Maggie Smith A.ka Harry Potter Hogwarts wizard school professor Minerva Mcgonagall died at the age of 89. Now the Hogwarts professor’s unshakable and serious voice will no longer be heard in the school of wizards galleries and classroom. She is famous for her portrayal of the stern and clever professor with a long witch hat Minerva McGonagall among the fans.
Second, she could be remembered as an eccentric and arrogant countess of Dowager Victoria Crawley in the famous ABC sitcom Downtown Abbey.
A DAME Maggie Smith left a highly dominant mark in the film and theatre industry. She won all three crown awards in the Hollywood industry: Oscar, Tony, and Golden Globe. She won two Oscars, a Tony, Two Golden Globe awards, and half a dozen of Bafta Awards.
Maggie Smith’s Golden Acting Journey and Movie Career
Maggie Smith’s acting journey saw different shades of characters that are meticulously woven around her dynamic and strong personality. Most of the time she is seen wearing corsets that are from the Victorian era which makes her forget to wear a modern dress.
Maggie Smith is not recognizable till her portrayal of Professor Minerva McGonagall which gives her a face to remember all over the world. We can go back to the past and will see so many of her magnificent roles.
Maggie Smith Breaks Through Career In a Brief
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Maggie plays the character of an unorthodox and bold teacher at a girl’s school in Edinburgh. She was criticized by her companion as an extraordinary teacher with an extraordinary modern approach.
She gained her first Oscar for that role but the film got a poor performance at the box office.
Sister Act – 1992
Maggi Smith played a strict nun role in this comedy movie, where she played alongside Whoopi Goldberg, she returned for a sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit in 1993. She played the Mother Reverend in this comedy musical movie.
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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 2011
A full of veteran star-studded movie, where all those British stars enjoy filming the movie in India. She played the role of retired housekeeper Muriel Donelly, who moves to India for a hip replacement in the 2011 film, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
The film ensemble cast included Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, and Dev Patel. She enjoyed her life in India a lot. She played the same role of Muriel Donelly in a movie again with the same star cast. She said about her role “The weirdest thing is to get this group of actors together again three years later, that’s an extraordinary thing because everyone’s very dispersed and doing different things, so it’s a very extraordinary thing.”
Othello
One of DAME Maggie Smith’s roles was playing Desdemona in the Shakespeare novel movie Othello. Who was playing the titular role in a movie, offered the part at the National Theatre in 1963.
The actor who played Othello is the first blackface, whose portrayal of the titular role was controversial. But he justifies his role in his memoir 1915 “Confession of an Actor”
Harry Potter 2000-2012
Maggie Smith’s most recognizable role, which was still in the mind of many children Hogwarts Professor McGonagall head of the Gryffindors. She is remembered as the long-pointed hat witch with a stern manner in a series of Harry Potter.
Her famous lines include: “Why is it, when something happens, it is always with you three?” and “I will not have you in the course of a single evening … besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons!”
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Her another co-star Bonnie Wright who played Jennie wrote on Instagram
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Downtown Abbey – 2010- 2015
The most prominent roles of her life, were when she played the roles of eccentric Countess Dowager Victoria Crawley. She becomes famous for her malicious and stark one-liner that hit the audience.
She earned the Golden Globe nomination for that role.
In an interview about her role in Downton Abbey, she said: “What I think is so brilliant is this is not an adaption of something. To have these original ideas is stunning.”
It is one of the most iconic characters in her pursed-lipped line where she shocked the other characters with her one-liner satire dialogue.
Conclusion
Maggie Smith is an enigmatic star whose life fully contributed her life to the theatre and movie world. Born in Ilford, United Kingdom. She was awarded as the DAME for the British actress. She is always doted for her commoner approach rather than considering herself as a celebrity. She always used to be shy rather than a quick-witted person in a movie.
The Hogwarts Gryffindor flag is half-mast from its position as its most talented professor left the magic and real world together.
