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Episode 6.08. Harriet Walter (born as Harriet Mary Walter) is the acclaimed actress who plays Lady Shackleton in the fourth, fifth, and sixth series of Downton Abbey . Walter is the niece of the late renowned actor Sir Christopher Lee. Walter is also the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, the founder of The Times.
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Prudence, Dowager Baroness Shackleton, is an old friend of Violet Crawley and the aunt of Mary's suitor and eventual second husband, Henry Talbot.
Lady Shackleton met Violet Crawley during her school days. She married a man called Hubert with whom she had at least two children of whom one was a son called Philip who married a woman that Lady Shackleton was not particularly fond of. She even tells Violet she would gladly trade her own daughter-in-law for Violet's daughter-in-law.
She knows Lord Merton and has seen him at a number of dinner parties, and they meet again in 1924 when Violet invites them both to lunch, and she mentions she last saw him at "dear Lady Merton's funeral".
1.Downton Abbey Series 6 Spoilers: Michelle Dockery warns of “dark turn” for Lady Mary (INTERVIEW) at Unreality TV
2.Episode 4 of Series 6 reveals that Lady Shackleton must be a Dowager Baroness. An Earl would be announced as "the Earl of [title]" (Carson announces an Earl in this manner in Series 5 Episode 6), a Duke or a Marquess would be announced in a similar fashion, and a Viscount would be announced as "The Viscount [title]"; their widows would be Dowager Countess, Dowager Duchess, Dowager Marchioness and Dowager Viscountess when verbally announced (Violet, for example, is always announced as "The Dowager Countess" unless informally amongst family). Baron is the only degree of the Peerage that is always referred to, both verbally and in correspondence, as "Lord [title]" and that is how Thomas announces her - "The Dowager Lady Shackleton", which is how a Baron's widow is verbally addressed.
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She has also acted in Downton Abbey (2013–15), London Spy (2015), The Crown (2016), Patrick Melrose (2018), Killing Eve (2020), and Silo (2023). She has earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Succession (2018–2023) and Ted Lasso (2020–2023).
Jun 23, 2020 · TV and Film. All you need to know about Downton Abbey star Dame Harriet Walter. The actress appears at the beginning of series four. Francesca Shillcock. Senior Features Writer. 23 June...
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Harriet Walter. Actress: Sense and Sensibility. Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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This is a list of characters from Downton Abbey, a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece for ITV and PBS, respectively. Some also appear in one or both of the film sequels: Downton Abbey (2019), and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
Sep 12, 2013 · Jump to navigation. Harriet Walter: made for Downton Abbey. Harriet Walter, the actress, is making an appearance in the first episode of the new series of Downton Abbey. Her...
