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May 26, 2022 · For six seasons and two movies, Maggie Smith’s Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, was both the emotional and comedic center of “Downton Abbey.” The deadpan matriarch of the...
- On romance. “I do think a woman’s place is eventually in the home, but I see no harm in her having some fun before she gets there.” “In my day, a lady was incapable of feeling physical attraction until she had been instructed to do so by her mama.”
- On technology and change. “First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I were living in an H.G. Wells novel.” “What is a weekend?” [On the new telephone] “Is this an instrument of communication or torture?”
- On life. “Life is a game, where the player must appear ridiculous.” “No life appears rewarding if you think about it too much.” “Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality.”
- On growing old. “Just because you’re an old widow, I see no necessity to eat off a tray.” “At my age, one must ration one’s excitement.” “All life is a series of problems which we must try and solve, first one and then the next and then the next, until at last we die.”
May 29, 2022 · Maggie Smith has played Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, over six seasons of Downton Abbey and in two film adaptations. How very Dowager of her. And yet, she...
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- "What Is A Weekend?"
- Violet and Isobel
- The Best Bloom Award
- Forcing The Vicar to Marry William and Daisy
- Her Distrust of Technology
- Telling Matthew That Mary Still Loved Him
- Sir Richard Carlisle
- Sending Tom and Sybil Money
- Robert and Cora's Reconciliation
- Giving Mary A Purpose
There's a reason this is the most quoted line from Downton Abbey — even now, 10 years after it first aired. Maggie Smith delivers this delectably haughty demonstration of how out of touch the entire Crawley family is with a typical working week with such genuine confusion and derisive glee, it's unforgettable. Violet may have been legitimately conf...
To be honest, we can't choose a favorite moment between Isobel (Penelope Wilton) and Violet. The relationship between these sworn enemies turned trusted confidantes remained one of the most compelling on Downton until the very end. At first, we tuned in to watch these two women go toe-to-toe, Isobel's patience and innate sense of pragmatism bumping...
In the early days of Downton, the Dowager functioned mostly as a representation of the old guard and the rules the younger generation were quickly outgrowing. Plus, she was always quick with a witticism or a biting retort when a scene needed a laugh. But she started to show her capacity to evolve around season 1's Downton Village Flower Show. In ye...
Violet liked to pretend she was above the daily lives of the servants, but in truth, she always held a deep affection for them (we eventually learn she used to dance with Carson at the opening of every ball). Nowhere was that more evident in her use of near-extortion to convince the local vicar to marry Daisy (Sophie McShera) and poor William (Thom...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, as we age, we inevitably look at new gadgets and gizmos with a mixture of disgust and fear. Violet was the embodiment of this, taking umbrage with everything from a phonograph to the idea of moving pictures. And it was never not hilarious. "Is this an instrument of communication or torture?" she once ask...
Violet always pretended to keep her nose out of other people's love lives, but the truth is, she couldn't help herself. Though she initially felt Matthew was tacky and hopelessly middle-class, eventually she came to love him as a member of the family. As Matthew contemplated marriage to Lavinia (Zoe Boyle), Violet confessed that Mary (Michelle Dock...
Despite Mary's interest in cocky Sir Richard Carlisle (Iain Glen), Violet was never a fan. Was there ever a better kiss-off than her retort to Carlisle's vain declaration that he was leaving than her deadpan, "Do you promise?"
The Dowager definitely didn't approve of her youngest granddaughter falling in love with the family chauffeur (an Irish rebel at that). But once Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) made her choice, Violet secretly supported them, sending money so they could travel to attend Matthew and Mary's wedding. Violet then went on to suggest Tom (Allen Leech) take...
Violet's relationship with her son and his American heiress wife was always a complex one, but that didn't mean she didn't want them to have a healthy relationship. When Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) blamed Robert (Hugh Bonneville) for Sybil's death, it was Violet who recruited Dr. Clarkson to explain why Sybil's death was an inevitable tragedy and no ...
Violet always saw a lot of herself in the younger Lady Mary: her haughtiness, her hidden romanticism, and her intelligence. So when Mary seemed a bit lost after the death of Matthew, it was Violet who pushed Mary for a position in the family that would give her a purpose. We got the sense that Violet saw in Mary a woman who might be able to have th...
May 23, 2022 · In Downton Abbey: A New Era, Smith's Violet succumbs to the terminal illness that she revealed at the conclusion of the 2019 film, saying goodbye to the Crawley family with her...
Smith received newfound attention and international fame for her role as Violet Crawley in the British period drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). The role earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards; she had previously won one for the HBO film My House in Umbria (2003).
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Dame Margaret Smith (born as Margaret Natalie Smith on 28th December 1934; Ilford, England) known professionally as Maggie Smith, is the actress who plays Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey. Smith made her stage debut in 1952 and has had an extensive, varied career in stage, film and television...
