Maggie Smith: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: The Independent - Maggie Smith: A career of outstanding performances, from Othello to Downton Abbey. Nov 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 23, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - ​Dame Maggie Smith is all through with corsets. Feb 14, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 24, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC Listen - Program: Remembering Maggie Smith's best roles on stage and screen. Dec 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Maggie Smith. Oct 27, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Poet Maggie Smith on her new memoir 'You Could Make This Place Beautiful'. Jul 30, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Tributes paid to 'true legend' Dame Maggie Smith. Apr 25, 2025
Updated for her death. Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: The Independent - Maggie Smith: A career of outstanding performances, from Othello to Downton Abbey. Sep 09, 2024
Revised to modernize spelling and enhance photo captions. Apr 10, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI Screenonline - Maggie Smith. Aug 15, 2022
Added the 2022 film based on the TV series Downton Abbey. May 23, 2022
Media added. Oct 11, 2019
Added the Downton Abbey movie (2019). Sep 20, 2019
Added "Dame" to the alternate title. Mar 15, 2019
Added the movie Sherlock Gnomes (2018). Mar 23, 2018
Noted that she won an Emmy in 2016. Sep 19, 2016
Noted stage (1999) and film (2015) versions of The Lady in the Van. Also indicated that the final season of Downton Abbey had aired. Jan 08, 2016
Noted the release of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). Mar 06, 2015
Noted the release of My Old Lady (2014). Sep 12, 2014
Noted that Smith was named a Companion of Honour. Jul 03, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Maggie Smith. Sep 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Maggie Smith. Sep 10, 2013
Added the movie Quartet (2012). Jan 11, 2013
Updated to reflect that she won a second Emmy Award for her performance in Downton Abbey. Sep 24, 2012
Article revised and updated. May 04, 2012
Added her television work, including Downton Abbey, for which she won an Emmy Award in 2011. Sep 19, 2011
Added the movie Gnomeo & Juliet (2011). Feb 11, 2011
Added the movie Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010). Changed "Judy Dench" to "Judi Dench." Aug 20, 2010
Image added. Jan 12, 2010
Article revised and updated. Oct 03, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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