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Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville in Downton Abbey (2010)

Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Episode #2.1

Downton Abbey

Maggie Smith credited as playing...

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

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  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: I hate Greek drama where everything happens offstage.
  • Lady Edith Crawley: [to Sybil] Why don't I drive you?
  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [sarcstically] She's taking enough chance with her life as it is.
  • Lady Edith Crawley: Oh Granny...
  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: What is this driving mania?
  • Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Good morning, Mama. This is very early for you to be up and about.
  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: War makes early risers of us all.
  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Goodbye, Sybil, and good luck with it all.
  • Lady Sybil Crawley: Thank you for being such a sport.
  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: It's a big step you're taking, dear, but war deals out strange tasks. Remember your great aunt Roberta.
  • Lady Mary Crawley: What about her?
  • Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: She loaded the guns at Lucknow.

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