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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.

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for Robert Langstrom in The Dark Knight Trilogy
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The Gotham Knight: Begin (2012) -Origin -Human movie -Darker than used to but still realistic -Not fictional + Intense death of parents but more emotional (perfect acting) + Flashback -Discovering the whole Batman Origin and Universe and just focussing on his Universe -Gritty, Realistic, Grounded but with the serious Comics on our serious Earth -Brings back DC Vibes -Only the best and underrated, interesting stories -Classic Batman modernasied and badassed -Logical Stories -Balanced humour but still not a comedic movie -Journey To Batman -Introducing to League of Assasins, Ra‘s, Talia and Nyssa Al Ghul -Meeting Deathstroke and Bane cameo -Befriends with Slade -Fighting Slade and giving him this Scar -Going back to Gotham and fighting mobs and taking revenge to Falcone and Black Masks men for hiring Joe Chill -Black Mask taking a wanted on Batman for taking his men down -Oswald Cobblepot coming back to Gotham -Slade Wilson is Deathstroke even though his eye sight is gone and he was destroyed by Bane but he was in the Lazarus Pit -Oswald Cobblepot hires Deathstroke, Deadshot and Killer Croc to kill the bat while shooting Black Mask in his leg -Nolanverse and Mendesverse + Arkhamverse + Comics + Realism = TGK -Urban Legend Rated R PG16 FSK16 Villains: Joe Chill, Ra's Al Ghul, Falcone/Maroni Family, Deadshot, Black Mask, Deathstroke, Oswald Cobblepot Box Office: 2 Billion Budget: 270 Million The Gotham Knight: Falls (2015) The Gotham Knight: Legend (2018)



