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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross (born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex), better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage, and television actress. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1990 (see British honours system).
She started her career at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre with Frank Shelley , and first appeared on the movie screen in 1956.
In 1969 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
She has been married twice, first to Robert Stephens (divorced) and then to Beverley Cross (his death). She has two sons by Stephens, actors Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin.
1 Selected Filmography
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969, Jean Brodie
- Travels With My Aunt, 1972, Aunt Augusta
- Clash of the TitansClash of the Titans is a 1981 fantasy movie based on the myth of Perseus. The special effects creatures were created by Ray Harryhausen, the last feature film for which he did so. 1981 films Fantasy films., 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, ThetisThis article is about the Greek nymph. There is also an asteroid 17 Thetis. Thetis should not be confused with Themis, the embodiment of the laws of nature. In Greek mythology, silver-footed Thetis is a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of "t
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- Sister Act, 1992, Mother Superior
- , 1993, Mother Superior
- The Secret Garden, 1993, Mrs Medlock
- The First Wives Club , 1996, Gunilla Garson Goldberg
- Tea With Mussolini, 1999, Lady Hester Random
- Gosford Park, 2001, Constance, Countess of Trentham
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 2001, Minerva McGonagall
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002, Minerva McGonagall
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004, Minerva McGonagall
