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Acting

Maggie Smith

Career: Active from 1958 to 2023, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Downton Abbey
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Maggie Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Scare
1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 16
Character Study 4
Witty Dialogue 4
Social Commentary 4
Coming-of-Age 4
British Cinema 4
Class Conflict 3
Literary Adaptation 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Nostalgic 3
Gentle Humor 3
Quirky Characters 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 65

The Miracle Club

60

as Lily Fox

Downton Abbey: A New Era

75

as Violet Crawley

A Boy Called Christmas

61

as Aunt Ruth

2010s

13 titles · average score 67

Downton Abbey

74

as Violet Crawley

Sherlock Gnomes

39

as Lady Bluebury (voice)

Woolf Works

as Reading (voice)

The Lady in the Van

72

as Miss Shepherd

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

60

as Muriel Donnelly

My Old Lady

58

as Mathilde Girard

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

70

as Muriel Donnelly

Quartet

68

as Jean Horton

Gnomeo & Juliet

55

as Lady Bluebury (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

86

as Minerva McGonagall

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Violet Crawley

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

61

as Mrs. Docherty

2000s

16 titles · average score 67

From Time to Time

53

as Linnet

Becoming Jane

63

as Lady Gresham

Capturing Mary

59

as Mary Gilbert

Keeping Mum

62

as Grace Hawkins

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

80

as Minerva McGonagall

Ladies in Lavender

65

as Janet

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Minerva McGonagall

My House in Umbria

65

as Mrs. Emily Delahunty

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

74

as Minerva McGonagall

Gosford Park

80

as Constance Trentham

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

75

as Professor McGonagall

The Last September

46

as Lady Myra Naylor

1990s

15 titles · average score 67

Tea with Mussolini

64

as Lady Hester Random

David Copperfield

73

TV show · as Betsey Trotwood

All the King's Men

66

as Queen Alexandra

Washington Square

73

as Aunt Lavinia Penniman

The First Wives Club

63

as Gunilla Garson Goldberg

Richard III

82

as Duchess of York

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

45

as Mother Superior

The Secret Garden

78

as Mrs. Medlock

Suddenly, Last Summer

72

as Violet Venable

Sister Act

65

as Mother Superior

Memento Mori

70

as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew

Hook

57

as Granny Wendy

1980s

13 titles · average score 68

Talking Heads

76

TV show · as Susan

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

85

as Judith Hearne

A Room with a View

83

as Charlotte Bartlett

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew

A Private Function

77

as Joyce Chilvers

Lily in Love

62

as Lily Wynn

Better Late Than Never

51

as Miss Anderson

Mrs. Silly

as Mrs Silly

The Missionary

59

as Lady Isabel Ames

Evil Under the Sun

72

as Daphne Castle

Clash of the Titans

66

as Thetis

Quartet

53

as Lois Heidler

1970s

8 titles · average score 63

California Suite

52

as Diana Barrie

Death on the Nile

71

as Miss Bowers

Murder by Death

66

as Dora Charleston

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

64

as Lila Fisher

Travels with My Aunt

53

as Augusta Bertram

The Merchant of Venice

as Portia

The Millionairess

as Epifania

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Violet Venable

1960s

12 titles · average score 63

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

78

as Jean Brodie

Oh! What a Lovely War

72

as Music Hall Star

Hot Millions

68

as Patty Terwilliger Smith

The Honey Pot

66

as Sarah Watkins

Much Ado About Nothing

as Beatrice

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Mrs. Wislack

Othello

67

as Desdemona

Young Cassidy

58

as Nora

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Ann Whitefield / Portia

The Pumpkin Eater

69

as Philpot

The V.I.P.s

33

as Miss Mead

Go to Blazes

60

as Chantal

1950s

5 titles · average score 61

Nowhere to Go

65

as Bridget Howard

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Anna Carnot / Juliet Denise

Child in the House

63

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Lilli Palmer Theatre

TV show · as Paula Benson

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show

1940s

1 title · average score 78

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show