With a caustic wit, Dame Maggie Smith stole the show and our hearts as the formidable Dowager Countess of Grantham in "Downton Abbey".
凭借言词尖刻,玛吉·史密斯女爵士在《唐顿庄园》中饰演的令人敬畏的格兰瑟姆伯爵夫人可谓抢尽了风头。
Smith, the rare actor whose popularity skyrocketed as she grew older, earned her legendary status playing everything from Professor McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" films,
史密斯是一位罕见的、随着年龄增长人气却直线上升的演员,从她在《哈利波特》系列电影中扮演麦格教授,
"Your House will be like your family, your triumphs will earn you points, any rule-breaking and you will lose points."
“你的学院就像你的家庭,你取得的成功会加分,任何违规行为都会被扣分。”
to more demanding roles in films like "A Room With a View", "Tea with Mussolini", "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "Sister Act".
到《窗外有蓝天》、《与墨索里尼喝茶》、《涉外大饭店》和《修女也疯狂》等电影中戏份更重的角色。

But it was on the stage where she first got her start asked by Laurence Olivier to join his company at England's National Theatre in 1962,
但她的出道是在戏剧舞台上,那是在1962年,劳伦斯·奥利弗邀请她加入他的剧团,在英国国家剧院演出,
she would solidify her star status 7 years later, winning her first Academy Award for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".
7年后,她凭借《简·布罗迪小姐的青春年华》赢得了她的第一个奥斯卡金像奖,巩固了她的明星地位。
"Why can't you say you are my lover?"
“你为什么不能说你是我的爱人?”
She'd win another for "California Suite" in 1979.
1979年,她凭借《加州套房》再次获奖。
In 1990, she was knighted by Queen Elizabeth as a Dame, a moment she would later laugh about in the 2018 documentary "Nothing Like a Dame".
1990年,她被伊丽莎白女王封为女爵士,她后来在2018年的纪录片《女爵印象》中还笑谈了这一时刻。
"You phoned me when it happened to me and you said, 'It doesn't make any difference: You can still swear!'"
“当这件事发生在我身上时,你给我打电话说,‘没关系,你仍然可以宣誓!’”
Dame Maggie Smith was 89.