Dame Margaret Natalie Smith was born on December 28, 1934 in the city of Ilford, in the region of Essex, England.
Her upbringing was extremely refined since she is the daughter of Nathaniel smith, who was a professor at the Oxford university.
Despite attending this university, Maggie did not feel satisfied with the direction her life was taking so she joined the Oxford Playhouse.
There she discovered her vocation as an actress, and she did not want to detach herself from the skin in which she had already embedded.
On 1956 made his first appearance in a film, it was called “The Twelvth Night”.
On 1963 acted in the movie “The VIPs“With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Orson Welles, in an endless wait in the VIP lounge of the airport of London.
Got married with Robert Stephens the June 29, 1967 and with him she had two sons: Chris larkin Y Toby Stephens.
In the year 1969, Smith won the Oscar to best actress, for her portrayal of an insubordinate Scottish teacher in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”.
The May 6, 1974 decided to end his relationship with Robert Stephens since I had met Beverly cross whom he married the following year.
On 1978 was awarded the same award in the film “California Suite“After which his partner Michael Caine He warned that working with her was dangerous since the film was stolen.
In the decade of ’80 He acted in quite a few movies, all of them with both main and supporting appearances.
From this moment, Smith began to develop those kinds of characters that both her audience and the directors who choose her like.
A kind of strict teacher, or completely cynical and cruel lady, but at the same time human and sensitive that only she can achieve.
He paired with Robin Williams in the movie 1991 “Hook”, Where she played the old version of Wendy.
On 1992 appeared as the Mother Superior alongside Whoopi goldberg in the movie “Sister Act”, Fully setting this profile.
His second marriage ended on March 20, 1998 when her husband died of natural cause. She has been a widow ever since.
He worked alongside Ian McKellen on the film “Richard III” on nineteen ninety five and later in 1999 achieved the leading role in “Tea with Mussolini”With Cher.
In the year 2001 played the wise and understanding Professor Minerva McGonagall in the movie “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.
He returned to repeat this role in the other 4 films of the saga along with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Julie Walters, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris and Robbie Coltrane, among others.
This year the film “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoneix”, Being the fifth film in the saga and showing that Smith’s career is still very much in force.
Filmography:
Go To Blazes 1962
The VIPs 1963
Othello 1965
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969
Travels With My Aunt 1972
Murder by Death 1976
Death on the Nile 1978
California Suite 1978
Quartet 1981
Clash of the Titans 1981
Evil Under the Sun 1982
The Missionary 1982
A Private Function 1984
A Room with a View 1985
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 1987
Hook 1991
Sister Act 1992
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 1993
The Secret Garden 1993
Richard III 1995
The First Wives Club 1996
The Last September 1999
Tea With Mussolini 1999
Gosford Park 2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 2001
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
My House in Umbria 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
Ladies in Lavender 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
Keeping Mum 2005
Becoming Jane 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007