Remembering Maggie Smith: A Career in Photos

Maggie Smith, the legendary British actress whose career on stage and screen spanned more than 60 years, died on Friday at the age of 89.

Smith was a two-time Oscar winner and received the Lead Actress statuette for the title role in ” The heyday of Miss Jean Brodieand supporting actress for her portrayal of an Oscar loser in the anthology comedy California Suite. She also received Oscar nominations for her roles in Othello, Traveling with my aunt, A room with a view And Gosford Park.

Her work on television has earned her four Emmy awards, three for her role as Violet Crawley, The Dowager Countess of Grantham on PBS' Downton Abbey. She received her fourth Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Film Series for her role as an eccentric novelist in the HBO film My House in Umbria. She was nominated for an Emmy for her roles in the PBS presentation “Great Performances.” Suddenly last summerBBC series David Copperfield and the BBC Two film Capture Marchj.

She also received eight BAFTA awards.

On stage, she gained recognition for her roles on Broadway and in the West End, and won a Tony for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Lettice Doufet in the Peter Shaffer play Lettice and Loveage and Tony-nominated for her roles in “Noël Coward.” Private life and the play by Tom Stoppard night and D. She was nominated for six Laurence Olivier Awards for her work in the West End.