Maggie Smith

Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, DBE, (born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex), better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage, and television actress. She received numerous honours throughout her career, culminating in a DBE in 1990 at age 56.

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She started her career at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre with Frank Shelley, and first appeared on the movie screen in 1956. In 1969 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She was also awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Female Actress for her role in California Suite.

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She has been married twice. She married Sir Robert Stephens on 29 June 1967 at Greenwich Registry office and had 2 children with him. They were Chris Larkin (b. 1967) and Toby Stephens (b. 1969) and both were born at Middlesex Hospital. But she divorced him on May 6 1974. She then remarried to Beverly Cross on 23 August 1975 at Guilford Registry office. No children were born to them and the marriage ended in his death on 20 March 1998.

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