Maggie Smith played Dowager Countess Violet Crawley on ‘Downton Abbey’ for its six seasons and accompanying feature films
In her last great role in a long career of many great roles on stage and screen, Maggie Smith played Dowager Countess Violet Crawley, the matriarch of the Crawley family, on Downton Abbey.
She continued of her childhood in England: 'It was such a ghastly time and we didn't go to the theatre. I got into terrible trouble once because the neighbors took me to the cinema on a Sunday. But I had a wonderful teacher, Dorothy Bartholomew, who also taught Miriam Margolyes, and who encouraged me.”
Keep reading to look back at Smith’s most memorable Downton zingers that we still can’t stop thinking about:When the Grantham family sits down to dinner with new Abbey heir Matthew , the attorney reveals that he will have “plenty of time” to handle the estate affairs over weekends. Violet then perfectly chimes in, asking for the definition of a weekend.While helping granddaughter Mary attempt to move on after the death of Matthew, Violet dropped some pearls of wisdom about finding a partner.
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