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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (December 28, 1934 − September 27, 2024) was a British actress. Known for her wit in comedic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. She received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award as well as nominations for six Laurence Olivier Awards. Smith was one of the few performers to earn the Triple Crown of Acting. Smith began her stage career as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her professional debut on Broadway in New Faces of '56. Over the following decades Smith established herself alongside Judi Dench as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Noël Coward's Private Lives (1975) and Tom Stoppard's Night and Day (1979), and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage (1990). She won Academy Awards for Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978). She was Oscar-nominated for Othello (1965), Travels with My Aunt (1972), A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001). She portrayed Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). She also acted in Death on the Nile (1978), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Quartet (2012) and The Lady in the Van (2015). Smith received newfound attention and international fame for her role as Violet Crawley in the British period drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). The role earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards; she had previously won one for the HBO film My House in Umbria (2003). Over the course of her career she was the recipient of numerous honorary awards including the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1993, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996 and the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010. Smith was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
It’s Gnomeo and Juliet’s wedding anniversary, there’s going to be a big party, with all the ornaments from the neighbouring gardens invited. Gnomarella is desperate to go but her cruel stepmother and stepsisters laugh at her, and tell her no one will want a filthy and cracked servant girl at such an elegant affair. Gnomarella’s fairy godmother (a Christmas decoration from the attic) comes and grants her wish to go the party. With a wave of her wand, Gnomarella is clean and crack free, with a beautiful new paint job. Sadly this will not last, and the fairy godmother warns her she will be back to normal at midnight. Gnomarella has a wonderful time, and falls in love with The Gnome Formerly Known As Prince Gnoming (AKA Prince Gnoming, the new gnome in the Capulet/Montague garden), when midnight strikes Gnomarella runs away, but she trips and her foot breaks off forcing her to hop all the way home. Prince Gnoming won’t rest until he finds the mystery girl, and goes around every garden searching for the owner of the left behind foot. The Stepmother, determined to get into a nicer garden (their own is untended and overgrown), breaks off one of her own daughter’s feet to trick him into thinking the foot belongs to her. Prince Gnoming sees through their ploy when Gnomarella reveals herself. Prince Gnoming uses superglue to stick her foot back on and whisks her away from her wretched life…and they live happily ever after.
