Maggie Smith

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Maggie Smith is a renowned English actress celebrated for her versatile performances across film, television, and stage, including iconic roles in "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" series.

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Maggie Smith as Desdemona 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actress
film actress
human
stage actress
television actress
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
BAFTA awards
surface form: BAFTA Award

BAFTA Fellowship
Golden Globe Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Laurence Olivier Award
Primetime Emmy Awards
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Screen Actors Guild Award
Laurence Olivier Award
surface form: Special Olivier Award

Tony Award
birthName Margaret Natalie Smith NERFINISHED
child Chris Larkin
Toby Stephens
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1934-12-28
education Oxford High School
employer National Theatre in London
surface form: Royal National Theatre

Royal Shakespeare Company
ethnicity British
familyName Smith
fieldOfWork film acting
stage acting
television acting
genre comedy
drama
givenName Margaret
hasSibling twin brothers
honorificSuffix CH
DBE
honorificTitle Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
language English
memberOf The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
name Maggie Smith self-link
nationality English
notableAchievement One of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Emmy, Tony)
notableWork A Room with a View
California Suite
Downton Abbey
Gosford Park
Harry Potter film series
Lettice and Lovage
Private Lives (stage)
surface form: Private Lives

Sister Act
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Lady in the Van
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (stage)
surface form: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (stage)
surface form: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (stage production)
occupation actress
voice actress
parent Margaret Hutton Little
Nathaniel Smith
placeOfBirth Ilford, Essex, England
portrayedIn Downton Abbey
surface form: Downton Abbey film (2019)

Downton Abbey
surface form: Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
residence London, England
role Charlotte Bartlett in A Room with a View
Constance Trentham in Gosford Park
Diana Barrie in California Suite
Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter film series
Miss Shepherd in The Lady in the Van
Mother Superior in Sister Act
Mother Superior in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Muriel Donnelly in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
surface form: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey
spouse Beverley Cross
Robert Stephens
trainedAt Oxford Playhouse
yearsActive 1950s–present

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this entity surface form: Maggie Smith as Desdemona
Smith hasNotableBearerExample Maggie Smith
Othello (1965 film) leadActress Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith name Maggie Smith self-link
BAFTA Fellowship notableRecipient Maggie Smith
Sister Act starred Maggie Smith
Gosford Park starring Maggie Smith
Oh! What a Lovely War starring Maggie Smith
Othello (1965 film) starring Maggie Smith
Tea with Mussolini starring Maggie Smith
A Room with a View stars Maggie Smith
subject surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)
Imelda Staunton workedWith Maggie Smith