The Best of the Dowager Countess' Schemes & Plans

The Best of the Dowager Countess' Schemes & Plans | Downton Abbey

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5 ай бұрын

"When you give these little people power it goes to their heads like strong drink!" - Dowager Countess
The Dowager Countess is always up to something, whether its giving some much needed advice to her granddaughters or using connections to achieve her goals.
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The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912. The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of a century’s old tradition were stripped away by World War and the modern age. The all-star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.
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@stormcloud7305 5 ай бұрын

"If you can't say anything helpful, Robert, please be silent."🤣🤣🤣. The look on his face😂

@PokhrajRoy. 5 ай бұрын

*NOTHING* gets past the Dowager.

@charvankerck9617 5 ай бұрын

she is a twin to my grandmama.

@ktinxx 5 ай бұрын

The glee with which Maggie Smith set her teeth in this role is a marvel to behold! She milked every conceivable ounce of pleasure and satisfaction from those lines, giving in turn Julian Fellows and all of us a character of nigh Shakespearean proportions! What a brilliant performance!

@EirinnSiobhanMcFernweh 5 ай бұрын

Well said.

@odysseusrex5908 5 ай бұрын

Hear, hear!

@BarbaraThomas-dq7ny 5 ай бұрын

Not just a Dame but a Lady 🎉 ❤

@christophermichaelclarence6003 5 ай бұрын

At this point she deserved to hold the title of Countess in real life.

@EirinnSiobhanMcFernweh 5 ай бұрын

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Isn't she one better than that? She's a dame, right?

@aqueen04 5 ай бұрын

The Dowager Countess was quite possibly my favorite character in the entire series! So fun and full of cracking wit! :D

@audreybuyrn8672 4 ай бұрын

My favorite is Isobel -- and the interaction between her and Violet.

@user-xk2ig4tc3f Ай бұрын

Spratt though,

@RobSchellinger 5 ай бұрын

"Are we having tea or not?" 😂😂😂 Get on with it!

@dianalee8967 5 ай бұрын

I never get enough of Maggie Smith I hope she has longevity like I do we're the same age I'll be 90 in May2024 I don't know her birth months but I know she's the same age as I am right now maybe she already turned 90 I don't know I never get tired of watching her what a great lady and actress.😍😍

@floriansailer7887 5 ай бұрын

You don't look a second older than 79 ❤😊 and I hope both of you turn at least 102 years old.

@ellenrittgers990 5 ай бұрын

I agree- she has no equal!

@odysseusrex5908 5 ай бұрын

A premature many happy returns, and may you have many more to come.

@atroposblack9492 5 ай бұрын

Hope you have a long and fulfilling time ahead. Happy early 90...

@r.c.auclair2042 5 ай бұрын

Dame Maggie Smith's date of birth is 28Dec1934. As of this writing, that puts her at 89 plus a few weeks. She's seven months younger than you are. She was diagnosed w/Graves disease in January 1988. She also has a history of cancer & a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's.

@odysseusrex5908 5 ай бұрын

Maggie Smith such a wonderful treasure.

@melaniekendall4903 5 ай бұрын

Don't you mean Maggie?

@odysseusrex5908 5 ай бұрын

@@melaniekendall4903 Yes, your quite right. Corrected. Thank you.

@terri348 5 ай бұрын

Favorite line us when Maggie Smith is asked how she feels about being wrong and she responds shes not familiar with the sensation.

@michaelgabriel7919 5 ай бұрын

I have heard that Dame Maggie Smith doesn't like the attention she has garnered, for her portrayal of the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey. I on the other hand, would like to thank her... most whole heartedly. Smith (along with Julian Fellows) created a most unusual, and endearing, character. Smith and Fellows have opened a window into the past... and allowed us to view a life (and lifestyle) long gone from this world. A past full of people and positions... that have ceased to have any meaning in the modern world. It isn't an easy accomplishment... creating a character that strikes so many cords.... with so many people... around the world.

@samijones5590 5 ай бұрын

“Have you changed your pills?” BEST LINE😂

@clarkclarke 5 ай бұрын

She is annoying ... (to me) ..

@melaniekendall4903 5 ай бұрын

@@clarkclarkeshe might think the same thing about you

@haute03 4 ай бұрын

I love the way she delivers it too! It sounds so casual and light hearted. 😂

@Sai-qz9nk 4 ай бұрын

And great delivery of that line too! That little smirk at the end..

@EirinnSiobhanMcFernweh 5 ай бұрын

Such a great character and so well-played. She was always so pleased and amused with herself. A joy to watch. One of the few characters that stayed true to form throughout the series. I attribute the lack of to the writing but this brilliant actress didn't let it happen to her character. She saved this show for me.

@Jae-fk9vn 2 ай бұрын

Dame Maggie's knowledge and use of sarcasm is unmatched, the casting of Dowager Countess was/is best suited. This role is epitomous to Dame Maggie's career. 💖

@pdruiz2005 5 ай бұрын

At 3:08. "Dr. Clarkson, I am no Jacobin revolutionary nor do I seek to overthrow the civilized world." LOL. I love how rooted in history the Dowager's language is. This exchange with the doctor took place in 1915 or 1916, before the Bolsheviks came to supplant the Jacobins as the frightening, violent revolutionaries bent on destroying everything the Dowager holds dear. Later on the Dowager hears first-hand the horrors of the Russian Revolution from Prince and Princess Kuragin.

@12classics39 5 ай бұрын

Laura Carmichael is trying with all her might not to crack up during the telephone scene. Who can blame her??

@user-yi6yy7wv3j 5 ай бұрын

I love the fashion changes in the series

@saramartinez103 2 ай бұрын

Me tooooo

@isismiller2064 5 ай бұрын

Maggie Smith is a world treasure

@sunflowerz54 5 ай бұрын

My favorite show in twenty years!!

@fabulouschild2005 5 ай бұрын

Lady Violet was a brilliant character. Maggie Smith absolutely slayed the role

@adriangilbert5364 2 ай бұрын

"Is the family an old one?" "Older than yours, I imagine." They fly fast and furious in the Thunderdome😂😂😂

@patriciajrs46 5 ай бұрын

I just love the Dame Maggie Smith.

@jtidema 5 ай бұрын

I know we all love Maggie Smith, but can I just say that Penelope Wilton is also so good in so many shows/movies. Love her Doctor Who character who becomes Prime Minister. "Yes, we know who you are..." And Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, also with Smith. Calendar Girls... Pride and Prejudice, and then Shaun of the Dead?! 😎 And they both tend to play smart, abrasive, witty women. They are so much fun to watch together!

@gerardcollins80 4 ай бұрын

"I wonder you don't just set fire to the Abbey and dance round it, painted with wode and howling!"

@johnsmith-di2qm 5 ай бұрын

Love Maggie Smith !

@alessandraruoppolo9134 5 ай бұрын

Adoro quest attrice,questa serie non sarebbe stata così bella se non ci fosse stata lei e il suo straordinario personaggio ❤

@Edubarca46 4 ай бұрын

There will never NEVER be a TV series as good as Downton Abbey. Period!!

@saramartinez103 2 ай бұрын

Period

@randdresi8222 5 ай бұрын

لكم احب هذه السيدة الفاضلة وادوارها الراقية❤

@onlyme7248 5 ай бұрын

انها حقا ممثلة متميزة ، هذا العمل الرائع يذكرني بمسلسل بريطاني ذاع صيته في السبعينات اسمه upstairs downstairs ، موجود في اليوتيوب و انصح بمشاهدته . نفس فكرة هذا المسلسل و في زمنه كسر الدنيا

@h.huffen-puff4105 5 ай бұрын

4:00 So true. So true. 😅

@qqing-yq5nr 4 ай бұрын

The road ahead is vast, and everything can be expected.😊

@MultiMattman68 5 ай бұрын

The woman who plays Mrs Crawley and Judy Dench are a delight and would be great in their own TV series

@odysseusrex5908 5 ай бұрын

Judy Dench? The actress playing the dowager Countess is Maggie Smith.

@anujkalra6145 Ай бұрын

7:33 my favourite line

@DragonHeir92 5 ай бұрын

Your Ladyship, it started as a instrument of communication and torture weaseled it way in. Most unsuitable.

@charvankerck9617 5 ай бұрын

That sounds like a page from my family !😮

@Jae-fk9vn 2 ай бұрын

I wonder you don't just set fire to the Abbey and dance around it. 🤣

@user-yi6yy7wv3j 5 ай бұрын

It goes to these peoples heads like strong drink whitty❤

@hpavalferr7201 5 ай бұрын

🙂 💯

@user-sq8dm9et3m 4 ай бұрын

hilarious. I wanted her as MY grandmother

@Awakening_Sunshine 5 ай бұрын

I would love for the episode season and number to be put in the description

@m.layfette6249 5 ай бұрын

For context the scenes in this video span multiple seasons of Downton Abbey. 0:00 -1:30 Season 1 1:30-5:50 Season 2 5:50-7:05 Season 3 7:05-8:44 Season 4 8:44-10:00 Season 6

@Awakening_Sunshine 5 ай бұрын

@@m.layfette6249 oh I see. I’ve seen the series, but I didn’t realize that immediately

@user-ho2pf5mj5g 4 ай бұрын

❤

@anthonycoyle8175 4 ай бұрын

8:40 😂

@Robert08010 5 ай бұрын

I don't recall if I have ever seen that last scene.

@clarkclarke 5 ай бұрын

Thank goodness the Dowager could hold her own ...geesh ... Cousin Violet is tiresome ...😣

@arodvaz1528 5 ай бұрын

I love cousin Violet! ❤ She's the only one who holds her own against the Dowager.

@andrewjones-productions 5 ай бұрын

@@arodvaz1528 Aren't you both confused? Violet Crawley is the Dowager Countess of Grantham. Isobel is simply Mrs. Isobel Crawley, although she later becomes Lady Merton.

@duckduckgoismuchbetter 5 ай бұрын

@@andrewjones-productionsExactly!

@arodvaz1528 5 ай бұрын

@@andrewjones-productions I only watched some episodes so you may be right. The one that came up with the hospital idea is who I am talking about.

@mariahoulihan9483 5 ай бұрын

the Dowager IS Violet.

@maviskoon1509 5 ай бұрын

What favor did Violet want from Edith?

@qqing-yq5nr 4 ай бұрын

Laugh and pour people into the city, and then laugh and pour people into the country.

@dianalee8967 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the birthday wishes from h a u t e0 3 that was very sweet and kind of you I appreciate that. And since the last time I put a comment a while back what did say 3 weeks ago I found out that I'm 5 months older than Maggie Smith and Judi Dench so they're just kids I'm the older person their birthday is in December that's just like that song isn't it it's a long long time from May to December how weird is that my mind wanders LOL bye-bye🤩🤩

@StarEssences 5 ай бұрын

They say there is 'plenty of money', but the Inner Fold in TRUTH has grudges in whom they share it with; They have kept me poor for many yearsd (as even a native to USA), when Obama was in Office I then had no INCOME for six years, and my own blood line stole my portion of inheritance in which my sister was not around for my parents; I was living with them and helping them out for many years. A sister that was out and about galavanting with all her boyfriends over a period of years then took from me and made me lose a lot more of what I had and got herself another beautiful home and she had the NERVE to tell me that "You have a lot of stuff"??? FAMILY is not your FAMILY when it comes to MONEY. In all honesty the INNER FOLD was, and still is a PREDATOR upon many lives.

@mariahoulihan9483 5 ай бұрын

you sound so bitter.. I am sorry about that.

@andrewjones-productions 4 ай бұрын

@@mariahoulihan9483 StarEssence sounds either a bit loopy or as high as a kite on some illicit substance to me.