Dame Maggie Smith played which character in Hogwarts?
"However, in the American edition of ""Half-Blood Prince"", it is re-spelled as ""Sybill"", matching the UK edition. Professor Trelawney is portrayed by Emma Thompson in the ""Prisoner of Azkaban"", ""Order of the Phoenix"", and ""Deathly Hallows Part 2"". Hogwarts houses at least twenty ghosts, but when people in the novels speak of the ghosts at Hogwarts they usually refer to one of the four resident ghosts of the Hogwarts houses: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (or, as the students refer to him, Nearly Headless Nick), the almost beheaded ghost of Gryffindor house; the Bloody Baron, who is the ghost of Slytherin"
"Battle of Hogwarts and Snape's death; however, in an interview Rowling said McGonagall would be retired by the time of the ""Deathly Hallows"" epilogue (19 years after the main events of ""Deathly Hallows""), as she is ""getting on in years"". McGonagall is played by Dame Maggie Smith in the film adaptations. Smith has described her role as ""Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard's hat"". Given that her role becomes progressively smaller as the series goes on, she notes that ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" is her favourite. Smith appeared in all the films of the series except for ""Harry"
"Maggie Smith Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. She has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 66 years. Smith has appeared in over 50 films, and is one of Britain's most recognizable actresses. A prominent figure in British culture for six decades, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for services to the performing arts, and received the Companion of Honour from the Queen in 2014 for services to drama. Smith began her career on stage as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse"
"Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts. In April 2016, she was awarded the Bodley Medal by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the performing arts. Maggie Smith Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. She has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 66 years. Smith has appeared in over 50 films, and is one of Britain's most recognizable actresses. A prominent figure in British culture for six decades, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990"
"(including letters from Christopher Isherwood and John Gielgud). Pongo, the canine protagonist of ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"", was named after Smith's own pet Dalmatian, the first of nine. Smith got the idea for her novel when a friend remarked of her own dalmatians: ""Those dogs would make a lovely fur coat!"" The story was adapted by Disney as a 1961 animated film, ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". Smith wrote a sequel published in 1967, ""The Starlight Barking"". Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys ""Dodie"" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best"
"Maggie Smith and dressed her for her later films ""Death on the Nile"", ""Evil Under the Sun"", and ""Hook"" as well as the plays ""Private Lives"" and ""Lettice and Lovage"". Roger Greenspun of ""The New York Times"" said the film's ""great charm"" lies in ""the surprising emotional complexity it manages in terms of its light tone and its nutty, endlessly involved plotting. Such emotional complexity depends a good deal on richness of characterization and delicacy of human contact, and in this the film sometimes succeeds and sometimes doesn't. Alec McCowen does marvelous things as Henry ... Maggie Smith, playing a"
"despises people but takes on the role of their healer and protector because no one else can do the job as well as she can. Her closest friend is Nanny Ogg, a jolly, personable witch with the ""common touch"" who enjoys a smoke and a pint of beer, often leading to her singing bawdy folk songs including the notorious ""Hedgehog Song"". The two take on apprentice witches, initially Magrat Garlick, then Agnes Nitt, and then Tiffany Aching, who in turn go on to become accomplished witches in their own right, and, in Magrat's case, Queen of Lancre. Other characters in"
"Circus School. She was part of the original cast of ""Harry Potter"" play ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"", portraying Delphi Diggory. In October 2017 she appeared in ""Parliament Square"" as Kat at the Royal Exchange, Manchester Esther Smith Esther Smith is an English actress best known for her work in the television series ""Uncle"" and ""Cuckoo"", and for her role as Delphi in the play ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"". Smith was raised in Stourbridge, West Midlands. Her parents are teachers, and she has a sister, Rachel. Smith began dancing when she was three and was active in"
"Dodie Smith Dorothy Gladys ""Dodie"" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English children's novelist and playwright, known best for the novel ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"" (1956). Other works include ""I Capture the Castle"" (1948), and ""The Starlight Barking"" (1967). ""The Hundred and One Dalmatians"" was adapted into a 1961 Disney animated movie version. Her novel ""I Capture the Castle"" was adapted into a 2003 movie version. ""I Capture the Castle"" was voted number 82 as ""one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels"" by the British public as part of the BBC's The Big Read (2003)."
"socialite who enjoyed a life of luxury. However, Rapture's civil war and subsequent societal collapse has left her financially destitute, reducing her to the level of the working class she once looked down upon. Lady Smith is also a prejudiced, self-important elitist who is often heard making bigoted remarks when not bemoaning her fall from grace. She appears in the first two games and is voiced by Susan Blakeslee. The ""Pigskin"" Splicer was a teenage American football player. Despite being forced to kill the player under the command of Andrew Ryan, the Pigskin is vocally reluctant to do so and"
"primarily to spite Umbridge, and ignoring and even quietly aiding Peeves and the students in their destructive pranks. When McGonagall attempts to stop Umbridge and her fellow Ministry cronies from unjustly taking Hagrid away by force, she is hit by four stunning spells without warning, before she can draw her wand, but Hagrid manages to escape due to his giant heritage. In an unconscious state, she is rushed to St Mungo's, where she recovers for a while. McGonagall returns to the school towards the end of the book, though she temporarily uses a walking stick. After the death of Dumbledore"
"Umbridge's henchmen stun McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey says she would resign in protest were she not afraid of what would become of the students without her presence. In ""Half-Blood Prince"", she attempts to heal Bill of his scars from Greyback's attack without much success, and bursts into tears when she hears of Dumbledore's death. In ""Deathly Hallows"", she and Filch oversee the evacuation of Hogwarts before the battle. She is later seen tending to the injured fighters. Gemma Jones appeared as Madam Pomfrey in the film adaptations of ""Chamber of Secrets"", ""Half Blood Prince"", and ""Deathly Hallows – Part 2"". Quirinus"
"(Jessica Mogridge) childhood in her Aunt Lavinia's home. In ""The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith"", Sarah saves the lives of her parents, Eddie (Christopher Pizzey) and Barbara (Rosanna Lavelle) in 1951; by doing so she plays into the Trickster's hands, creating a post-apocalyptic alternative universe in the present day. Learning of this however, her parents choose to die, becoming heroes to restore the timeline. In series two finale ""Enemy of the Bane"", Sarah’s old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) from UNIT assists her against united adversaries Mrs Wormwood and Sontaran Commander Kaagh (Anthony O'Donnell). Sarah feels threatened on a personal"
"Hermione Granger Hermione Jean Granger () is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. She first appears in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", as a new student on her way to Hogwarts. After Harry and Ron save her from a mountain troll in the girls' toilets, she becomes best friends with them and often uses her quick wit, deft recall, and encyclopaedic knowledge to help them. Rowling has stated that Hermione resembles herself at a younger age, with her insecurity and fear of failure. The character has received immense acclaim and popularity, and was voted the"
"end credits, his latest book is on sale in Diagon Alley; titled ""Who Am I?"", it displays a picture of him humming distractedly to himself and wearing a straitjacket. Minerva McGonagall is deputy Headmistress, head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration professor, and later Headmistress at Hogwarts. She is first introduced in the opening chapter of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", when she meets Dumbledore at Number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey (the home of Harry's aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley). McGonagall is described as a tall, rather severe-looking woman, with black hair typically drawn into a tight"
"Lizzie Mickery Elizabeth Mickery is a British writer and former actress. Mickery known for her role as Maggie Thorpe in the BBC television drama series ""Tenko"", roles in ""Emmerdale Farm"", ""Juliet Bravo"", ""Lovejoy"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Woof!"", ""The Merryhill Millionaires"", ""Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy"" and ""Holby City"". Since 2000 she has worked exclusively as a writer, usually credited in this capacity as Lizzie Mickery, for various British TV series such as ""Byker Grove"", ""The Bill"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Pie in the Sky"", ""Sunburn"", ""Harbour Lights"", ""The Ice House"" (adapted from the novel by Minette Walters), ""The Beggar Bride"" (adapted from the novel"
"protagonist Catherine Morland in Jane Austen's ""Northanger Abbey"", may have been based on Smith. The memory and achievements of Smith are perpetuated by the Sydney Smith Association, a registered charity which aims (among other things) to republish online as many of his writings as possible. There are numerous references to Smith in contemporary correspondence and journals. Sydney Smith Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric. Born in Woodford, Essex, England, Smith was the son of merchant Robert Smith (1739–1827) and Maria Olier (1750–1801), who suffered from epilepsy. His father, described"
"Sally Mortemore Sally Mortemore is an English stage, film and television actress. She appeared in ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", where she played Madame Pince, the librarian of Hogwarts. Mortemore first worked in theatre as an acting assistant stage manager at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch followed by seasons at the Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke, Watford's Palace Theatre, Bolton's Octagon Theatre and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Kent. She also toured with the David Glass Ensemble, Red Shift, Cleanbreak Theatre Company and Great Eastern Stage. Mortemore appeared as Gertrude in David Glass' production of ""Gormenghast"" in 2006/2007. Her"
"Alethea McGrath Alethea Ada McGrath (1 June 1920 – 9 February 2016) was an Australian actress and comedian who played the role of Jocasta Nu in """". She was widely known for her roles on television, playing Dot Farrar in ""Prisoner"" and three different roles in ""Neighbours"": Miss Logan in 1985, Mary Crombie from 1989 to 1990, and Lily Madigan in 1998. In the 2000s, she played elderly characters including Mrs. Lillie in ""Romulus, My Father"" (2007), and Miss Taylor in ""Knowing"" (2009). Before concentrating on acting professionally, McGrath taught drama at Methodist Ladies College, Kew, Melbourne. She died in"
"on ""Coronation Street"": ""with all the young people wandering around on TV nowadays, with their slang, texting and hippity-hop, it's great to see ""Coronation Street"" can still write fantastic older characters. There's prissy, kvetching Norris, long-suffering Rita and saintly Emily. But best of all there's Blanche Hunt, played by Maggie Jones, mother of Deirdre (formerly of the huge glasses) and tormentor of Deirdre's husband Ken..."" BBC News named Blanche ""Weatherfield's best-loved battle-axe"", praising her ""brutal honesty and withering put-downs"". The ""Daily Mirror"" lauded Jones' ""superb comic timing"" in the role. At the 2005 and 2008 British Soap Awards, Maggie Jones"
"snowy owls have dark patches of plumage, while only the males are completely white). The John Williams composition which serves as title music for the entire film series is ironically named ""Hedwig's Theme"". Hokey is a house-elf who works for Hepzibah Smith, an old woman deceived by Tom Riddle into showing him Slytherin's locket and Hufflepuff's cup, which he uses as two of his Horcruxes. Hokey's memory allows Harry and Dumbledore a glimpse of the visit Voldemort makes two days before Hepzibah Smith is poisoned and both treasures disappear; whereafter Riddle, who magically tampers with Hokey's memories, frames Hokey for"
"deny her intellectual and spiritual growth, according to Elizabeth Ermarth, ""They are norms according to which she is an inferior, dependent creature who will never go far in anything, and which consequently are a denial of her full humanity."" The story was adapted as a film, ""The Mill on the Floss"", in 1937, and as a BBC series in 1978 starring Christopher Blake, Pippa Guard, Judy Cornwell, Ray Smith and Anton Lesser. A single-episode television adaptation of the novel first was aired on 1 January 1997. Maggie Tulliver is portrayed by Emily Watson and Mr Tulliver by Bernard Hill. The"
"since the events of ""Carpe Jugulum"" Magrat and Verence have had two more children. In the ""Wyrd Sisters"" animated adaptation, Magrat is voiced by Jane Horrocks. In the BBC Radio 4 adaptation, she was played by Deborah Berlin. A fossil species of Mesozoic ginkgo has been named ""Ginkgoites garlickianus"" after Magrat Garlick. Agnes Nitt, daughter of Threepenny Nitt, first appears in ""Lords and Ladies"" as one of the local Lancre girls led by Lucy """"Diamanda"""" Tockley who decided to become witches during the absence of the Coven in Genua. Along with Violet """"Magenta"""" Frottidge and """"Amanita"""" DeVice, Agnes had adopted"
"Lisa McCune Lisa McCune (born 19 February 1971) is a four-time Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actress, known for her role as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle in ""Blue Heelers"", and as Leut. Kate McGregor in ""Sea Patrol"". Born in Sydney, McCune grew up in Perth. She first performed on stage at the age of 15 playing Dorothy in ""The Wizard of Oz"" at the Limelight Theatre in Wanneroo, Western Australia. After attending Carine Senior High School and graduating from Greenwood Senior High School, she was accepted into both the classical singing and musical theatre courses at the Western Australian Academy of"
"Rubeus Hagrid Rubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the ""Harry Potter"" book series written by J. K. Rowling. He is introduced in ""Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone"" as a half-giant and half-human who is the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts, the primary setting for the first six novels. In the third novel ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", Hagrid is promoted to Care of Magical Creatures teacher, and is later revealed to be a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Hagrid was among the characters that Rowling says she created on ""the"
"Keegan Connor Tracy Keegan Connor Tracy (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series ""Beggars and Choosers"" (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy series ""Once Upon a Time"" (2011–18), Miss Blaire Watson in the A&E drama series ""Bates Motel"" (2013–16), and Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy series ""The Magicians"" (2016–18). Tracy's other notable work includes roles on the television series ""Stargate SG-1"", ""Jake 2.0"", ""The 4400"", ""Psych"", ""Battlestar Galactica"", and ""Supernatural"". In film, she is best known for her roles as Kat"
"the house. This time, her stories concern Susan Oldknow, a blind girl who lived at Green Knowe during the English Regency, and the close bond of friendship that developed between her and a young black page, Jacob, brought back from the West Indies by Susan's father, Captain Oldknowe. The plot also concerns the whereabouts of Maria Oldknowe's jewels, which may or may not have been stolen by the unscrupulous butler Caxton. ""The Chimneys"" was adapted for film as ""From Time to Time"" (2009), with Maggie Smith as Mrs. Oldknow, Hugh Bonneville as Captain Oldknowe, and Alex Etel as Tolly. Mrs."
"Gran: The matriarch of the Wood. Wise and warm and full of love. Loves to read books. Voiced by Mary Elaine Monti. Twig: The littlest one, very brave for her age, but sometimes doesn’t think before she leaps. Sweet and sincere, full of curiosity and a bit of mischief. Voiced by Lynn Lambert. Hummer: The inventor, super smart, no problem to great to solve. Only problem is his solutions can be a bit complex turning simple tasks into complex confusion. Voiced by Fred Newman. Daisy: The athlete, and very coordinated. Often the big sister to Twig, but gets a little"
"fan-created web-series, ""Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis"". Hermione Granger Hermione Jean Granger () is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. She first appears in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", as a new student on her way to Hogwarts. After Harry and Ron save her from a mountain troll in the girls' toilets, she becomes best friends with them and often uses her quick wit, deft recall, and encyclopaedic knowledge to help them. Rowling has stated that Hermione resembles herself at a younger age, with her insecurity and fear of failure. The character has"
"Sarah Jane Smith Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running BBC Television science fiction series ""Doctor Who"" and two of its spin-offs. In the fictional universe of ""Doctor Who"" and its spin-offs, Sarah Jane is a dogged investigative journalist who first encounters alien time traveller the Doctor while trying to break a story on a top secret research facility, and subsequently becomes his travelling companion on a series of adventures spanning the breadth of space and time. After travelling with the Doctor in four seasons of the show they suddenly part ways, and"
"to take the easy way out by killing himself so he doesn't have to audition any more. In his ghost form, a pleased Homer tells her off that auditioning for those plays would be a real tragedy for him and is free to be lazy. A frustrated Marge learns her lesson the hard way when she realizes that she has to spend the rest of eternity with a lazy and happy Homer. In the final tale, Maggie is depicted as ""Maggie Roark"", representing Howard Roark from Ayn Rand's ""The Fountainhead"". Maggie's architectural brilliance is squashed by an oppressive pre-school teacher"
"Concerning the impact of the character, he said: Sarah Jane Smith Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running BBC Television science fiction series ""Doctor Who"" and two of its spin-offs. In the fictional universe of ""Doctor Who"" and its spin-offs, Sarah Jane is a dogged investigative journalist who first encounters alien time traveller the Doctor while trying to break a story on a top secret research facility, and subsequently becomes his travelling companion on a series of adventures spanning the breadth of space and time. After travelling with the Doctor in four seasons"
"Mary Smith (EastEnders) Mary Smith is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Linda Davidson, from 5 March 1985 to 26 May 1988. Punk Mary is Walford's original wild child. She often makes life difficult for herself due to her stubborn, defensive nature and she tends to feel that everyone around her is out to get her. In fact, Mary is her own worst enemy and most of her misfortune is down to her irresponsible behaviour and her inability to heed good advice. Davidson's return to the soap was announced in December 2018. She will return"