Watch 01:58 It's Time to Relax. On 'Coral Island' - The Loop The Right Honourable The Dowager Countess of Grantham view image Biographical information Born 1842 Died 1928 (aged 86) Downton Abbey, Yorkshire Marital status Widow of Patrick Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham Residence Dower House, Downton, Yorkshire Title (s) Dowager Countess of Grantham Violet's death comes toward the end of the film, after a storyline about her past that brings some of the family to the South of France. As she dies, Violet's loved ones, including her.
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"I wouldn't know," Violet counters. "I'm not familiar with the sensation." Maggie Smith, seen here with Laura Carmichael, Hugh Bonneville, and Elizabeth McGovern in Downton Abbey. Jaap. After revealing in 2019's "Downton Abbey" that she is gravely sick, Lady Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith) succumbed to her illness in the final minutes of "Downton Abbey: A New Era" (now. "Downton Abbey" finally said goodbye to its most beloved character, Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, who died in the closing moments of the latest movie, "A New Era.". Maggie Smith's "Downton" matriarch succumbed to the illness she first revealed at the end of 2019's "Downton Abbey" movie, but for fans of the movies and the original TV show, it is a tough loss nonetheless. The role of Lady Violet Crawley won Dame Maggie Smith three Emmys, her first non-ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award and her third Golden Globe award. The Dowager Countess may not have been central to many Downton Abbey storylines during the period drama's six seasons - and the actress has admitted she's never even watched the show.
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The Dowager Countess is the matriarch of the Crawley Family. Violet never fails to make us laugh with her fiercely dry wit and perfectly executed one-liners.. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith [3] [4] CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. Known for her wit in comedic roles, she has had an extensive career on stage and screen over seven decades and is one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actresses. [5] Cora Crawley (née Levinson), Countess of Grantham (played by Elizabeth McGovern) (b. 1868), usually called Lady Grantham, is the wife of Robert and mother of Mary, Edith and Sybil. A wealthy American heiress of Jewish descent, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor Robert Stephens and to playwright Beverley Cross.
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Violet Crawley : You are the future of Downton. You'll take over from where I left off. You'll be the frightening old lady keeping everyone up to the mark. You'll be the best of me that will live on. Violet Crawley : He is her closest relative. The family have held Grantham for three centuries! Lady Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith) bid her final farewell in Downton Abbey: A New Era, and bringing the Dowager Countess back for the sequel was the smart move for the film, for Lady Mary Talbot (Michelle Dockery), and for the Downton Abbey story. In the 2019 Downton Abbey film, Violet confessed to Mary her secret that she was deathly ill.
At the end of the new 'Downton Abbey' movie, 'Downton Abbey: A New Era,' the Dowager Countess of Grantham (Lady Violet, played by Maggie Smith) dies. Here's how fans are reacting. The Dowager of Grantham demonstrates one more time that in spite of the era and her traditional values, she can adapt to modern times and gives a second chan.
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It's Lady Violet's death that gives the title Downton Abbey: A New Era its true meaning. With the Dowager Countess gone, Downton Abbey says goodbye to the woman who embodied its Edwardian past and the Crawley family enters the modern world with Lady Mary at the helm. Will Lady Mary Divorce Henry Talbot? Downton Abbey: A New Era - Violet Passes Away: Violet (Maggie Smith) says goodbye to her family.BUY THE MOVIE: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Do.