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 ...

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'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.

The legendary Maggie Smith passed away just over a year ago, and if the recent Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale has you ...

Downton Abbey star Harry Hadden-Paton is opening up about what it was like to work with the late Maggie Smith. “She was such a big part of the show,” Hadden-Paton, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly on ...

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

The Oscar-winning costumier Jenny Beavan on Maggie Smith’s hangovers, Ralph Fiennes’s high standards and meeting stars naked ...

"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" ...