Maggie Smith

Good news, "Downton Abbey" fans! Maggie Smith, the indelible Lady Violet the Dowager Countess, is returning to the show for Season 4, executive producer Gareth Neame tells TV Line. Smith has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe for the role.BUt in other not-s more

And now a rare bit of good news for Downton Abbey : Maggie Smith will be returning for season four! Let's send the whole family to New York and just follow the Dowager Countess around for ten episodes. Free idea, Julian Fellowes! No need to credit us. more

Downton Abbey Season 3 introduces a new character: Shirley MacLaine’s Martha Levinson, the forward-thinking mother of Robert Crawley’s (Hugh Bonneville) American wife, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern). Naturally, she clashes quite brilliantly with Maggie Smith’s more

Snark wins the night! Although we were pulling for Christina Hendricks to take home the Best Supporting Actress in a Drama during the Emmys 2012, it's hard to begrudge the legendary Dame Maggie Smith any award. So we're happy to say Maggie Smith won Best more

Edwardian soap opera  Downton Abbey , which will air first on Britain’s ITV next month and then later this year in America on PBS, has added a new character to its third season sure to shake things up — Cora’s ( Elizabeth McGovern ) mother Martha Lev more

News broke on March 2 that several main cast members of "Downton Abbey," the popular British drama that has recently taken the U.S. by storm, have re-signed to the show for Seasons 4 and 5. But instead of just being happy about those who have signed on an more