British actress Maggie Smith died this Friday at the age of 89, as reported by her family and media such as the BBC. The performer has had a long career in film and television, famous for roles such as Mrs. McGonagall in Harry Potter or the Countess in Downton Abbey.
Although he has acquired great popularity in recent years and even among new generations thanks to the success of the literary adaptations of the JK Rowling saga and the British series, his career is one of the strongest in British cinema in recent years. decades. Smith is one of the few actresses to have won two Academy Awards. The first came in 1969, as Best Lead Actress for Miss Brodie’s Best Years (1969); the second, in 1978, as an actress in a supporting role, for California Suite. She is one of six actresses to hold an Oscar in both categories.
But before that, he had already achieved status in the powerful British theater. He made his debut there in 1952 with the play Twelfth Night. In fact, during her career she won as many as five awards from the Evening Standard newspaper for the works The Public Eye in 1962, Hedda Gabler in 1970, Virginia in 1981, The Way of the World in 1984 and Three Tall Women in 1994. In the United States, she was nominated for Tony Awards for Private Lives in 1975 and Night and Day in 1979. She won in 1990 with Lettice and Lovage.
It is also one of the most awarded races. Six Oscar nominations (of which he won two). 18 at the BAFTAs (among his cinematographic and television works); nine Emmy nominations, including four and five for Downton Abbey or 12 Golden Globe nominations and three wins to prove it.
