Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale will arrive in theaters on September 12.

Downton Abbey is a British period drama television series of the early 20th century produced by Julian Fellowes, who wrote ...

However, franchise star Elizabeth McGovern held fast in a recent interview, saying that the time has come for Cora Crawley ...

The late Dame Maggie Smith’s Lady Violet Crawley kicked the bucket in the second film, Downton Abbey: A New Era. However, her ...

Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern has revealed all the details for the upcoming Downton Finale – including a potential ...

One character notably missing from the trailer is Violet Crawley, played by Maggie Smith. The matriarch of the Crawley family died at the end of Downton Abbey: A New Era. Executive producer Gareth ...

The Downton Abbey franchise will come to a close with the Grand Finale later this year, which marks the final film in the ...

The forthcoming title also represents the first Downton Abbey film without Maggie Smith, who portrayed Violet Crawley. The ...

Julian Fellowes, creator of both shows, acknowledges to PEOPLE that a young version of the Dowager exists in England at this ...

Ah, Lady Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham – and the British spitfire Maggie Smith who plays her. What would Abbey be without its finest comic relief? Violet’s zingers and dry ...

SMITH: (As Violet Crawley) When I'm with her, I'm reminded of the virtues of the English. DAN STEVENS: (As Matthew Crawley) But isn't she American? SMITH: (As Violet Crawley) Exactly.

Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Nov. 7 in honor of Dame Maggie Smith, who died in September. Smith began her acting career on stage and took theater roles well into her 80s.