# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maggie-smith
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:25:19.438Z

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name: "Maggie Smith"
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description: "She made withering intelligence look easy across seven decades — sharp enough to win two Oscars, then sharp enough again to become the internet's favorite dowager countess at 75."
tagline: "British actress (1934–2024)"
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deathDate: "2024-09-27"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Smith started on stage at Oxford in 1952 and reached Broadway four years later. By 1969 she'd claimed her first Academy Award for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, playing a charismatic Scottish schoolteacher with surgical precision. A second Oscar followed in 1978 for California Suite. She split the decades between classical theatre — National Theatre, RSC, a Tony win for Lettice and Lovage in 1990 — and a film career that ranged from Gosford Park to the entirety of Harry Potter, where she played Minerva McGonagall with clipped severity. Then came Downton Abbey in 2010, and Violet Crawley's acid one-liners turned her into a global fixture all over again, winning three Emmys and capturing a whole new generation. She was made a Dame in 1990 and died in September 2024, leaving behind one of the most complete acting records in British history.