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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.
White House, day like any other, Vice President Gerald Lovejoy enters to the Oval Office to meet with President McQuaid as he does every morning. When he enters, see McQuaid dead, security has locked down the building, nobody can get out. White House will called the best detectives from around the world, namely Holmes, Maigret, Poirot, Sloan, Miss Marple, Lieutenant Columbo, Jessica Fletcher, Phillip Marlowe, Clouseau, Sam Spade. There are 459 employes in the White House and had access to Oval Office. Detectives have whittled down the suspect list to 12. Suspects are First Lady Marlene McQuaid, Vice President Lovejoy, Secretary of State Jeremy Ripper, Secretary of Agriculture Rusty Greenbay, Secretary of Education Angelica Wild, Chief Security Guard Dustin Haffley, Chief of Staff Harry Morgan, Press Secretary Violetta Bobadilla, National Security Advisor Bob Hawkins, White House Counsel Humphrey Sherwood, White House Butler Eugene Hammond, Security Member Michael Niven. The detectives go through the crime scene and the entire white house, interview witnesses, try to uncover the killer, everyone works alone, but eventually they join forces. The president was shot with a Smith and Wesson m&p with suppressor, wipes, petroleum jelly, slide locked, so it was unheard. The killer was a guns expert. murderer was Michael Niven. President passed law that banned gay marriage. Niven was gay. He wasdiscovered, went crazy and start shooting. Spade shot him and Niven's head was everywhere.
