Maggie Smith
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Pumpkin Eater, The (1964)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason…
- Anne Bancroft is riveting as a woman of the verge of a nervous breakdown in this penetrating and vastly under–rated British melodrama.
As…
- Othello (1965)
- Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith…
- Laurence Olivier transposes his stage performance of Othello for the screen with able supporting cast.
- Honey Pot, The (1967)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Maggie Smith…
- Trifling comedy of money and manipulation in which Harrison plays a millionaire who deceives a trio of former mistresses into believing he is dying.…
- Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1968)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin…
- Schoolteacher at a private girls school, Maggie Smith grooms and instructs her pupils with a passionate sense of vocation, unfortunately making more…
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. John Rae, Corin Redgrave, Maurice Roeves…
- Powerful anti–war musical adapted from the play by Charles Chilton, which depicts the mass blunder of WWI through the experiences of the poor…
- Bernard Shaw Collection, The (The Millionairess; Mrs. Warren's Profession; The Apple Cart ; Pygmalion; Heartbreak House; You Never Can Tell; The Man of Destiny; Androcles and the Lion; The Devil's Disciple; Arms and the Man) (1972-1989)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Maggie Smith, John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart…
- Star–studded BBC adaptations of ten masterpieces of the stage by George Bernard Shaw. This set includes, over 8 discs the following…
- Travels With My Aunt (1972)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Jr. Gossett…
- A young Maggie Smith ages up in this entertaining if over–stuffed whimsy based on the novel by Graham Greene about the odd–ball…
- Murder by Death (1976)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco…
- A classic whodunnit premise is taken within an inch of its life by a knockout cast, here playing a gaggle of famous sleuths and sidekicks who convene…
- California Suite (1978)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith…
- Five couples converge on the Beverly Hills Hotel during ‘Oscar–week’ to play out various marital dramas. Likeable comedy assembles a…
- Evil Under the Sun (1981)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely…
- Murder at a resort hotel, with Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. An all–star cast and top production values, with sun and sea…
- Missionary, The (1982)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard…
- Jolly Brit comedy sees Palin as the Rev. Charles Fortesque, recalled to England from missionary work in Africa to minister London's prostitutes,…
- Private Function, A (1985)
- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
- Michael Palin and Maggie Smith star in Alan Bennett's savage satire of class hypocrisy. Set in post–WW2 Britain during food rationing, secret…
- Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins
- An anguished spinster pins romantic hopes on a sweet–talking business man who has other intentions. Melancholy fare, remarkably acted by Maggie…
- Complete Talking Heads, The (TV Miniseries) (1987-1998)
- Dir. Alan Bennett
Feat. Alan Bennett, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird…
- Much–feted 1980s TV series comprising a series of six stage monologues by renowned playwright Alan Bennett, devised to depict various suffering…
- Hook (1991)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts…
- Spielberg's big–budget rendition of the magical fairy tale. Robin Williams stars as a grown–up Peter Pan enticed to Neverland to reclaim…
- Secret Garden, The (1993)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Maggie Smith, Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse…
- A splendid, lavish update of Francis Hodgson Burnett's beloved classic in which a troubled orphan visits her domineering aunt's mansion, befriends…
- Washington Square (1997)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith…
- Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
- Tea with Mussolini (1999)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith…
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli's childhood memoirs form the basis of this well–mannered period fancy that draws weight from the grand Dames of British…
- All the King's Men (1999)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. David Jason, Maggie Smith
- BBC dramatisation of one of WWI's most enduring enigmas, in which the Sandringham Company, made up from King George's private staff, disappeared into…
- Charles Dickens Collection, The (The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend) (1999-2005)
- Feat. Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Daniel Radcliffe…
- The BBC's twelve–DVD set offers eight acclaimed mini–series adaptations featuring the creme of Bitish stage and screen performers
- David Copperfield (Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Ian McKellen…
- Charles Dicken's semi–autobiographical novel (and his own personal favourite) of an aspiring young lad, gets adapted by the BBC, with an…
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman…
- Immensely popular, this star–studded adaptation of JK Rowling’s first book thankfully captures the essence of orphan Harry’s tale of…
- Gosford Park (2001)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith…
- A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese…
- The second Harry Potter adaptation is better fun and more settled in its mingled tone of magic, fantasy and thriller.
Daniel Radcliffe again plays…
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
- Dir. Callie Khouri
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Ashley Judd…
- In this spirited adaptation of Rebecca Wells’ novel, alienated daughter Sandra Bullock is given the lowdown on her mother Ellen Burnstyn’s…
- My House in Umbria (2003)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Giancarlo Giannini…
- Maggie Smith centres this superior telemovie, playing an ex–pat romance novelist whose life in Italy is disturbed when she is caught up in a…
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…
- Ladies in Lavender (2005)
- Dir. Charles Dance
Feat. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone…
- During the pre–WW2 period, a handsome Polish stranger (Bruhl) is washed up on a beach in Cornwall and taken into care by two aging spinster…
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman…
- The fourth chapter in the unfolding Harry Potter series marks a devastating plunge into raw suspense and truly epic adventure for the young wizard…
- Keeping Mum (2005)
- Dir. Niall Johnson
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith…
- In the best English tradition of addled and yet deadly black comedy, this unravels the goings–on in a cute village, where the vicar (Atkinson)…
- Becoming Jane (2007)
- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters…
- The early chapters of Jane Austen’s literary life are dramatised in this rose–tinted biopic of her formative romantic…
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter…
- The fifth movie of the Harry Potter franchise finds the Wiz–kid struggling with adolescent hormones, a blind bureaucracy and most memorably,…
- Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent…
- The epic sixth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry prepare for the final battle against his nemesis Voldemort while struggling with his…
- From Time to Time (2009)
- Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Alex Etel, Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith…
- Charmingly old–fashioned family film set at the tail end of the second world war has a young boy discovering a portal back to 1805, where he…
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
- Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor…
- Emma Thompson again pens and stars in the second installment about the otherworldly nanny, accompanied again by a staggering array of British…
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Seventh and penultimate film in the H.K. Rowling–penned franchise now finds Harry and pals Ron and Hermione on the lam as Lord Voldemort…
- Downton Abbey - Series 1 (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Handsome, top–of–the–range ITV period drama centres on the residents and staff of the titular English manor in the years leading up…
- Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2011)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy…
- A gaggle of British senior citizens are charmed by the 'real' India when they check into a run–down Jaipur hotel they believed was a luxury…
- Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
- Dir. Kelly Asbury
Feat. James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen…
- A charming, if smugly delivered animated tale which reimagines Shakespeare’s most recognisable work in the setting of a garden decorated by…
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…
- This eighth and final Harry Potter installment concludes the boy wizard's epic journey from Hogswart apprentice to world savior.
- Downton Abbey - Series 2 (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
- Christmas at Downton Abbey (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Lavish Christmas Special sees the Downton Abbey residents and staff hosting a spiffy holiday party, only for murder and jealously to cloud the…
- Downton Abbey - Series 3 (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
- Downton Abbey - A Journey To The Highlands (TV Mini-Series) (2012)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- The Crawley Family decamp to Scotland's Duneagle Castle for their summer holidays, whilst Carson attempts to keep the servants on a short leash back…
- Quartet (2012)
- Dir. Dustin Hoffman
Feat. Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly…
- Another pleasant surprise for the retiree set, this time centred on a home for retired musicians, and the recently arrived opera diva (Maggie Smith)…
- Downton Abbey - Series 4 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
- Downton Abbey in London (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Downton's latest Christmas special centres on Rose's 'coming out' at Buckingham Palace, with Shirley Maclaine and Paul Giamatti in memorable guest…
- Downton Abbey - Series 5 (TV Series) (2014)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
- My Old Lady (2014)
- Dir. Israel Horovitz
Feat. Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas…
- Uplifting and sophisticated Anglo–French dramedy set around a disputed Parisian apartment in the wake of a family bereavement. Based on…
- Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2015)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy…
- Sequel to the unlikely hit comedy has the Marigold's proprietor considering expansion as a rooming predicament arises.
- Downton Abbey - Series 6 (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
- Lady in the Van, The (2015)
- Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent…
- Maggie Smith is adorable as usual in this cosy adaptation of Alan Bennett's play, based on his experience of developing an unlikely friendship with a…
- Tea With the Dames (Nothing Like a Dame) (2018)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright…
- British acting legends Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith discuss their remarkable lives at Plowright's country home in…
- Downton Abbey: The Movie (2019)
- Dir. Michael Engler
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith…
- Lavish spin–off film following on from events in the TV series, with the same writer and much of the same cast. The Crawley family are visited…
- Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
- Dir. Paul Aaron, Simon Curtis
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Tuppence Middleton…
- A celebrated cinematic return of Julian Fellowes' beloved creation that reunites the cast to embark on a grand journey to the South of France in 1928…