Of course, a big question has been hanging over the film, as the late Dame Maggie Smith’s passing ... A New Era’s bittersweet ending saw Dowager Countess Violet Crawley passing away surrounded ...

That occasion is even more of a bittersweet happening, as the passing of the late Dame Maggie Smith has lent ... very much kept the memory of the Dowager Countess in mind. Here’s how Giamatti ...

"The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed ... and it feels more genuine and more meaningful." (Smith’s character - Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, for which she ...

Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter has said the cast of the hit ITV series was lucky to have worked so closely with Dame Maggie Smith ... played Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in ...

Paul Giamatti has admitted filming the third and final Downton Abbey movie was "not the same without" the late Dame Maggie ... Smith. The British acting veteran played Violet Crawley, Dowager ...

Paul Giamatti recently opened up about the production of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale in the wake of Maggie Smith’s death, reflecting on how the film carries her spirit and serves to honor her.