A vintage plain white postcard signed in person by Maggie Smith (1934 - 2024), the English actress with an extensive career on screen and stage beginning in the mid-1950s. Smith has appeared in more than 60 films and 70 plays, and is one of the few artists to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having received highest achievement for film, television and theatre, winning two Academy Awards, a Tony Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards. She is also a recipient of various accolades including five BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. She received her first Oscar nomination for her role in Laurence Olivier's Othello (1965) before winning in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). She was nominated again for the comedy Travels with My Aunt (1972) and won for the second time with California Suite (1978). She has received two other nominations; for A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001). Smith gained international acclaim for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Other notable film roles include Murder by Death (1976), Death on the Nile (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Private Function (1984), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Quartet (2012) and The Lady in the Van (2015). She gained newfound fame as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the TV period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), and reprised the role in the spin-off films Downton Abbey (2019), and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).