, 1966

• The Country Wife, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1969
• The Beaux Stratagem, National Theatre/Old Vic and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1970
• Hedda Gabler, National Theatre/Cambridge Theatre, 1970
• Design for Living, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1971
• Private Lives, Queen's Theatre, 1972
• Peter Pan, London Coliseum, 1973
• Snap, Vaudeville Theatre, 1974
• Private Lives, US tour and 46th Street Theatre, New York, 1975 [Tony nomination]
• The Way of the World, Stratford, Canada, 1976
• Antony and Cleopatra, Stratford, Canada, 1976
• Three Sisters, Stratford, Canada, 1976
• The Guardsman, Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1976
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford, Canada and Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1977
• Richard III, Stratford, Canada, 1977
• As You Like It, Stratford, Canada, 1977
• Hay Fever, Stratford, Canada, 1977
• Macbeth, Stratford, Canada, 1978
• Private Lives, Stratford, Canada, 1978
• Night and Day, Phoenix Theatre, Washington D.C. and ANTA Playhouse, New York, 1979 [Tony nomination]
• Much Ado About Nothing, Stratford, Canada, 1980
• The Seagull, Stratford, Canada, 1980
• Virginia, Stratford, Canada, 1980 and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1981
• The Way of the World, Chichester Festival Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1984
• The Interpreters, Queen's Theatre, 1985
• The Infernal Machine, Lyric Hammersmith, 1986
• Coming Into Land, National Theatre/Lyttelton, 1987
• Lettice and Lovage, Globe Theatre, 1987
• Lettice and Lovage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 1990 [Tony win]
• The Importance of Being Earnest, Aldwych Theatre, 1993
• Three Tall Women, Wyndham's Theatre, 1994 and 1995
• Talking Heads, Chichester Festival Theatre and Comedy Theatre, 1996
• A Delicate Balance, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1997
• The Lady in the Van, Queen's Theatre, London, 1999
• The Breath of Life, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 2002
• Talking Heads, Australian tour, 2004
• The Lady From Dubuque, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2007

Awards and nominations

See List of Maggie Smith awards and nominations for more information

See also

• British Film Institute Fellowship

• Shakespeare Prize

• Tale Spinners for Children

• University College Players

• List of stars on the London Avenue of Stars

• List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories

• List of Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Bibliography

• Maggie Smith: A Bright Particular Star by Michael Coveney, Victor Gollancz Ltd, September 1992.