Maggie Smith CH DBE is an actress from England. Smith began her film and theatrical career in the mid-1950s and has performed in over sixty films and seventy plays.
Quick Facts
Name | Maggie Smith |
Birth Date | December 28, 1934 |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Is Maggie Smith Married | Yes |
Birth Place | England |
Occupation | Actress |
Height | 5 Feet 5 Inches / 165 cm |
Weight | 121 lb / 55 kg |
Age in 2023 | 89 years |
Place of Birth | Ilford, London, England |
Country of Birth | England |
Spouse(s) | Robert Stephens |
Marriage Date | (m. 1967; div. 1975)Beverley Cross |
Children | two |
Net worth | 20$ million |
Maggie Smith Biography
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, better known as Maggie Smith, was born on December 28, 1934, in Ilford, Essex, England. Nathaniel Smith, a pathologist, and Margaret Hutton, a secretary, raised Smith. Smith’s family relocated to Oxford when she was four years old owing to her father’s profession. Alistair Smith and Ian Smith are her two siblings. Maggie is of mixed (English-Scottish) origin and has British citizenship. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Smith attended Oxford High School and graduated at the age of 16. She then went on to study acting at Oxford Playhouse, where she graduated in 1953.
Maggie Smith Height, Weight
Maggie Smith’s height is 5′ 5″ n fееt аnd nсhеs or 165 n centimeters, and her weight is 114 n pounds or 52 n kilograms. Smith’s bust-waist-hip measurements are 32-24-34 inches or 81-61-86.5 centimeters, and her bra size is 32B with cup size B.
Career
In terms of her career, Maggie Smith’s first significant part on the big screen was in the British crime thriller ‘Nowhere to Go’ in 1958. The plot revolved around a criminal who is on the lookout for his hidden treasure after escaping from prison while being pursued by the police and ostracized by the accomplished.
Smith also starred in movies including ‘Go to Blazes’ (1962), ‘The Pumpkin Eater’ (1964), ‘Othello’ (1965), and ‘Hot Millions’ (1968). Meanwhile, she appeared in plays by well-known authors such as Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov.
She went on to star in films such as ‘Travels with My Aunt’ (1972) and ‘Death on the Nile’ (1973). (1978). Her next notable part was in the 1981 fantasy film ‘Clash of the Titans,’ in which she played one of the major characters. She appeared in the commercially successful comedy film ‘A Private Function’ in 1984. Her roles in ‘A Room with a View’ (1985) and ‘The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn’ (1986) were both in the same decade (1987).
Similarly, her 1990s work includes ‘Hook’ (1991), ‘The Secret Garden’ (1993), ‘Richard III’ (1995), and ‘Curtain Call’ (1999). It was both critically and commercially successful. She made her cinematic debut in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,’ the fourth installment of the Harry Potter series, in 2005. It was both financially and critically successful.
Maggie Smith’s Net Worth in 2024
She has an estimated net worth of roughly $20 million (as of February 2024 statistics), which she has acquired via her professional career.
Maggie Smiths Husband, Marriage, Children
She married Robert Stephens (1967-1975), with whom she had two boys, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens.