| [94], In 2007, the Sunday Telegraph disclosed that Smith had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She earned her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film adaptation of Othello (1965) as Desdemona acting alongside Laurence Olivier, Derek Jacobi, and Michael Gambon. British theatre critic Michael Coveney wrote that during her eight years in the company, Smith developed a fierce rivalry with Olivier writing, "He knew immediately hed met his match that she was extraordinary. The play concerns a confrontation between British diplomat and an African leader over a local uprising that has attracted much media coverage. A child actor who played a minor role in the classic film Titanic has revealed that he still gets royalty cheques for his part in the movie which was released 25 Maggie Smith is adored worldwide for her portrayal of Professor McGonagall, but the actress says being part of the Harry Potter films "wasn't satisfying" enough. Smiths concerns about her character werent of the garden variety type, where an actor feels that theyre over playing a role such as the Dowager Countess. What a Lovely War, and performed more than one highly amusing musical number on The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s. 5. Maggie Smith has won a Tony, an Emmy, and an Academy Awardthe Triple Crown of Acting. During 2007, Smith had a productive year appearing in films, television, and the stage. Over the following decades, Smith established herself alongside Judi Dench as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. [98] Smith is a vice-president of the Chichester Cinema at New Park[99] and a vice-president of the Royal Theatrical Fund which provides support for members of the entertainment profession that are unable to work due to illness, injury or infirmity. In 2003, Smith received her first Primetime Emmy Award in the Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category for her role as Mrs. Emily Delahunty in the HBO Television film My House in Umbria. Director James Ivory accepted the award on her behalf. Golden Globe. He said that anyone who can play comedy that well can also play tragedy and he offered her the likes of Desdemona in Shakespeares Othello. But no matter where they are now, members of Generation Z will never forget the roles these famous stars played in the epic film. Theatre critic Paul Taylor for The Independent wrote, "Maggie Smith has to be seen to be believed. For her role on television as Mrs Silly in All for Love (1983) she received the first of her four Best Actress BAFTA TV Award nominations. The film received modest critical praise according to Rotten Tomatoes, with Smith's performance being a standout.[61]. In 2013, she was awarded with the Evening Standard Icon Award. One of the most revered Margaret Natalie Smith was born on December 28, 1934, in Ilford, England, and grew up in Oxford, where her father worked as a University of Oxford lab technician. Smiths parents were far from avid theatergoers, and her interest in the performing arts came as a surpriseeven to her. The film was directed by Gil Kenan and also starred Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Jim Broadbent, and Toby Jones. Released in 1997,Titanic was one of the first major box-office movies to go over the approximate standard runtime for movies usually about two hours with its 3 hour and 14 minute runtime. Dame Maggie opened up about the role. Bates has also been working on a new set of films, one of which, The Miracle Club, will star the acting talents of Maggie Smith and Laura Linney. In 1996, Smith appeared in the comedy film The First Wives Club alongside Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler. Winslet is also slated to reunite with Titanic director James Cameron for his much anticipated Avatar 2 which is currently slated for release sometime this year. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith[1][2] CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film a five out of five star rating, declaring it an "outrageously funny film". ", "Orders and decorations conferred by the crown", "Person Details for Margaret N. 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Vanessa Redgrave had originated the role on stage in London,[51] and Zoe Caldwell won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, when she played the role in New York City. After Titanic, Paxton continued to star in movies like Mighty Joe Young, Edge of Tomorrow and Nightcrawler. Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress, Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, List of awards and nominations received by Maggie Smith, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries, Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand, List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories, List of Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, "What do Al Pacino and Maggie Smith have in common? In 2005, she starred as Grace Hawkins alongside Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas in the black comedy Keeping Mum. [31] Variety theatre critic praised Smith's performance, writing, "Its a performance that combines the knowingness of hindsight with the naivety of youth, blas enough to catch you off-guard when the magnitude of events suddenly cuts through". The iconic actress has also had a productive career on the small screen, appearing in numerous TV shows. In 1971, Smith was conferred an honorary doctor of letters (DLitt) by the University of St Andrews. WebMaggie Smith. He can be seen most recently in the Netflix original miniseries True Story starring Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes. [82] On 9 February 2014 she was inducted into the Actors Hall of Fame. Smith began her career on stage as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her professional debut on Broadway in New Faces of '56. Though not as well-known as his co-stars, Victor Garber played an important, even if tragic, role within the film as the ships architect and builder, Thomas Andrews. [33] Her performance won her a record sixth Best Actress Evening Standard award.[34][35]. Kathy Bates is currently working on [6] Smith also received a third British Academy Television Award nomination for her role as Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew in the 1992 TV film Memento Mori,[6] and her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as Violet Venable in the 1993 PBS television film Suddenly, Last Summer. This role won her three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Younger fans most likely remember Garber as Dr. Martin Stein one half of the metahuman superhero Firestorm in the CW superhero series, Legends of Tomorrow. But having got her into the company they became not enemies, but professional rivals. At 72, Kathy Bates has had a long and successful career in Hollywood. [5] Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in Othello (1965), Travels with My Aunt (1972), A Room with a View (1985), and Gosford Park (2001). The actor has also appeared in several other TV shows including Modern Family, The Orville, Glee, Damages, and Schitts Creek. She appeared in her first film in 1956, in an uncredited role of a party guest in the British drama Child in the House,[49] In 1959, she received the first of her eighteen British Academy Film Award nominations for her role as Bridget Howard in the film Nowhere to Go, her first screen credit. Well known for his role as Roses fiance, the villainous Cal Hockley, She also appeared in the film Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973) directed by Alan J. Pakula. Since the film, Fisher has gone on to star in films like True Crime, Laws of Attraction, The Kingdom, Jolene, The Lincoln Lawyer, and The Roommate. [45][46] The film was released in the United States as Tea with Dames. [6] She rose to popular fame portraying Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (20012011). [70][71] 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,[72][73] becoming the third actress to receive the honour, after Dame Sybil Thorndike (1970) and Dame Judi Dench (2005). From 2010 to 2015, Smith appeared as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the British period drama Downton Abbey. Producer Mark Shivas was advised by Intellectual Animals UK, that the pigs used should be female and six months old, so as to not be too large or aggressive. In 1982, she starred as Daphne Castle in the locked-room mystery film Evil Under the Sun opposite Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin and Diana Rigg. One of Hollywoods most successful actors even before his time on the Titanic as the treasure hunter Brock Lovett Bill Paxton was well-known for his roles in major movies like Twister, Apollo 13, and True Lies. She received her third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance. The diplomat's wife observes everyone else's behaviour throughout. What A Lovely War (1969). She won her fifth BAFTA Film Awards, this time for Best Supporting Actress, for the 1999 film Tea with Mussolini,[6] in which she played Lady Hester Random opposite Cher, Joan Plowright and Judi Dench. [78][6] At the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, she was celebrated with the Society of London Theatre Special Award. In 1978, Smith played opposite Michael Caine in Neil Simon's California Suite, playing an Oscar loser, for which she received the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 9. Maggie Smith battled breast cancer while filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In 2009, news broke that Maggie Smith had been undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer in the midst of filming the sixth Harry Potter film. I was hairless. Smith also appeared in the British costume drama Becoming Jane (2007), a film that centres around the life of Jane Austen, played by Anne Hathaway. Gosford Park (2001) 1987. WebIn April 1912, wealthy American ex-patriot Julia Sturgess leaves Cherbourg, France, with her children, seventeen-year-old Annette and young Norman, to board the luxurious ocean liner From 1976 to 1980, Smith appeared in numerous productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, to acclaim; her roles included: Cleopatra in Anthony and Cleopatra (1976), Queen Elizabeth in Richard III (1977), and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1978). During the filming of one of the kitchen scenes, Smith was hemmed in by one of the pigs, and needed to vault over the back of it in order to escape. WebThe late Australian actor Rod Taylor, whose most recent role is in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, was a versatile and popular leading man, equally adept at romantic comedy, See full summary Director: Robert de Young | Stars: Baz Luhrmann, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Bryan Brown. [18], In 1952, aged 17, under the auspices of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, Smith began her career as Viola in Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse. Well known for his role as Roses fiance, the villainous Cal Hockley, Billy Zane has had a reasonable career since the Titanic. But she can't singlehandedly turn night into day. [90] Smith has five grandchildren. Birth Year: 1850. Birthday: Dec 28, 1934. She won her second Best Actress BAFTA Film Awards for her role as Joyce Chilvers in the 1984 black comedy A Private Function with Michael Palin. [89] Smith married playwright Beverley Cross on 23 June 1975, at the Guildford Register Office,[89] and they remained married until his death on 20 March 1998. [97] She is also a patron of the Oxford Playhouse, where she first began her illustrious career. [76] In October 2017, Smith was conferred with an honorary fellowship of Mansfield College, Oxford.[77]. They were always when everything had been done and the children were finished, they would turn the camera around and we'd have to do various reaction shots of amazement or sadness and things. Her other films at this time include Murder by Death (1976) with Vincent Canby of The New York Times writing, that the film had one of Simon's "nicest, breeziest screenplays" with David Niven and Maggie Smith "marvelous as Dick and Dora Charleston, though they haven't enough to do. [75] In 1994, Smith received an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of Cambridge. [23] The New York Times theatre critic praised Smith's physical comedic skills writing, "Miss Smith's body spins, lurches, misses yards at a time before another foot comes down, ends in a paralysis that will require hypnosis to undo. WebBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. In 1993, she was awarded with the BAFTA Special Award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 2002, she starred in the film Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood alongside Sandra Bullock and Ellen Burstyn. Birth date: January 27, 1850. [27] She received her record fifth Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance. For Smith's performance she earned her fifth Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and won her second Golden Globe Award and her third British Academy Film Award for Best Actress. She continued to act in productions at the Oxford Playhouse including, Cinderella (1952), Rookery Nook (1953), Cakes and Ale (1953), and The Government Inspector (1954). Filming & Production In 2009, she was reported to have made a full recovery. The now 68 year old actress played Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the uptight social-climbing mother of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic. Smith portrayed Betsey Trotwood for which she received a British Academy Television Awards and her second Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1956 Smith made her Broadway debut playing several roles in the revi She is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having received highest achievement for film, television and theatre, winning two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. [68], Smith was appointed a CBE in the 1970 New Year Honours,[69][70] and was made a Dame (DBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours, for services to the performing arts. Michael Billington of The Guardian wrote of the event, "Obviously it was moving to see legendary actors, either through archival footage or live performance, repeating past successes. [91][92][93], In January 1988, Smith was diagnosed with Graves' disease, for which she underwent radiotherapy and optical surgery. and Hot Millions (1968) opposite Peter Ustinov, and guest-starred as Music Hall Star in Richard Attenborough ensemble comedy and musical Oh! The film premiered at the 2001 London Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim from critics including Roger Ebert, who awarded it his highest rating of four stars, describing the story as "such a joyous and audacious achievement, it deserves comparison with his [Robert Altman's] very best movies."[60]. She also called her co-star "Christopher Bummer".[57]. Maggie Smith acceptance speech at the 44th Tony Awards telecast in 1990. The film's cast included Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Kristin Scott Thomas, Eileen Atkins, Emily Watson, Charles Dance, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, and Stephen Fry. She toured Australia in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads in 2004. I dont know the ages of the Morans or Patrick. Currently, Fisher has been working on a slate of new films which are currently in the post production phase including Awake, This Is Not a War Story, and The Potters. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Despite its sprawling narrative, Titanic quickly became the highest-grossing movie of that year, raking in over $2 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. She also acted with Judi Dench in the film Ladies in Lavender (2004) directed by Charles Dance. The play was written specifically for her by the playwright Peter Shaffer. WebThe role: One of the women in Ghostbusters (2016) Who *actually* played it: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones Frank Trapper The Harry Potter alum revealed the two-time Oscar winner played an important role in his casting as the beloved boy wizard. Smith started with the company at its inception in 1962 with Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon and continued acting with the company for eight years.