Maggie Smith

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith  (28 Disember 1934 − 27 September 2024), lebih dikenali sebagai Maggie Smith, merupakan pelakon Inggeris yang terkenal dalam bidang filem, teater, dan televisyen. Smith membuat teater debutnya pada tahun 1952 dan mempunyai kerjaya lakonana yang amat luas dalam bidang teater, filem dan televisyen melebihi 60 tahun. Smith telah memenangi banyak anugerah untuk lakonannya, kedua-duanya untuk teater dan filem, termasuklah tujuh Anugerah BAFTA (lima anugerah bersaing dan dua anugerah khas termasuklah BAFTA Fellowship pada tahun 1996), dua Anugerah Academy, dua Anugerah Golden Globe, tiga Anugerah Emmy, dan satu Anugerah Tony.

Antara filem-filemnya yang terkenal termasuklah Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Travels with My Aunt (1972), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985), Gosford Park (2001) dan The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012). Smith kini sedang membintangi drama bersiri popular, Downton Abbey sebagai Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, yang mana Smith telah memenangi satu Anugerah Golden Globe dan dua Anugerah Emmy untuknya.

Pada September 2012, Smith telah diberi Anugerah Legasi oleh Festival Stratford Shakespeare sebagai tanda penghormatan dan terima kasih ke atas sumbangan yang telah diberikan olehnya dalam menaikkan nama syarikat teater tersebut pada akhir 70-an. Smith menerima anugerah tersebut daripada Christopher Plummer didalam sebuah majlis di Hotel Fairmont Royal York.

 Kehidupan awal 
Smith dilahirkan di Ilford di Essex, kepada Nathaniel Smith, yang bekerja di Universiti Oxford, dan Margaret Hutton Little, yang merupakan orang Scotland; dia mempunyai dua orang abang kembar, Alistair dan Ian. Dia belajar di Sekolah Tinggi Oxford.

 Kerjaya 
Smith mempunyai banyak pengalaman dalam bidang teater langsung atau tidak langsung dan merupakan salah seorang daripada pelakon teater terunggul di England. Kerjaya lakonannya bermulai Oxford Playhouse bersama dengan Frank Shelley, dan filem pertamanya adalah pada tahun 1956. Pada tahun 1969 dia memenangi kategori Pelakon Wanita Terbaik Anugerah Academy bagi watak lakonannya dalam filem The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Sepanjang kariernya, Smith amat dikagumi kerana teknik-teknik lakonan yang hebat baik di skrin mahupun teater.

 Kehidupan peribadi dan kematian 
 Smith berkahwin sebanyak dua kali. Dia mengahwini Robert Stephens pada 29 Jun 1967, di Pejabat Pendaftar Greenwich Registry dan mempunyai dua orang anak lelaki iaitu Chris Larkin (lahir 1967) dan Toby Stephens (lahir 1969). Mereka bercerai pada 6 Mei 1974. 

 Beliau mengahwini Beverly Cross (pada 23 Ogos 1975 di Pejabat Pendaftar Guildford dan perkahwinan itu tamat selepas kematian Cross pada 20 Mac 1998.

 Smith meninggal dunia di Hospital Chelsea dan Westminster di London, pada 27 September 2024, berusia 89 tahun. Smith telah berterus terang tentang masalah kesihatannya pada masa lalu iaitu menghidap glaukoma, penyakit Graves, dan kanser payudara.

Filemografi

Filem
 Year Title Role Notes 1956 Child in the House Party guest Uncredited 1958 Nowhere to Go Bridget Howard  1962 Go to Blazes Chantal 1963  Miss Mead Also known as Hotel International 1964  Philpot 1965 Othello Desdemona  Young Cassidy Nora  1967  Sarah Watkins  1968 Hot Millions Patty Terwilliger Smith 1969  Jean Brodie  Oh! What a Lovely War Music Hall Star  1972 Travels with My Aunt Aunt Augusta Bertram  1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Lila Fisher 1976 Murder by Death Dora Charleston 1978 Death on the Nile Miss Bowers  California Suite Diana Barrie 1981 Quartet Lois Heidler  Clash of the Titans Thetis 1982 Evil Under the Sun Daphne Castle  Lady Isabel Ames 1983 Better Late Than Never Miss Anderson 1984  Joyce Chilvers  Lily in Love Lily Wynn 1985  Charlotte Bartlett  1987  Judith Hearne  1990 Romeo.Juliet Rosaline Sebagai pelakon suara 1991 Hook Wendy Darling 1992 Sister Act Reverend Mother  1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Reverend Mother  Mrs. Medlock  1995 Richard III Duchess of York 1996  Gunilla Garson Goldberg  1997 Washington Square Aunt Lavinia Penniman   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  2001 Gosford Park Constance, Countess of Trentham  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Professor Minerva McGonagall Released in the US and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Professor Minerva McGonagall  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  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 Sebagai pelakon suara Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Professor Minerva McGonagall2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly  Quartet Jean Horton  2014 My Old Lady Mathilde Giffard Post-production

Television
 Year Title Role Notes 1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Episod: "The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business" 1956 Theatre Royal Paula Benson Also known as Lilli Palmer TheatreEpisod: "Death Under the City"1957 The Adventures of Aggie Fiona Frobisher-Smith Episod: "Cobalt Blue" Kraft Television Theatre Episod: "Night of the Plague" ITV Play of the Week Susie/Fairy/Dixie Evens/Lois Ardsley/Jackie Coryton 5 episod: 1957-19601958 Chelsea at Nine 1 episod Armchair Theatre Julie 3 episod: 1958-1960 1959 ITV Television Playhouse Elaine 2 episod 1966 ITV Play of the Week Victoria Episod: "Home and Beauty" 1967 Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Telefilem1968Man 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 Episod: "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 Episod: "Mrs Silly" 1988 Talking Heads Susan Episod: "A Bed Among the Lentils" 1992 Screen Two Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew Episod: "Memento Mori" 1993 Great Performances Violet Venable Episod: "Suddenly, Last Summer" 1999 All the King's Men Queen Alexandra Telefilem David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood Telefilem 2003 My House in Umbria Emily Delahunty Telefilem 2007 Capturing Mary Mary Gilbert Telefilem 2010–Present Downton Abbey Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham 25 episod: 2010–kini 2013 National Theatre Live Herself/Mrs. Sullen  Episod: "50 Years on Stage"

Teater

 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

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