Dame Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey sitting on a chair.
There isn’t one right way to describe Maggie Smith. The layered actress was versatile both off and on-screen, and trying to pin down just one of her performances could feel reductive. But how can you honor a person who touched so many lives in so many ways during her lifetime? We know the list of iconic performances by Smith is unending.
I didn’t get to watch Downton Abbey until the series was in its third season. After years of not having a TV show to binge-watch together, it brought my mom and me together again. Upon witnessing Smith as Violet Crawley, we were blown away. She might not have had a wand or the ability to turn into a cat in that series, but Smith's Violet was even fiercer and braver through her wit. The Dowager Countess was the eldest character in the show, but that didn’t mean she was a passive presence.
I Was Able To Say Goodbye to Maggie Smith in ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ Sadly for fans, Downton Abbey didn’t last forever. Still, creator Julian Fellowes found a way to bring the Crawleys and crew back for two films – with a third on the way. The second feature film, however, 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, foreshadows Violet's death, with the event happening in the movie's last moments.
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