Dame Maggie Smith
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Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE |
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Smith in 2007
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| Born |
Margaret Natalie Smith 28 December 1934 Ilford, Essex, England |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Sir Robert Stephens (m. 1967; div. 1974) Beverley Cross (m. 1975; d. 1998) |
| Children |
Chris Larkin Toby Stephens |
| Relatives |
Anna-Louise Plowman (daughter-in-law) |
| Awards | Full list |
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, CH, DBE (born 28 December 1934), known as Maggie Smith, is an English actress. She has had an extensive, varied career in stage, film and television spanning over sixty years. Smith has appeared in over 50 films and is one of Britain's most recognisable actresses. A prominent figure in British culture for six decades, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for services to the performing arts, and received the Companion of Honour from the Queen in 2014 for services to drama.
Smith began her career on stage at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952 and made her Broadway debut in New Faces of '56. For her work on the London stage, she has won a record five Best Actress Evening Standard Awards; for The Private Ear and The Public Eye (1962), Hedda Gabler (1970), Virginia (1981), The Way of the World (1984) and Three Tall Women (1994). She received Tony Award nominations for Private Lives (1975) and Night and Day (1979), before winning the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage. Other stage roles include Stratford Shakespeare Festival productions of Antony and Cleopatra (1976) and Macbeth (1978), and West End productions of A Delicate Balance (1997) and The Breath of Life (2002).
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