Maggie Smith

Born: 1934-12-28

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. She has had an extensive career on stage, film, and television which began in the mid-1950s. Smith has appeared in more than 60 films and over 70 plays, and is one of Britain's most recognisable actresses. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contributions to the performing arts, and a Companion of Honour in 2014 for services to drama. Smith began her career on stage as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her professional debut on Broadway in New Faces of '56. For her work on the London stage, she has won a record six Best Actress Evening Standard Awards: for The Private Ear, and The Public Eye (both 1962), Hedda Gabler (1970), Virginia (1981), The Way of the World (1984), Three Tall Women (1994) and A German Life (2019). She received Tony Award nominations for Private Lives (1975) and Night and Day (1979), before winning the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage. She appeared in Stratford Shakespeare Festival productions of Antony and Cleopatra (1976) and Macbeth (1978), and West End productions of A Delicate Balance (1997) and The Breath of Life (2002). She received the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010. On screen, Smith first drew praise for the crime film Nowhere to Go (1958), for which she received her first nomination for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award. She has won two Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978). She is one of only seven actresses to have won in both categories. She has won a record four BAFTA Awards for Best Actress, including for A Private Function (1984) and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1988), a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for Tea with Mussolini (1999), and three Golden Globe Awards. She received four other Oscar nominations that were for Othello (1965), Travels with My Aunt (1972), A Room with a View (1986), and Gosford Park (2001). Smith played Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Her other films include Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973), Death on the Nile (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), Evil Under the Sun (1982), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), The Secret Garden (1993), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), and The Lady in the Van (2015). She won an Emmy Award in 2003 for My House in Umbria, to become one of the few actresses to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, and starred as Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, on Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she won three Emmys, her first non-ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award, and her third Golden Globe. Her honorary film awards include the BAFTA Special Award in 1993 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996. She received the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award in 2012, and the Bodley Medal by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries in 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2001-11-16

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his...

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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2004-05-31

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of...

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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2002-11-13

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start...

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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2005-11-16

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling...

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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2007-07-08

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings...

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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2011-07-12

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all....

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as Minerva McGonagall
Released: 2009-07-15

As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no...

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Hook

as Granny Wendy
Released: 1991-04-10

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate...

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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Agatha Rose Doherty
Released: 2010-03-26

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm...

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Death on the Nile

as Miss Bowers
Released: 1978-09-29

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered...

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Clash of the Titans

as Thetis
Released: 1981-06-12

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny,...

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Downton Abbey: A New Era

as Violet Crawley
Released: 2022-04-27

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the...

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Mother Superior
Released: 1993-12-09

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school,...

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Muriel Donnelly
Released: 2012-02-23

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored...

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Sister Act

as Mother Superior
Released: 1992-05-28

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the...

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Gnomeo & Juliet

as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Released: 2011-01-13

A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden...

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The First Wives Club

as Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Released: 1996-09-20

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites...

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Downton Abbey

as Violet Crawley
Released: 2019-09-12

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their...

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The Secret Garden

as Mrs. Medlock
Released: 1993-08-13

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She...

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Becoming Jane

as Lady Gresham
Released: 2007-03-02

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

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Gosford Park

as Constance Trentham
Released: 2001-11-07

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of...

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A Boy Called Christmas

as Aunt Ruth
Released: 2021-11-24

An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north...

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Sherlock Gnomes

as Lady Bluebury (voice)
Released: 2018-03-15

Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the...

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A Room with a View

as Charlotte Bartlett
Released: 1986-03-07

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms...

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Evil Under the Sun

as Daphne Castle
Released: 1982-03-05

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts...

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Ladies in Lavender

as Janet
Released: 2004-11-12

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept...

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Murder by Death

as Dora Charleston
Released: 1976-06-23

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are...

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Quartet

as Jean Horton
Released: 2012-12-26

Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to...

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

as Caro Bennett
Released: 2002-06-07

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the...

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Richard III

as Duchess of York
Released: 1995-12-29

A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the...

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Tea with Mussolini

as Lady Hester Random
Released: 1999-03-25

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman,...

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Keeping Mum

as Grace Hawkins
Released: 2005-12-02

A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an...

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The Miracle Club

as Lily Fox
Released: 2023-07-14

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the...

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

as Jean Brodie
Released: 1969-02-24

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and...

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Muriel Donnelly
Released: 2015-02-26

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming...

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The Lady in the Van

as Miss Shepherd
Released: 2015-10-30

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman...

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From Time to Time

as Linnet
Released: 2010-09-24

A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he...

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California Suite

as Diana Barrie
Released: 1978-12-15

The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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Washington Square

as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
Released: 1997-10-10

Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to...

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Oh! What a Lovely War

as Music Hall Star
Released: 1969-03-10

Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game...

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My Old Lady

as Mathilde Girard
Released: 2014-09-09

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his...

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Travels with My Aunt

as Augusta Bertram
Released: 1972-12-17

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly...

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A Private Function

as Joyce Chilvers
Released: 1984-11-09

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and...

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Quartet

as Lois Heidler
Released: 1981-10-25

When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a...

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The Missionary

as Lady Isabel Ames
Released: 1982-11-02

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to...

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My House in Umbria

as Mrs. Emily Delahunty
Released: 2003-05-25

Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy....

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The Pumpkin Eater

as Philpot
Released: 1964-07-16

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a...

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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

as Self
Released: 2004-06-11

A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes...

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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

as Lila Fisher
Released: 1973-04-19

While bicycling through the Spanish countryside, Walter, the aimless young son of a doctor,...

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Nothing Like a Dame

as Herself
Released: 2018-05-02

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen...

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The Honey Pot

as Sarah Watkins
Released: 1967-05-21

A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.

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Capturing Mary

as Mary Gilbert
Released: 2007-11-12

A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when,...

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Othello

as Desdemona
Released: 1965-12-15

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new...

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The V.I.P.s

as Miss Mead
Released: 1963-09-01

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal...

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The Making of 'Gosford Park'

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 2002-06-18

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film...

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Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

as uncredited
Released: 2019-09-19

An hour long special hosted by Derek Hough and filmed at the historic Highclere Castle in...

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All the King's Men

as Queen Alexandra
Released: 1999-11-14

Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at...

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Hot Millions

as Patty Terwilliger Smith
Released: 1968-09-19

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by...

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Curtain Call

as Lily Marlowe
Released: 1998-12-05

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse...

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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as Mrs. Sullen
Released: 2013-11-02

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National...

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Lily in Love

as Lily Wynn
Released: 1984-10-17

Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol...

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Better Late Than Never

as Miss Anderson
Released: 1983-02-21

Two men show up claiming to be the grandfather of a child heiress.

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Young Cassidy

as Nora
Released: 1965-02-25

In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are...

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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-06-02

The first ever feature documentary about one of the most talented, accomplished and...

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Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

as Herself
Released: 2017-04-17

Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.

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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

as Miss Bowers (archive footage)
Released: 1978-01-01

Featurette documenting the making of the film "Death On The Nile".

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Child in the House

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1956-08-14

A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her...

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Judith Hearne
Released: 1987-12-23

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She...

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Talking Heads

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-19

Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother,...

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Nowhere to Go

as Bridget Howard
Released: 1958-12-02

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to...

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Memento Mori

as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew
Released: 1992-04-19

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious...

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The Last September

as Lady Myra Naylor
Released: 2000-04-28

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are...

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The Millionairess

as Epifania
Released: 1972-09-12

One of Shaw's later plays, The Millionairess explores his fascination with the machinations of...

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Robin And Mark And Richard III

as Herself
Released: 2016-04-15

Theatre director Robin Phillips rehearses actor Mark McKinney over the course of 3 years.

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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

as Self / Daphne Castle
Released: 1982-01-01

Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk...

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Suddenly, Last Summer

as Violet Venable
Released: 1993-01-06

Catharine Holly, a poor relation of a prominent New Orleans family, seems to be insane after her...

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Released: 2006-05-02

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of...

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Romeo.Juliet

as Rosaline (voice)
Released: 1990-01-01

The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on...

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Woolf Works

as Reading (voice)
Released: 2017-02-08

The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max...

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Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait

as Self (archival footage)
Released: 2008-07-10

An exclusive featurette in which directors and fellow actors speaks about Maggie Smith's career...

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Bed Among the Lentils

as Susan
Released: 1988-05-03

Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife who has to travel into Leeds to go to the off-licence...

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The Merchant of Venice

as Portia
Released: 1972-04-16

Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay and Charles Gray star in the adaptation of William Shakespeare's...

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Go to Blazes

as Chantal
Released: 1962-04-18

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own...

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Mrs. Silly

as Mrs Silly
Released: 1983-09-09

Academy Award winner Maggie Smith plays Mrs. Silly, a woman who has lost her husband to another,...

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The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

as Herself
Released: 2022-07-23

A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood....

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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Downton Abbey

as Violet Crawley
First aired: 2010-09-26

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Great Performances

as Violet Venable
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Honest Trailers

as Minerva McGonagall (archive footage)
First aired: 2012-02-13

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Epifania
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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David Copperfield

as Betsey Trotwood
First aired: 1999-12-25

Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather...

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Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2013-01-05

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to...

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Talking Heads

as Susan
First aired: 1988-04-19

A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright...

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Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-06-11

Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe was a four-part BBC television series hosted by Francesco da Mosto...

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