"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Smith passed away in 2024; meanwhile, her character died at the end of the second Downton Abbey movie.

The character died in 2022 sequel film “Downton Abbey: A New Era” and is memorialized in third movie “Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale” (in theaters Sept. 12). Off screen, co-star Michelle Dockery ...

The British screenwriter (and Oscar winner for 2001's 'Gosford Park') reveals his favorite characters, scenes and what the ...

Downton Abbey star Lesley Nicol, who played Beryl Patmore in the period drama, appeared on Friday's episode of This Morning.

Here, Hugh reveals what fans can expect from the final instalment, how the film honours the late Dame Maggie Smith and ...

Julian Fellowes has dedicated Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale to Dame Maggie Smith. The acclaimed actress - who played Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey - passed away in ...

Her character, The Dowager Countess, met her end in the 2022 production, Downton Abbey: A New Era, though her influence was celebrated in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, reports the Manchester ...

The Grand Finale,' Hugh Bonneville gets to reference an iconic Maggie Smith one-liner, but it's actually his least favorite bit of dialogue in the movie.

Dame Maggie Smith was the royalty of acting. Born on December 28, 1934, in Ilford, Essex, she set stages and screens afire with razor-sharp comedy and gut-punching drama.

Downton Abbey: The Grande Finale, the last film in the Downton Abbey franchise, includes several tributes to Maggie Smith and her character, Violet Crawley. Smith passed away in 2024; meanwhile, her ...

Over her six-decade career, Dame Maggie Smith brought corrosive wit and unimpeachable gravitas to everything she did. But there was so much more to the two-time Oscar winner, who was best known in her ...