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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.
Maggie Smith
Miss Hudson
for Miss Hudson in The Brotherhood of Light
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1902, a young woman named Annabella goes to 221B Baker Street to seek help from the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes. She tells him that she's being pursued by a dangerous sect that needs her because she has visions. Holmes doesn't believe it but after being attacked by some fanatics, who are vampires, he has to accept that his vision of the world will have to change. They're looking for something to bring their master back to life, before the intervention of the one who "killed" him five years ago : Mina Harker ! Although she's also a vampire, she fights to preserve her soul, with the help of her mentor, Professor Abraham Van Helsing. They understand that Annabella really has a power and that can be usefull for them. To do this, they call on other extraordinary people. Arsène Lupin, the greatest thieves, as well as a gentleman. Prince Dakkar, better known as Captain Nemo, the world's greatest scientist and underwater adventurer. Finally, they'll also need the help of Lord John Clayton III of Greystoke, better known as "Tarzan", the lord of the jungle, the greatest adventurer in existence. Together, they'll discover that if Count Dracula is brought back to life, it will not be the worst, because this sect wants to allow the powerful and terrible "Great Old Ones" to return to our world to make it a real Hell ! All this looks terrible but... it is often in the shadows that we find the basis of Light !
