Minerva served for many years as his Deputy Headmistress, standing in for him in dangerous situations and even replacing him as Headmistress on several occasions. [26], Upon learning this, and presumably also about Ivy's rumoured involvement and guilt in the matter of the disappearance of her twin sister, which had both been publicised, gossiped about and become common knowledge outside of the school, the Headmistress contacted the Ministry of Magic to make some inquiries on the matter. They were eventually tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange. Maggie Smith is known as one of the most award-winning actresses ever. McGonagall and Hagrid fought against Death Eaters during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and the Battle of Hogwarts. The cast and crew of "Harry Potter" reunited and reminisced for a 20th-anniversary reunion special. In addition, Minerva wouldn't accept Harry's accusations of Malfoy mailing a cursed necklace without sufficient evidence, nor condone any attacks Harry made on Malfoy such as when the former beat up Malfoy in 1995 and later when he used the Sectumsempra curse (not knowing exactly what it did) on Malfoy, in 1997. Rubeus Hagrid respected McGonagall. Smith was, at the time, appearing in the play A Delicate Balance, but she continued until the end of the run. Other roles McGonagall assured him that Sybill Trelawney's predictions were a way of greeting her class and that no deaths of any students have occurred yet. Having continued to collect the new batch of first-years escorted by Professor Hagrid instead of delegating that task, Professor McGonagall brought the aforementioned Muggle-born and the rest of the new students to the Great Hall for the Start-of-Term Feast. [1], Sometime in the 1910s, among her first students were Newt Scamander and Leta Lestrange, the latter of whom was frequently in trouble with Minerva for magically retaliating against vicious gossip about her half-brother's death by hexing her peers. [43] During the same school year, Hogwarts was once again represented in the enchanted garden at the eighty-eight Wizarding Schools Potions Championship. Though Smith confessed that the experience made her fearful of the amount of energy one needs to be in a film or a play, she never really took a break from working: She also appeared in 2009s From Time to Time and 2010s Nanny McPhee Returns, and reprised Professor McGonagall in 2011s final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. This was due to him being obnoxious, incompetent and insensitive, annoying her with nonsensical advices while being ignorant and unhelpful around the second opening of the Chamber of Secrets. The confidences exchanged between the two intensely private and reserved characters were to form the basis of a lasting mutual esteem and friendship. Teachers didn't often seek permission for a student to use one of the devices, but she saw something special in Hermione and went out of her way to make sure the younger witch wasn't under-achieving. Not only did a 17-year-old Maggie Smith begin her career as Viola in an Oxford Playhouse School production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, she went on to appear in countless Shakespeare plays during her time with Laurence Oliviers National Theatre in the 1960s and Canadas Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the 1970s. [48], Before long, Minerva would also assume a part-time role in the Calamity Management Team herself, where she was put in charge of overseeing those of the Calamity Investigators wishing to pursue a career as Professors, whom she warned of the difficulties they would have to face along the way, as well as the fact that they might be called upon to do things they never thought possible. [38], Five years after the final battle, Minerva also wrote a glowing letter of recommendation to the Ministry of Magic's research wing regarding one of their graduating students: Having achieved no less than five 'Outstandings' and one 'Exceeds Expectations' on his N.E.W.T.s, Grim Fawley had been one of the students that were bereft by the Dark Lord's second rise to power; having lost both of his parents to the Death Eaters during the conflict. Physical information [3] Her affection for him even allowed her to forgive him and Ron's use of the Weasleys's flying car to reach Hogwarts, which risked exposure of the wizarding world and broke several of the international laws, a far more serious deed than smuggling Norbert out of Hogwarts, without even taking House Points from Gryffindor and only punishing him and Ron by giving them both detention. [11], True to Gryffindor, Minerva valued bravery and courage highly, believing cowardice be a heavy flaw. This grief was enough to make her duel Voldemort head on in the final battle, alongside Horace Slughorn and Kingsley Shacklebolt, in order to protect the rest of her students. Minerva, having accepted the invitation to partake as a panel speaker, joined Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley in talking open and honestly about what they had gone through, which resulted in an enlightening and emotional evening from which the agents of the SOS Task Force was later known to have benefited greatly from. Prefect[1]Head Girl[1]Madam[2]Professor[3]Head of Transfiguration[3] (formerly)Head of Gryffindor[3] (formerly)Deputy Headmistress[3] (formerly)Headmistress[4] (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You have entered an incorrect email address! [1], Minerva in her earlier years as a Professor, Instead, Minerva sent an owl to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, asking whether she might be considered for a teaching post. Along on this endeavour was also former student and then Head of the task force, Constance Pickering, whose comments and constant questions about the various objects that they retrieved Minerva would eventually find to be irkesome in the long run. She confessed that she was harsher than necessary with him during their time together as student and teacher, even when "hero-worshipped" James Potter and Sirius Black for the mischief. [34], Headmistress McGonagall and her staff at the start of a new school year, Having evidently decided to be somewhat more directly involved with the student body than Professor Dumbledore had been in his day, rather than delegating the task to another staff member, Headmistress McGonagall was also known to have continued to personally attend to some of the duties she had carried out on Dumbledore's behalf throughout her time as Deputy Headmistress, including sending letters of acceptance letter to children that had been selected by the Book of Admittance that were approaching their eleventh birthdays,[35] collecting the new First Years, escorting them to the Great Hall, and presiding over the Sorting Ceremony. 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She was also relieved to hear of the safe return of the trolley witch, who had been turned into a Foundable and at some point afterwards retrieved by the aforementioned Task Force member, saying that the Hogwarts Express would not be the same without her and her sweets, noting that she could remember her working at the train even back when Minerva herself was a student, during which she was "partial" to her Pumpkin Pasties. Nearing the end of the Battle of Hogwarts, Minerva's devastation was great when she saw Rubeus Hagrid carrying Harry's seemingly dead body. Thinking about her future, she realised that wedding a Muggle who didn't know that she was a witch would mean Minerva would follow her mother's footsteps and live unhappily with her wand locked away, shredding all of her ambitions. During these months an eighteen-years old Minerva met Dougal McGregor, a local Muggle, who was the handsome, clever, and funny son of a local farmer. Although the couple had no children, her nieces and nephews visited often. In 1995, she opposed Dolores Umbridge, the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. When the school year began in September, Minerva had to deal with the effects that the Dementors had on her students, such as Harry Potter. Despite their hatred for each other, both McGonagall and Umbridge share the same Patronus: a cat, although McGonagall's resembled her Animagus form. She also was the older sister of Malcolm and Robert Jnr. In 2003, Smith finally clinched the Triple Crown with an Emmy win for the lead role in HBOs television movie My House in Umbria. [71], Upon learning this, Minerva readily agreed to have the Dark wizard catchers help protect the school and put the staff on high alert. Embarking on their magical educations that year was the sons of the alumni Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Albus and Scorpius. After two years at the Ministry, she was offered a prestigious promotion, yet found herself turning it down as she missed her home in Scotland. He and McGonagall were allies during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and the Battle of Hogwarts, surviving the Second Wizarding War. She also was known for her mouth to become very thin whenever she was angry. Dame Margaret Natalie "Maggie" Smith (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress, who plays Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films. WebThe scene was filmed when Smith was 76 years old. As punishment for their recklessness, she put them both in detention for the reminder of the year, placed on them both a blanket ban on all future Hogsmeade trips and cancelled Christmas before telling them to find the Time-Turner that Scorpius had found to be missing upon emerging from the lake when they had returned in the original timeline. When Amycus spat on McGonagall's face, Harry Potter got very angry and hit him with the Cruciatus Curse. McGonagall was delighted by Gryffindor's victory, openly sobbing even louder than the already sobbing Oliver Wood into a Gryffindor Flag, but was upset to see Oliver Wood leaving. Professor McGonagall has the distinction of being the first magical character introduced in the series, when, In the film adaptations, there seems to be a recurring gag to have Minerva delivering alliterative lines; for instance, in. [23], Professors Snape and McGonagall examining a cursed necklace. [11], After Umbridge's appointment as High Inquisitor, Minerva was forced to endure the other woman's presence during her evaluation of Minerva's teaching. When Harry became the fourth Triwizard Champion, Minerva adamantly defended Harry from the accusation of Olympe Maxime that Harry had been willing to die for the gold rewarded and even went as far as to try to convince Albus into not letting Harry compete, being utterly mortified by the fact that Snape and Dumbledore were willing to use Harry as a bait and often showed herself to be more protective of Harry than the then Headmaster. After the war, McGonagall sent the Carrows to Azkaban. Elphinstone, who had never ceased to love her, proposed every now and then until she finally accepted after Dougal's death. Minerva fell head-over-heels in love with McGregor, being the first and only time in her life that she might have been said to lose her head. She was also behind the eventual employment of her former student Neville Longbottom to the Herbology department, under head of department Pomona Sprout,[33][26] whom she eventually appointed as her successor as the Head of Gryffindor House. Afraid that this might mean that something was amiss, the Headmistress was startled when the recipient of her letters came bursting into her office, wand at the ready. She did this when he informed her that he was acting on Dumbledore's orders. [14], In 1932, Minerva went to the Hog's Head Inn and alerted Albus to Anton Vogel's decision to absolve Grindelwald's crimes. [1] Minerva, who couldn't bear to remain alone in their cottage, packed her things after her husband's funeral and returned to her first-floor study in Hogwarts Castle. Used to having her way, she tolerated neither audacity nor silliness from her pupils and was known to turn cold towards people who said or did things in front of her that were stupid, or if she thought they were trying to be funny. McGonagall had a good relationship with most members of the Order of the Phoenix. Honest to God, I have no idea where the urge came from, she told the Evening Standard in 2019. However, when Draco was proven to have led a group of Death Eaters into the castle, Minerva came to see him as much an enemy as any Death Eater, until after the war, where Draco was pardoned. Always a brave and private person, Minerva poured all her energies into her work and few people excepting perhaps Albus ever realised how much she suffered. Minerva, though not present for the death-defying skirmish that took place at St Jerome's Church in an alternate reality of 31 October 1981, had previously declared her decision not to expel them for their misadventures through time, would have been relieved to have Albus and Scorpius returned to the school safe and sound following their return from the past, as well as pleased to hear that the one responsible for the murder of one of her students had been taken into custody and due to be locked up in Azkaban for her crimes. Her magical prowess allowed her to be the teacher of Transfiguration, a remarkably complex field of magic which she proved to be an expert in. After he became Headmaster, Dumbledore would later on in his career also trust her enough to allow her to become Deputy Headmistress of the school and fill in for him on the occasions of his absence. After that she has been acting with the most prominent actors and actresses in the world in over sixty films and TV-series, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), California Suite (1978) with Michael Caine and Jane Fonda, A Room with a View (1985), Hook (1991) with Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts, Sister Act and Sister Act II: Back In The Habit (1992-1993) with Whoopi Goldberg, Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini (1999) with Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Cher, and Gosford Park (2001) with Kristin Scott Thomas and Clive Owen, directed by Robert Altman. She also received many awards for her performance in the comedy-drama movie California Suite. Maggie Smith has starred in all the episodes of the historical drama series Downton Abbey, which she won numerous awards for. Despite this, Minerva was among the most efficient, gifted employees in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and became fond of her much older boss, Elphinstone Urquart. Despite her formidable rsumand her self-proclaimed love for the stageSmith maintains that the works of Shakespeare simply arent her cup of tea. Boggart Minerva and Dumbledore delivering Harry to the Dursleys' home. She could give him no good reason for her change of heart, leaving McGregor devastated and left for London three days later. Maggie Smith starred at Professor McGonagall at the age of 66 in the first movie. The rebel alliance Dumbledore's Army founded by the students reformed and McGonagall helped to keep their meetings a secret. There is no report that she objected this, which shows that she likely forgave him and came to admire his marvellous bravery. [22], McGonagall attending the Yule Ball and dancing with Dumbledore, During the year Minerva more than once exhorted her students to provide a good appearance to their guests at the castle. If you do not know, We have prepared this article about details of Maggie Smiths short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, todays net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. What a Lovely War, and performed more than one highly amusing musical number on The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s. As they had no evidence for this, however, and had knowingly broken school rules, she put them all in detention. However, she didn't wish to see them expelled. [26], Upon assuming her new post full-time, she was advised not to confuse the Headmaster portraits for the actual people they depicted, as they were only paint and memory, and supposed to be nothing more than a support mechanism for the many difficult decisions that she would have to make while running the prestigious institution. However, he was captured by Barty Crouch Jnr and Peter Pettigrew; Barty Crouch was disguised as Moody and became the professor, as he wanted to send Harry Potter to Voldemort. At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. 4 October[1]Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain[1] You see, honorable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours. [23], Having merely assumed that her colleague was simply in a hurry to pursue their adversaries, no one tried to stop him as he did so, and once when one of them caused a section of the roof to collapse and took the barrier with him, Minerva and those who were still standing rushed forward to pursue them as well; only for the dust to clear and Snape to emerge with Draco Malfoy in tow, Assuming they were running from the Death Eaters, Minerva let them pass before reengaging the Death Eaters that came down after them, whereupon she duelled and personally chased off Alecto Carrow, whom Minerva sent running for cover. Cat[9] Now aware of when and where their children were, Harry, Ginny, Draco, Ron, and Hermione had gone back in time themselves and converged at Godric's Hollow in order to retrieve them, and to hopefully stop Delphini and her plot to thwart her father's final defeat. When Dolores Umbridge and several Aurors from the Ministry sought to sack and exile Hagrid from the school grounds by force, Minerva quickly flew to his aid, in turn taking four stunners simultaneously to the chest. Maggie Smith is considered one of the top greatest British actresses of all time. Her reaction wasn't documented, but it's assumed that she was pleased with their efforts as Professor Snape shook her hand with a very forced look of congratulations. [22] She was a woman who rarely smiled or gave compliments freely. After they left Hogwarts, both McGonagall became allies with her former students, who became members of the first Order of the Phoenix. She has more than 200 award winnings and nominations in her credit. [20], In the final weeks of that school year, Minerva served as temporary Headmistress of Hogwarts after the Board of Governors, under Lucius Malfoy's influence, suspended Dumbledore for failing to stop the attacks against the students. Biographical information She also was the older sister of Malcolm and Robert Jnr. [46], At one point, Minerva was called in as a guest lecturer to talk about the peculiarities of fighting Curiosities, during which aspiring Magizoologists in attendance learned a lot and was able to use said knowledge to improve their defensive spellwork. Her parents are Nathaniel Smith, a pathologist who worked at the University of Oxford, but he died in 1991, and Margaret Hutton Smith, who worked as a secretary, but she also died in 1977. Minerva and the parents tried to find them, but Moaning Myrtle revealed that they had gone beyond their reach by using a Time-Turner to go back in time in order to save Cedric Diggory from death at the hands of Peter Pettigrew, much to Minerva's shock. They both survived the war and still taught at Hogwarts. She did this after having walked in on them practising so many times around the school. This 2009 fantasy drama film starring Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall among others also used Athelhampton House as a key location. [26], On 1 September, 2009, among the group of new students to arrive at the castle to start their magical education that term were Edward Lupin, a young man who had, like Grim Fawley, lost his parents to the Death Eaters. Minerva had no use for Sybill's subject, Divination, believing that Trelawney was a fraud. McGonagall did all she could to circumvent Umbridge's authority without risking her own security as Deputy Headmistress. Minerva heartily approved of this, as she despised the foul creatures. Hair colour Signature Minerva was a role model for Hermione and both had much in common. [63], The first possession to be returned to her self-playing harp, at which point Minerva showed signs of mild exasperation when she had to explain to Miss Pickering that the self-playing instrument had, as the name suggests, been bewitched to play itself.

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