After her education, Minerva worked for two years at the Ministry of Magic and later returned to Hogwarts, where she became Head of Gryffindor House and the Transfiguration professor. They got married in 1967, and they got divorced either in 1974 or 1975. WebHarry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. Embarking on their magical educations that year was the sons of the alumni Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Albus and Scorpius. 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. Although she wasn't always particularly personable, she could be very warm and supportive during times of trouble or loss and cared a great deal about her students, both personally and academically. She also pitied him for being unable to go to Hogsmeade due to not having a signed note and appeared to indicate she would be willing to allow him to go had it not been for the danger of Sirius. It began when she and her friends had asked themselves how Ivy could have known about, let alone learned how to cast, a Vanishing Spell against Cassandra Vole without remembering how, why or when he even learned it, and ended with a frightening encounter with her own worst fears in the Room of Requirement. 4 October) was a Scottish half-blood witch, the only daughter of Muggle Robert McGonagall and witch Isobel Ross. Like Snape, McGonagall was a strict disciplinarian, but was fairer to Harry Potter, who was a member of her House. 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. [26], During the same school year, Hogwarts was represented in the eighty-seventh Wizarding Schools Potions Championship. Minerva McGonagall Dame Maggie Smith didn't return for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. She supported him unequivocally even though she had never been fully in his confidence. She initially dismissed him as Black could not have possibly got in without the password (unaware that Hermione's cat, Crookshanks, befriended by Sirius and gave him a discarded list of passwords) but was rendered speechless when the new guardian, Sir Cadogan, confirmed that he had indeed let him in because he had the passwords written down. [20], McGonagall and other members of staff discover the declaration, Later, Minerva was present for the re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets. Minerva ultimately let them off with a mere detention and letters to their families. [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. Smith took home a Best Actress Oscar playing the titular character in 1969s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Lettice Douffet in the 1990 comedy Lettice and Lovage. [98] It is unlikely, however, that she kept watch over Harry, as she would never go against Dumbledore's actions, no matter how much she disagreed with them. Professor McGonagall Continued Serving As Hogwarts' Headmistress. Even though McGonagall's age has been the topic of much debate, she was rumored to be in her mid-60s during the Battle of Hogwarts. After the war ended, she was awarded the Order of Merlin by Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt due to her loyalty to the Order of the Phoenix. That kind of luck is too good to be true.. However, the two still remained in contact for years. 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] But after James's death, she, the rest of the wizarding community, assumed it was Sirius who betrayed the Potters since he was expected to be their Secret-Keeper. Wand Harry Potter Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. I didnt really feel I was acting in those things. she told the Evening Standard. McGonagall duelling Snape before his escape, Realising that a battle was upon them, Minerva engaged Severus Snape, the Headmaster at the time, in a fierce duel. McGonagall and the Weasleys get along well, considering they were all in Gryffindor House and fellow members of the Order of the Phoenix. [12], Minerva and Molly Weasley preparing for battle, After ordering the evacuation of younger students through the Hog's Head, Minerva began to help fortify the castle against the coming attack, with the assistance of her fellow teachers, Order members, and even the older students who had stayed behind to fight. That night, she found Amycus at the door to Ravenclaw Tower, furiously assaulting it and demanding to be let in. It was only when she saw Harry Potter's body being carried by Hagrid that she began to despair, letting out a scream terrible to anyone who heard it, equal to that of Ron, Hermione, and Ginny's together. Following this, the Headmistress gave a number of Curse-Breakers permission to enter school grounds, who were eventually able to free them both, the latter of which were transported the latter to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. When she later found out about the sort of punishment Harry and various other students had been receiving from Dolores Umbridge, Minerva expressed nothing but absolute disgust and disapproval, despite the power Umbridge wielded. Community content is available under. Having scoured the castle without finding any signs of him in the castle, nor any other intruder for that matter, Minerva, upon seeing that the Fat Friar remained adamant that the exchange had indeed taken place, nevertheless decided to increase patrols around the castle before she went to the Ministry of Magic to notify the rest of the Calamity Management Team. This was shown when Harry and his friends were caught sneaking around the tower in the dead of night during their first year at Hogwarts and she sent him off to serve detention in the Forbidden Forest. [5] In her youth, Minerva was described to not be as beautiful as her mother, but she was still rather pretty according to her picture in that age. Despite her loyalty to her house, Minerva was a fair-minded person who was known for docking points from students in her own House when she saw it must be done. Peter faked his own death standing up to Sirius, who was a suspect in the Potters' betrayal, leading McGonagall to regret that she had been harsh towards him and to acknowledge him as a brave Gryffindor. It was revealed that filmmaker Chris Columbus was so terrified of Smith that he minimized their contact so much so that he often sent young Danielle Radcliffe (who played Harry Potter) to get her from her trailer. They fought Voldemort, along with Horace Slughorn, and all of them survived the war. She was the colleague whom she had more violently clashed with than any other colleague in her long and varied career. [27], After two young Slytherins confessed what they had done, Minerva admonished not only the two young students for their serious lack of judgement, but their parents as well; reminding them that as noble as they had been in wanting to help Amos Diggory prevent the loss of his son, their meddling had returned them to the darkest times of the wizarding war, and to never forget that the current, peaceful world they lived in had been created in part exactly because of the sacrifices made by those that had laid down their lives to fight for it. Harry Potter She also had a personal relationship with Neville's grandmother, who raised him. Maggie Smith is known as one of the most award-winning actresses ever. Having gone to have a look for her herself, the Headmistress eventually came across a small group of her classmates late in the evening in the Grand Staircase, whom she questioned about their classmate's whereabouts. She then learned that Ivy's journey was one of self-discovery. Im deeply grateful for the work in Harry Potter and indeed Downton but it wasnt what youd call satisfying. As Head of Gryffindor House, McGonagall and Snape teased one another about House points and Quidditch standings, acting like friendly rivals to one another. Harry then explained that he and Ron had gone into the Chamber to find Ginny, having realised the mystery, and had slain the monster within. While Dame Maggie Smiths tenures as Harry Potters Professor Minerva McGonagall and Downton Abbeys Dowager Countess Violet Crawley might have made her one of the most internationally recognizable faces in entertainment, shes really been delivering exceptional performancesin everything from uproarious comedies to somber dramasfor more than half a century. During said event, the latter was to no one's surprise placed in Slytherin House, as his ancestors before him. As part of the Order of Phoenix's new resistance movement, Minerva fought in several battles of both wars, including the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and the Battle of Hogwarts, where she led the resistance against Lord Voldemort. Minerva's reaction to Sirius's death is unreported. Though Smith has said that she didnt encourage her sons to act, they both followed in their mothers footsteps. Made more concerning than it was impressive by the fact that only a stroke of good fortune and a poor aim was to thank for Miss Vole's continued existence, however, while Ivy and her friends had been put in detention and told to think about the implications of using such a dangerous spell against a peer, when questioned about, Ivy had confessed to have no memory of how she learned it. [10], Minerva McGonagall was born on 4 October to Robert McGonagall, a Muggle Presbyterian minister, and his wife Isobel Ross, a witch. Both witches tried to oppose Umbridge (in 1995) and the Carrows (in 1998). As a law-abiding citizen, she respected the particular law that all Animagi of Britain must register, insisting that Talbott Winger do so despite understanding his reason of secrecy. Minerva was worried over the messages left on the walls and was at a loss about what should be done. McGonagall was friendly with Poppy Pomfrey, the nurse. [16], McGonagall and Snape eventually found the missing Ben Copper encased in Cursed ice and Jacob's Sibling and Rowan realised she knew more about the Cursed Ice than she revealed. It was such a ghastly time and we didnt go to the theater. [22] Apparently, she shared this temper with her father. It is unknown whether she still owns the cottage. 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