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- The gospels of Matthew and Luke describe Mary as a virgin [c] who was chosen by God to conceive Jesus through the Holy Spirit. After giving birth to Jesus in Bethlehem, she raised him in the city of Nazareth in Galilee, and was in Jerusalem at his crucifixion and with the apostles after his ascension.
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Mar 16, 2022 · She is currently working on her second non-fiction book. In the first episode of the official 'Downton Abbey' rewatch podcast, creator Julian Fellowes revealed that he borrowed a true story from ...
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May 26, 2022 · Lady Mary herself still has unexplored depths that a third film could delve into, especially with Matthew Goode's glaring absence in the franchise. Though Mary seems sure of herself, time will tell if her change in Downton Abbey: A New Era foreshadows an even sadder future for her character.
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Apr 29, 2022 · In Downton Abbey: A New Era, Lady Mary explains that her husband Henry Talbot is away travelling the world and racing cars. This makes sense as Henry was previously a professional racing car driver who later retires and sets up Talbot and Branson Motors with brother-in-law Tom Branson.
Apr 21, 2022 · Goode played Henry Talbot on Seasons 5 and 6 of “Downton Abbey” and in the 2019 movie, but Lady Mary’s husband is noticeably missing from the trailer for “A New Era.”
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"You'll be my Mary always because mine is the true Mary."
—Mary's first husband, Matthew Crawley, to her
Lady Mary Josephine Talbot (née Crawley; b. 1891), known mostly as Lady Mary for most of Downton Abbey, is the eldest daughter of Robert the Earl of Grantham and Cora Crawley, the Countess of Grantham she is the sister of Lady Edith Pelham and the late Lady Sybil Branson, granddaughter of Violet Crawley, sister-in-law of Tom Branson and Herbert (Bertie) Pelham, and the aunt to her nieces, Sybbie Branson and Edith's daughter, Marigold (last name undetermined). She was married to Matthew Crawley and with him had a son, George Crawley, in 1921. Shortly after their son's birth, Matthew was killed in a car accident. Mary married Henry Talbot in 1925, and they have a daughter, Caroline Talbot, in 1926.
Her father's sister Lady Rosamund Painswick and her deceased husband Marmaduke Painswick are Mary's aunt and uncle. She also has an uncle on her mother's side, Harold Levinson. She is second cousins with Lady Rose Aldridge, along with her sisters Lady Annabelle and James MacClare, Earl of Newtonmore. She has a second cousin-in-law in Rose's husband Atticus Aldridge, and their daughter Victoria Aldridge is her second cousin-once-removed. Rose's mother, the Marchioness of Flintshire, is her father's first cousin.
Mary is elegant. She is slender and tall with thin wrists and long fingers. She is sought after by many men throughout the series. She has raven black waves and dark eyes, accompanied by perfectly arched brows, black lashes, high cheekbones and clear porcelain skin. She originally had long hair which was pinned up during the initial four and a half...
Early on Mary is shown to be cold, bitter, opaque, and quite mean in the beginning, but her romance with Matthew brings her kindness and vulnerability to light. She is a caring lady and takes Matthew's death to heart, remaining in mourning for more than six months after his death. Mary proves to be an extremely loyal employer to Anna and Mr Bates, and is also extremely loyal to her family and friends. She is also very fond to Mr Carson, who Mary sees as a surrogate father. Carson is also one of the few people she opens up and shows a more emotional and vulnerable side. According to Carson, when Mary was a child she "was a guinea a minute then", trying once to run away and take some of the silver to sell.
Despite the constant rivalry between herself and her sister Edith, they shared an embrace and kind words at the death of their younger sister Sybil. Contrary to her relationship with Edith, Mary loved her youngest sister dearly and was very protective of her. Later on, after the tragic death of Matthew, she begins to return, in some ways, to her old self. Her relationship with Edith deteriorates yet again. However, later on, after Mary finds out the truth about Marigold and tells Bertie, Mary eventually regrets her actions, makes peace with Edith, and tries to have a better relationship with her, going as far as to apologise to Edith and reconcile Edith and Bertie.
However, Mary does show herself to be very open-minded and progressive at times, befriending her brother-in-law Tom Branson, the family's former chauffeur. She supports him in his decision to raise his daughter as a Catholic, showing she bears none of the anti-Catholic prejudices that were common in her time. She also is very supportive of her cousin Rose's decision to marry a Jewish man, Atticus Aldridge, at a time when, due to anti-semitism, many people might frown on such a match (however, this might also be due to her own Jewish ancestry, her maternal grandfather having been Jewish).
Upon learning that Matthew named her as his heir shortly before his death, Mary resolves to take an active role in the running of the Downton Estate. In doing so, she works to continue the process of modernization that Matthew had begun, often at odds with her father's more conservative and pragmatic approach. While not overtly feminist, Mary begins to take on traditionally masculine duties such as acting as the estate's agent, meeting with tenant farmers, and concerning herself with business decisions. Understanding the postwar reality that estates such as Downton are in peril, her drive and motivation for much of the later series is ensuring that the Estate remains whole for her son.
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Jul 24, 2021 · Published Jul 24, 2021. An incident involving Lady Mary remains one of Downton Abbey's most scandalous moments, but according to Julian Fellowes, it wasn't all fiction. Some bedroom secrets can’t hide behind closed doors.
Jan 4, 2016 · Whether it’s Mary (Michelle Dockery) taking on the job of a man or Robert (Hugh Bonneville) realizing he can’t maintain a full staff anymore, it seemed everyone was preparing for a new era on the...
