When the Downton Abbey story concludes with its Grand Finale film — in theaters on Friday, September 12 — one notable family member will be felt but not seen. Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of ...

Elizabeth McGovern found the late Dame Maggie Smith's absence from the new Downton Abbey film "freed up the narrative". The 64-year-old actress had been worried that losing her co-star - who died in ...

"She's still very much in the atmosphere," McGovern said of her late costar in the upcoming movie "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale." Elizabeth McGovern said that Maggie Smith's death has "freed up" ...

Downton Abbey's creator, Julian Fellowes, has explained howDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale will honor the late Dame Maggie Smith's beloved character, Violet Crawley. As the third (and possibly final) ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Smith passed away in 2024; meanwhile, her character died at the end of the second Downton Abbey movie.

“Downtown Abbey” stars are missing their co-star, Dame Maggie Smith, nearly a year after she passed away. Kevin Doyle, Allen Leech and Hugh Bonneville reflected on their time working with the late ...

Over her six-decade career, Dame Maggie Smith brought corrosive wit and unimpeachable gravitas to everything she did. But there was so much more to the two-time Oscar winner, who was best known in her ...

Author Maggie Smith will speak at Charleston Literary Festival 2025 on Nov. 14 at Dock Street Theater downtown about her new ...

The actress stated that her late costar's presence is "still very much in the atmosphere" of the movie. McGovern also said that she wanted better for her character: "I wish at times she could have had ...

Downton Abbey: The Grande Finale, the last film in the Downton Abbey franchise, includes several tributes to Maggie Smith and her character, Violet Crawley. Smith passed away in 2024; meanwhile, her ...