Maggie Smith

In 1960, the women of Ballyfermot, Ireland, dream of winning a pilgrimage to Lourdes.

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.

The director of Oscar-nominated family film Monster House helms this re-imagined origin story of Father Christmas.

The UK TV series' original cast is joined by a host of newcomers in this feature adaptation written by the show's creator, Julian Fellowes.

Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins & Joan Plowright talk about their acting experiences across the ages in this documentary.

Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt and James McAvoy lend their voices to the follow-up to 2011's family animated film, Gnomeo & Juliet.

Oscar-winner Peter Ustinov (Spartacus) is Hercule Poirot in this Agatha Christine whodunit co-starring Jane Birkin and Maggie Smith.

The great Maggie Smith stars in this light-hearted true story as an elderly homeless woman who strikes up an unusual relationship with English playwright Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings, The Queen), whilst living in a van parked outside his house.

The all-star cast of elderly greats from 2011’s smash hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel returns for this sequel that welcomes two new arrivals – Tamsin Greig (TV's Episodes) and Richard Gere.

Kevin Kline is Mathias, a broke New York drunk who inherits an apartment in Paris from his estranged father in this comedy-drama. He goes to France to liquidate the asset, but finds a refined old lady (Maggie Smith) living there with her protective daughter (Kristen Scott Thomas).

Bittersweet comedy starring British acting royalty Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson as a group of English pensioners who uproot and travel to the seemingly luxurious Marigold Hotel resort in India for their retirement.

Family animated adventure from the director of Shrek 2, based on Shakespeare's tale of forbidden love, set in the secret world of garden gnomes. Features the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt.

A ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart starring Dominic West, Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park.

The second Nanny McPhee movie, starring Emma Thompson as the ugly nanny called upon to help the Green family while the father is away at war. Magic ensues...

In this, Harry Potter 5, trouble brews as Harry returns for another year at Hogwarts...

A biographical portrait of a young Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) and her romance with a dashing young Irishman (James McAvoy). Follows the revered author as she embarks on a Darcy-esque love that would motivated her classic novels. 

The second film in the Harry Potter series based on the novels by J.K. Rowling.

Whoopi Goldberg is a Reno singer who - after witnessing a mob murder - is stashed in protective custody in a San Francisco nunnery...

The first film in the Harry Potter series based on the novels by J.K. Rowling.

Winner of six Emmys, Downton Abbey is a dramatic examination of the wealthy Crawley family and the servants that look after them, set in the UK during the uneasy years leading up to the First World War. Stars Dame Maggie Smith, who picked up a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her role.

The Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions: love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.

The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at the majestic English country estate. Could it be that even the war-weary Crawleys must fight a new battle to safeguard their beloved Downton?

Set in 1922, the fourth series sees Lady Mary mourning her loss as the Crawley family and the servants who work for them remain inseparably interlinked.

With still no news of her beloved Gregson, Edith suffers under the burden of her terrible secret. And will Anna and Bates ever be able to move on, or will past secrets once again threaten their chance of ever finding happiness?