"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.

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 ...

Julian Fellowes has dedicated Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale to Dame Maggie Smith. The acclaimed actress - who played Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey - passed away in ...

The late Maggie Smith clearly left a lasting impact on the aristocratic proprietors of Highclere Castle. She and her fellow actors had been positioned there to shoot Downton Abbey, but there were some ...

Downton Abbey star Harry Hadden-Paton has recalled his "wonderful" first meeting with Maggie Smith. The late actor famously played the role of Violet Crawley on the ITV series, reprising the character ...

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 ...