Year Title Role Notes 1958 Nowhere to Go Bridget Howard Nominated —BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer 1962 Go to Blazes Chantal 1963 The V.I.P.s Miss Mead Nominated —Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress 1964 The Pumpkin Eater Philpot 1965 Othello Desdemona Young Cassidy Nora Nominated —BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1967 The Honey Pot Sarah Watkins 1968 Hot Millions Patty Terwilliger Smith 1969 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Music Hall Star 1972 Travels with My Aunt Aunt Augusta 1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Lila Fisher 1974 The Carol Burnett Show Gwendylspire Boughgrough 1975 The Carol Burnett Show Ms. Collins 1976 Murder by Death Dora Charleston 1978 Death on the Nile Miss Bowers Nominated —BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role California Suite Diana Barrie 1981 Quartet Lois Heidler Nominated —BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Clash of the Titans Thetis Nominated —Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1982 Evil Under the Sun Daphne Castle The Missionary Lady Isabel Ames Better Late Than Never Miss Anderson 1984 A Private Function Joyce Chilvers BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Lily in Love Lily Wynn Nominated —British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 1985 A Room with a View Charlotte Bartlett 1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Judith Hearne BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Talking Heads Susan Nominated —British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 1991 Hook Wendy Darling 1992 Sister Act Reverend Mother Memento Mori Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew Nominated —British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 1993 Suddenly, Last Summer Violet Venable Nominated —Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Reverend Mother The Secret Garden Mrs. Medlock Nominated —BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1995 Richard III Duchess of York 1996 The First Wives Club Gunilla Garson Goldberg National Board of Review Award for Best Cast 1997 Washington Square Aunt Lavinia Penniman Nominated —Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress 1999 Curtain Call Lily Gale The Last September Lady Myra Naylor Tea with Mussolini Lady Hester Random BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role All the King's Men Queen Alexandra David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood 2001 Gosford Park Constance, Countess of Trentham Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Professor Minerva McGonagall 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Professor Minerva McGonagall Nominated —Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Caro Eliza Bennett 2003 My House in Umbria Emily Delahunty 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Professor Minerva McGonagall Ladies in Lavender Janet Widdington Nominated —European Film Award for Best Actress 2005 Keeping Mum Grace Hawkins Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Professor Minerva McGonagall 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Professor Minerva McGonagall Becoming Jane Lady Gresham Capturing Mary Mary Gilbert Nominated —Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Professor Minerva McGonagall From Time to Time Linnet Oldknow 2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Mrs. Docherty 2010–2022 Downton Abbey Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie TV Times Award for Best Actress Nominated —BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated —Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress Nominated —Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated —Monte Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actress Nominated —Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated —Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Lady Bluebury Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Professor Minerva McGonagall 2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Muriel Donnelly Quartet Jean Horton post-production