The many faces of Dame Maggie SmithThe many faces of Dame Maggie Smith
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Best Maggie Smith Films: The actress's 11 finest movies according to Rotten Tomatoes - including Harry Potter

We’re looking back at the highlights of the British star’s seven decade career.

Dame Maggie Smith has died at the age of 89, leaving behind a remarkable body of work emcompassing television, film and theatre.

She played her first part on the stage in 1952 at the age of 17, as Viola in Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse, with her televison debut coming two years later in Oxford Accents produced by Ned Sherrin.

Smith’s first major film role was in 1959’s Nowhere to Go, for which she received the first of her 18 BAFTA Award acting nominations.

It was the start of a career that saw her become one of the most recognisable faces in cinema, and one of the most prolific.

Her accolades include two Academy Awards (for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Tony Award, and six Laurence Olivier Award nominations. Smith was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.

Other Oscar-nominated performances included in Othello, Travels with My Aunt, A Room with a View, and Gosford Park.

Away from the awards ceremonies, she was best known for appearing as Violet Crawley in the period drama Downton Abbey and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series.

Here are her best 11 films, according to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

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