Maggie Smith British Actress Known for Hook

Maggie Smith was a British actress from Ilford. She died on 27 September 2024 at the age of 89. She was known for playing Wendy Darling in Hook (1991).

Early life

She attended Oxford High School.

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is Child in the House, from 1956. Her 1970s credits include Murder by Death (1976) and Death on the Nile (1978, as Miss Bowers). During the 1990s, she worked on Sister Act (1992) and The First Wives Club (1996). Work from the 2000s includes Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001, as Minerva McGonagall) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002, as Minerva McGonagall). Downton Abbey (2010) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011, as Minerva McGonagall) are among her 2010s credits.

In total, 60 films and 2 TV series are listed from 1956 to 2023. Fantasy is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (9), followed by drama (8) and comedy (6). She is last credited, in her lifetime, on The Miracle Club (2023). Of her 11 titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) has the highest, at $1.34 billion.

Alan Rickman appears in seven of her listed titles, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Bonnie Wright (seven titles) and Daniel Radcliffe (seven titles). David Yates directed three of her titles on record, among them Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). Chris Columbus is credited as director on two of them.

Recognition

Maggie Smith collected two Academy Awards (1970 and 1979). Maggie Smith also received five BAFTA Awards (between 1970 and 2000) and three Golden Globe Awards (1979, 1987 and 2013). Her nominations include the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1966 for Othello. Altogether, 25 wins and 9 nominations are listed.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Robert Stephens (1967 to 1975, divorced) and Alan Beverley Cross (1975 to 1998, widowed). She was the mother of Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens.