Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, died at the end of the second film, 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, and actor Maggie Smith died at age 89 last year. But Elizabeth McGovern, who ...

That said, the presence of Smith, who died last year, still ‘permeates’ this third and final ‘Downton’ installment.

Also, the upcoming third Downton movie is titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, strongly hinting that it's a farewell to ...

The actress weighs in on playing Ava Gardner, how she became a playwright and why the cast was 'frightened' to film 'Downton ...

Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern has given a surprising answer about making The Grand Finale without Maggie Smith.