Maggie Smith

Dame

Maggie Smith

CH DBE
Kelahiran
Margaret Natalie Smith

(1934-12-28) 28 Disember 1934 (umur 89)
WarganegaraEngland
Nama lainDame Maggie Smith
PekerjaanPelakon
Tahun aktif1952–sekarang
PasanganRobert Stephens (1967-1974)
Beverley Cross (1975-1998)
Anak-anakChris Larkin
Toby Stephens

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (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

Year Title Role Notes
1956 Child in the House Party guest Uncredited
1958 Nowhere to Go Bridget Howard
1962 Go to Blazes Chantal
1963 The V.I.P.s Miss Mead Also known as Hotel International
1964 The Pumpkin Eater Philpot
1965 Othello Desdemona
Young Cassidy Nora
1967 The Honey Pot Sarah Watkins
1968 Hot Millions Patty Terwilliger Smith
1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie
Oh! What a Lovely War Music Hall Star
1972 Travels with My Aunt Aunt Augusta Bertram
1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Lila Fisher
1976 Murder by Death Dora Charleston
1978 Death on the Nile Miss Bowers
California Suite Diana Barrie
1981 Quartet Lois Heidler
Clash of the Titans Thetis
1982 Evil Under the Sun Daphne Castle
The Missionary Lady Isabel Ames
1983 Better Late Than Never Miss Anderson
1984 A Private Function Joyce Chilvers
Lily in Love Lily Wynn
1985 A Room with a View Charlotte Bartlett
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Judith Hearne
1990 Romeo.Juliet Rosaline Sebagai pelakon suara
1991 Hook Wendy Darling
1992 Sister Act Reverend Mother
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Reverend Mother
The Secret Garden Mrs. Medlock
1995 Richard III Duchess of York
1996 The First Wives Club Gunilla Garson Goldberg
1997 Washington Square Aunt Lavinia Penniman
1999 Curtain Call Lily Marlowe The film was later re-released under the title It All Came True
The Last September Lady Myra Naylor
Tea with Mussolini Lady Hester Random
2001 Gosford Park Constance, Countess of Trentham
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Professor Minerva McGonagall Released in the US and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Professor Minerva McGonagall
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Caro Eliza Bennett
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Professor Minerva McGonagall
Ladies in Lavender Janet Widdington
2005 Keeping Mum Grace Hawkins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Professor Minerva McGonagall
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Professor Minerva McGonagall
Becoming Jane Lady Gresham
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Professor Minerva McGonagall
From Time to Time Linnet Oldknow
2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Mrs. Agatha Docherty Released in the US and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Lady Bluebury Sebagai pelakon suara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Professor Minerva McGonagall
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly
Quartet Jean Horton
2014 My Old Lady[1] Mathilde Giffard Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Episod: "The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business"
1956 Theatre Royal Paula Benson Also known as Lilli Palmer Theatre
Episod: "Death Under the City"
1957 The Adventures of Aggie Fiona Frobisher-Smith Episod: "Cobalt Blue"
Kraft Television Theatre Episod: "Night of the Plague"
ITV Play of the Week Susie/Fairy/Dixie Evens/Lois Ardsley/Jackie Coryton 5 episod: 1957-1960
1958 Chelsea at Nine 1 episod
Armchair Theatre Julie 3 episod: 1958-1960
1959 ITV Television Playhouse Elaine 2 episod
1966 ITV Play of the Week Victoria Episod: "Home and Beauty"
1967 Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Telefilem
1968 Man and Superman Ann Whitefield TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
The Seagull Irina Arkadina TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
ITV Playhouse Mrs. Wislack Episod: "On Approval")
1972 The Merchant of Venice Portia TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
The Millionairess Epifania TV video-taped drama (Play of the Month, BBC)
1983 All for Love Mrs Silly Episod: "Mrs Silly"
1988 Talking Heads Susan Episod: "A Bed Among the Lentils"
1992 Screen Two Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew Episod: "Memento Mori"
1993 Great Performances Violet Venable Episod: "Suddenly, Last Summer"
1999 All the King's Men Queen Alexandra Telefilem
David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood Telefilem
2003 My House in Umbria Emily Delahunty Telefilem
2007 Capturing Mary Mary Gilbert Telefilem
2010–Present Downton Abbey Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham 25 episod: 2010–kini
2013 National Theatre Live Herself/Mrs. Sullen Episod: "50 Years on Stage"

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

Rujukan

  1. ^ Kemp, Stuart (7 May 2013). "Cannes: Maggie Smith to Star in Israel Horovitz's 'My Old Lady'". The Hollywood Reporter. Dicapai pada 20 August 2013.

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