The loss of the Dowager, it now feels far more significant that you see actors playing characters mourning the family matriarch. But I also see actors mourning the matriarch of the show ...

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.

“The loss of the Dowager, it now feels far more significant that you see actors playing characters mourning the family matriarch. But I also see actors mourning the matriarch of the ...

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 year.