In the same time, WarnerMedia Chief Jason Kilar evoked Harry Potter sequels and a possible cinematografic adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, in which Smith should appear.[52]. A Room with a View (1985) Maggie Smith was not present at the ceremony. The film was a financial success making $300 million at the box office. Smith has appeared in more than 60 films and over 70 plays, and is one of Britain's most recognisable actresses. I did Desdemona [at the National, opposite Olivier] with great discomfort and was terrified all the time. [5] On stage, she won her third and fourth Evening Standard awards for Best Actress, for Virginia in 1981 and The Way of the World in 1984. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. This role won her three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. She was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Hamburg Alfred Toepfer Foundation in 1991. In 1971, Smith was conferred an honorary doctor of letters (DLitt) by the University of St Andrews. I would love to be like that. People say it gets better but it doesn't. Generous, understanding. Die zweifache Oscar-Preisträgerin zählt zu den gefragtesten Bühnen- und Filmdarstellerinnen ihrer Generation. Who is Maggie Smith? Won Actress of the Year Award at the Variety Club Awards in 1972 for her performance in 'Private Lives'. [5], Smith played Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Bird-dogged by an American theatrical impresario, the part led to her being cast in her Broadway debut in "New Faces of 1956.". [26] Also during this time, she starred on Broadway in Private Lives in 1975 and Night and Day in 1979, receiving Tony Award nominations for both. Dame Maggie Smith is among an elite group of three actresses to receive the Order of the Companions of Honour from The Queen, which she was given in 2014. [5] She starred in the 1987 London production of Lettice and Lovage alongside Margaret Tyzack, receiving an Olivier Award nomination, and reprised the role in 1990, when it transferred to Broadway, and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. [54][55] Smith was made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to drama in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours,[56][57] becoming the third actress to receive the honour, after Sybil Thorndike (1970) and Judi Dench (2005). Her other films include Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973), Death on the Nile (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), Evil Under the Sun (1982), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), The Secret Garden (1993), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), and The Lady in the Van (2015). Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. In 1991, Smith appeared as Wendy Darling in Steven Spielberg's 1991 hit movie Hook, a fantasy adventure film based on the Peter Pan character. Einen Namen machte sie sich vor allem durch ihre häufige Darstellung exzentrischer Figuren, wie die verhärmte Jungf… I was rather hopeless, I suspect. Maggie Smith won an Oscar for her performance in the film adaptation of 'California Suite' ... Maggie Smith plays a film actress in town because she's been nominated for an Oscar. Maggie Smith acceptance speech at the 44th Tony Awards telecast in 1990. I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. [5], From 2001 to 2011, Smith gained great acclaim and international recognition for playing Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. The film was a critical success, Smith in particular was praised for her performance as Mrs. Medlock earning a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. [5] In 1996, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented her with the BAFTA Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow. Other significant awards include three Golden Globes, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, … Her portrayal as the haughty Constance, Countess of Trentham earned Smith her sixth Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress alongside Mirren. In 1996, Smith appeared in the comedy film The First Wives Club alongside Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler. Smith has been married twice: to actor Robert Stephens and to playwright Beverley Cross. Winner. The film adapts the play's story and characters to a setting based on 1930s Britain, with Richard depicted as a fascist plotting to usurp the throne. Er basiert auf einer Inszenierung der National Theatre Company (1964–1966) von Shakespeares Othello von John Dexter.Regisseur war Stuart Burge und die Darsteller waren Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman und Frank Finlay, die alle eine Oscarnominierung für den Film erhielten.