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Margaret Natalie Smith Cross Biography and Timeline

Follow Margaret Natalie Smith Cross through 17 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

17Distinct records
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1934–1999Years on this page

1934

Birth of Margaret Natalie Smith Cross

Arts / Cinema

Birth of Margaret Natalie Smith Cross

1969

Academy Award

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Arts / Cinema

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an unorthodox Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1970

CBE

Arts / Cinema

Awarded a CBE

1976

Murder by Death

Arts / Cinema

Appears in Murder by Death

1978

Academy Award

Arts / Cinema

Awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in California Suite, acting opposite Michael Caine

Death on the Nile

Arts / Cinema

Awarded the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the brittle actress Diana Barry in California Suite, acting opposite Michael Caine. Appears in Death on the Nile

1982

The Missionary

Arts / Cinema

Michael Palin writes and stars in The Missionary, co-starring Maggie Smith

1984

BAFTA

Arts / Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, A Private Function

1985

A Room with a View

Arts / Cinema

Appears in A Room with a View

BAFTA

Arts / Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, A Room with a View

Golden Globe

Arts / Cinema

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, A Room with a View

1987

BAFTA

Arts / Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Arts / Cinema

Stars on The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1990

Knighthood

Arts / Cinema

Awarded a Knighthood

1992

Sister Act

Arts / Cinema

Appears in Sister Act

1999

Tea With Mussolini

Arts / Cinema

Appears in Tea With Mussolini

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.