Birth Place: Ilford, Essex, ENGLAND
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.
Maggie Smith
Maggie SmithThe Lady In The Van
Maggie SmithA Delicate Balance
Maggie Smith Three Tall Women
Maggie SmithThe Importance Of Being Earnest
Maggie SmithLettice & Lovage
Maggie Smith, Lettice and Lovage
Maggie Smith, Lettice and Lovage
Maggie SmithLettice And Lovage
Maggie SmithThe Way Of The World
Maggie SmithThe Way of the World
Maggie SmithVirginia
Maggie SmithVirginia
Maggie Smith, Night and Day
Maggie Smith, Private Lives
Maggie Smith, Private Lives
Maggie Smith , Private Lives
Maggie SmithHedda Gabler
Maggie SmithThe Private Ear
Maggie SmithThe Public Eye
Maggie Smith has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.
Maggie Smith has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.
Maggie Smith's first West End show was Share My Lettuce which opened in 1957
Maggie Smith has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout her illustrious career, including the Theatre Icon Award at the Evening Standard Awards. She has also received nominations for Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for her roles in "The Lady In The Van" and "A Delicate Balance." Additionally, she was nominated for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards for her performance in "Three Tall Women." Smith's nominations also include Best Comedy Performance at the Olivier Awards for "The Importance Of Being Earnest" and Best Actress - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Lettice & Lovage." She was recognized with nominations for Actress of the Year at the Olivier Awards for "Lettice And Lovage" and for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards for "The Way of the World" and "Virginia." Smith's other nominations encompass various categories, such as Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards, Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and Best Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
Maggie Smith has won several prestigious awards throughout her career, including the Theatre Icon Award at the Evening Standard Awards, the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress for "Three Tall Women," "The Way of the World," "Virginia," "Hedda Gabler," "The Private Ear," and "The Public Eye." She also received the Best Actress - Play award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Lettice & Lovage" and the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Tony Award for the same production. Additionally, she won the Best Performance award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Private Lives."
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