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Maggie Smith

1934 - 2024

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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (28 December 1934 – 27 September 2024) was a British actress. Known for her wit in both comedic and dramatic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen for 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 Olivier Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maggie Smith has received more than 25,233,834 page views. Her biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Maggie Smith is the 73rd most popular actor (down from 39th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Actor.

Maggie Smith is most famous for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Maggie Smith ranks 73 out of 13,578. Before her are Brad Pitt, Kirk Douglas, Alan Alda, Henry Fonda, Johnny Depp, and Ian McKellen. After her are Jean Marais, Steven Seagal, Tom Selleck, Roger Moore, John Wayne, and Denzel Washington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Maggie Smith ranks 9. Before her are Sophia Loren, Charles Manson, Leonard Cohen, Albert II of Belgium, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, and Giorgio Armani. After her are Gene Cernan, Carl Sagan, Nana Mouskouri, Daniel Kahneman, Judi Dench, and Leonid Kravchuk. Among people deceased in 2024, Maggie Smith ranks 4. Before her are Alain Delon, Franz Beckenbauer, and Mário Zagallo. After her are Daniel Kahneman, Donald Sutherland, Alberto Fujimori, Fethullah Gülen, Peter Higgs, Paul Auster, Anouk Aimée, and Alice Munro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Maggie Smith ranks 112 out of 8,785. Before her are George V (1865), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), Terry Pratchett (1948), Ian McKellen (1939), and H. G. Wells (1866). After her are Ada Lovelace (1815), Blackbeard (1680), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Edward VIII (1894), Ringo Starr (1940), and Edward II of England (1284).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Maggie Smith ranks 10. Before her are Sean Connery (1930), Alan Rickman (1946), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), Liam Neeson (1952), and Ian McKellen (1939). After her are Roger Moore (1927), Michael Caine (1933), Jane Birkin (1946), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), and Charlotte Rampling (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Minerva McGonagall
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Nov 16th 20017.9 / 10
Sister Act
Mother Superior
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
May 28th 19926.8 / 10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Minerva McGonagall
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
May 31st 20048.016 / 10