Maggie Smith

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith  (lahir 28 Disember 1934), lebih dikenali sebagai Maggie Smith, ialah 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 
 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. 

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

Filemografi

Filem

Television

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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