Mrs Sybil Birling is Arthur Birling's wife and right from the opening of the play she is cold-hearted and snobbish despite being a prominent member of local women's charity. Throughout dinner she ...

Fans of “Downton Abbey” were devastated when Maggie Smith, aka the Dowager Countess, died in September. Smith had starred in both the TV series and in both movies, with the Countess character ...

Craving a Downton Abbey re-watch over the festive season or simply want a refresher ahead of the upcoming third film? Many viewers have taken the Crawley family into their hearts and homes since ...

Dame Maggie Smith and her celebrated Downton Abbey character Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, will receive a “meaningful” tribute in the franchise’s third movie, set to arrive next ...

Downton Abbey 3 will pay homage to the “end of an era” with the loss of the Dowager Countess, which has now taken on greater significance following the death of Oscar-winning actress Maggie ...

It's been almost 10 years since the final series of Downton Abbey aired on our television screens. The historical drama series, set between 1912 and 1926, follows the lives of the Crawley family ...

It’s been two years since Downton Abbey: A New Era (which is on ITV1 this evening) hit cinemas and the third film is set to land on the big screen in 2025. Of course, Downton Abbey 3 will have a ...

The third Downton Abbey film will include a tribute to both Dame Maggie Smith and her character, Violet, the Dowager Countess, following the iconic actress's death. Smith died in September 2024 at ...

"The loss of the Dowager, it now feels far more significant," producer Gareth Neame said. By Christy Piña Associate Editor “The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed away since that time ...

Her character died at the end of the last film in the series, 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era. In a new interview with TV Line, Neame said: “The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed ...

Downton Abbey: A New Era’s bittersweet ending saw Dowager Countess Violet Crawley passing away surrounded by her family, so the table was already set for the rest of the cast to mourn her presence.

Throughout her esteemed career, Smith was celebrated for many roles, one of which was that of Dowager Violet Crawley in the Downton Abbey franchise. The franchise first began as an acclaimed TV ...