Maggie Smith: movies and TV shows
Maggie Smith has 117 credits in the archive: 88 films and 29 TV series, from 1944 to 2024. Highest rated: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2024 · busiest year: 1956 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 89 |
| 2023 | Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 88 |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club | Lily Fox | Film | 6.3 | 88 |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Violet Crawley | Film | 7.2 | 87 |
| 2022 | The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Ruth | Film | 7.3 | 86 |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | Film | 7.1 | 84 |
| 2019 | Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event | Self | Film | 7.2 | 84 |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Lady Bluebury (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 83 |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self | Film | 6.8 | 83 |
| 2017 | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Self | Film | — | 82 |
| 2017 | Woolf Works | Reading (voice) | Film | 2.0 | 82 |
| 2016 | Robin And Mark And Richard III | Self | Film | 9.0 | 81 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepherd | Film | 6.4 | 80 |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | Film | 6.4 | 80 |
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive material) | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 2014 | My Old Lady | Mathilde Girard | Film | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Mrs. Sullen | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Muriel Donnelly | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Quartet | Jean Horton | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 8.1 | 76 |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lady Bluebury (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Violet Crawley | TV | 8.1 | 75 |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Agatha Rose Doherty | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 7.7 | 74 |
| 2009 | From Time to Time | Linnet | Film | 6.3 | 74 |
| 2008 | Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait | Self (archival footage) | Film | 7.7 | 73 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 7.7 | 72 |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Lady Gresham | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2007 | Capturing Mary | Mary Gilbert | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2006 | Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe | Self | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") | Film | — | 71 |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2005 | Keeping Mum | Grace Hawkins | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Janet | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2004 | The Magic Touch of Harry Potter | Self | Film | 7.7 | 69 |
| 2003 | My House in Umbria | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 7.7 | 67 |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 67 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Minerva McGonagall | Film | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2000 | The Last September | Lady Myra Naylor | Film | 5.2 | 65 |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Lady Hester Random | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1999 | All the King's Men | Queen Alexandra | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1998 | Curtain Call | Lily Marlowe | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1997 | Washington Square | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1995 | Richard III | Duchess of York | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Mother Superior | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1993 | The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | Film | 7.4 | 58 |
| 1993 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Violet Venable | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1992 | Sister Act | Mother Superior | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1992 | Memento Mori | Mrs Mabel Pettigrew | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1991 | Performance | Mrs Venable | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1991 | Hook | Granny Wendy | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet | Rosaline (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Susan | TV | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Film | 5.0 | 53 | |
| 1987 | The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Judith Hearne | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Charlotte Bartlett | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1984 | Lily in Love | Lily Wynn | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Joyce Chilvers | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1983 | Better Late Than Never | Miss Anderson | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 1983 | Mrs. Silly | Mrs Silly | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Daphne Castle | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1982 | The Missionary | Lady Isabel Ames | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1982 | All for Love | Mrs. Silly | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1982 | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Daphne Castle | Film | 8.3 | 47 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 46 |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans | Thetis | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1981 | Quartet | Lois Heidler | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Miss Bowers | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1978 | California Suite | Diana Barrie | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Dora Charleston | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1973 | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Lila Fisher | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt | Augusta Bertram | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1972 | The Millionairess | Epifania | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Violet Venable | TV | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Music Hall Star | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1969 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Patty Terwilliger Smith | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Mrs. Wislack | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot | Sarah Watkins | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Ann Whitefield | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Portia | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Epifana | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland | self | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Nora | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1965 | Othello | Desdemona | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1965 | Olivier Talks About Othello | (archive footage) | Film | — | 30 |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater | Philpot | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Miss Mead | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Chantal | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1958 | Nowhere to Go | Bridget Howard | Film | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 21 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 21 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer / Winner | TV | — | 21 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 21 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Anna Carnot | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Juliet Denise | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | The Girl | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1956 | Child in the House | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 21 |
| 1955 | Lilli Palmer Theatre | Paula Benson | TV | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 18 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | TV | 3.5 | 15 | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 12 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 9 |