“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” four years later, she was nominated for her first Academy Award for it. Throughout her life, MS was nominated for six Oscars in total.
She won one of those nominations in 1978 for her performance in “California Suite.” Her performances from the 2000s will be more recognizable to younger fans;
She played Professor Minerva McGonagall, Potter’s teacher, in seven of the eight “Harry Potter” films. She subsequently transitioned to a tragic role in “Downton Abbey,”
playing the matriarch of the main family Violet Crawley, and winning over fans for all six seasons and two films of the snobby historical drama. She received a Golden Globe,
