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Maggie Smith - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born 28 December 1934, Ilford is a British character actress.
Father is a professor at Oxford University. She studied at Oxford, where she made her stage debut. The first professional role in the theater - Viola in "Twelfth Night" (1952). Since 1959 with the troupe of the Old Vic Theater, specializing in Shakespeare's repertoire.
In the movies, Smith played mainly the roles of strict and characteristic characters, such as Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films. She was nominated six times for an Oscar and was twice honored with it (1970 - "The Blossom of Miss Jean Brodie", 1979 - "The California Hotel"). In 1989, by order of the Queen, by means of initiation into the knights of the British crown, she received the right to add to her name the honorary title "lady" (the female equivalent of the noble title "sir"). Gruvemuvestart
Maggie Smith has two sons from her marriage to Sir Robert Stevens (one of the most prominent actors of her generation). Both actors, the younger is known for his role as the main villain in the movie "Die Another Day". Maggie Smith's close friend is Lady Judi Dench. They starred together with Franco Zeffirelli in the film Tea with Mussolini in 1999, as well as in the films A Room with a View (1985), Ladies in Purple (2004), Hotel Marigold. Best of Exotic "(2012) .
Maggie Smith suffered breast cancer, which overtook her during the filming of the sixth Harry Potter, but despite the seriousness of the situation, the actress did not interrupt her participation in the filming.
