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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.
«Intentaron encerrarnos. Pero una mujer Weyward tiene una naturaleza salvaje en su interior. Nadie nos va a controlar». 2019: Kate se marcha de Londres y lo abandona todo para mudarse a la cabaña Weyward, que ha heredado de su tía abuela. Con sus cascadas de hiedra y su jardín descuidado, la cabaña está a un mundo de distancia de la pareja abusiva que la atormentaba. Pero Kate empieza a sospechar que se esconde un secreto en los cimientos del lugar, oculto desde las cazas de brujas del siglo XVII 1619: Altha se enfrenta a un juicio por el asesinato de un granjero del pueblo. De pequeña, su madre le enseñó magia, una basada en un conocimiento profundo del mundo natural. Pero las mujeres peculiares siempre han sido consideradas peligrosas, y cuando se presentan pruebas de su brujería, sabe que necesitará todos sus poderes para mantener la libertad. 1942: En medio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Violet está atrapada en la gran finca de su familia. Atrapada por las convenciones sociales, desea dos cosas: la educación que su hermano recibe y a su madre, fallecida hace tiempo, que se dice que enloqueció antes de morir. El único rastro que Violet tiene de ella es el medallón con una W y la palabra «Weyward» grabada en el revestimiento de su habitación.
