Dowager countess

Don't be defeatist, dear. It's very middle-class.

As we're writing this, Dame Maggie Smith is preparing to celebrate her 87th birthday on December 28th, 2021. Like we did for Dame Judi Dench earlier this

The best Downton Abbey movie quotes from the Dowager Countess of Grantham aka Violet Crawley. "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit."

Her legacy lives on.

The Downton Abbey drawing room was the spot for many a dramatic scene throughout the series. It's a real room too!

Her legacy lives on.

Rest in power the one and only Dame Maggie Smith 💔 She played some epic roles but my favourite was, without a doubt, the Dowager Countess of Grantham…..her acidic, delivered in that cut glass voice were the best 🔥 #damemaggiesmith #downtonabbey #thedowagercountessofgrantham

Dame Maggie Smith passed away at 89. RIP 🕊️

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (b. 1842[1] - 1928), was the matriarch of the Crawley Family by her marriage to the late Earl of Grantham and a relative of the MacClare Family via her niece and goddaughter, Susan MacClare, Marchioness of Flintshire. She is the mother of Robert Crawley, the 7th Earl of Grantham, and of Lady Rosamund Painswick, and the grandmother of Robert and his wife Cora's three daughters: Mary, Edith, and Sybil. Through her granddaughters she has five…

The best Downton Abbey movie quotes from the Dowager Countess of Grantham aka Violet Crawley. "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit."