You left out my favorite saying where Lady Grantham says “What is a weekend?”

@ri589

Жыл бұрын

Also the "Put that in your pipe and smoke it!" line. My favorite line of the series!

@APG-fu6gk

Жыл бұрын

A phrase I have said since my retirement. 😊😊😊

@annehunt787

Жыл бұрын

The “What is a weekend?” quote was so good that it got its own video clip!

@ryancolby6079

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@lewinny9598

Жыл бұрын

That's my favorite too

The combination of brilliant writing and Maggie Smith's delivery is unbeatable. She made that show.

@SiobhanSibealFernweh

10 ай бұрын

Brilliant writing. 😂

@jeffbledsoe4131

9 ай бұрын

​@@SiobhanSibealFernweh😊

@arjanpelle

7 ай бұрын

@@SiobhanSibealFernweh Lol.

@Phyllis1956

4 ай бұрын

I so agree. I watch this video over and over xx

@Philosofiya

10 күн бұрын

Yep

My favorite moment is when Carlile tells the Dowager that she won't see him anymore, and she responds "Do you promise?" 😆

@Nyx773

Жыл бұрын

That was quite the burn. 🔥 If I am in a similar situation, I hope to remember to use it.

@ErinH-430

Жыл бұрын

I love that one too.

@Shan_Dalamani

11 ай бұрын

I use that line every time some idiot on FB tells me they're not going to reply anymore.

@fancy-on5hn

11 ай бұрын

Mine too! 😂

@tangiiaenjoy

11 ай бұрын

She savage for that ! hahahahh

Maggie Smith was always at her best when she had the equally brilliant Penelope Wilton to play off. Wilton doesn't not get the attention, nor praise that she deserves for her brilliant performance as Smith's foil. Well done to both ladies though.

@nellhirst9463

10 ай бұрын

Not quite sure if the Dowger Countress would approve but I am sure Maggie Smith wont mind a brief note : If you are in the UK and would like to see the wonderful Penelope Wilton live on stage - she is performing in a comedy called "Backstairs Billy" at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in the West end in London. Penelope plays Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Luke Evans plays her real life butler William Tallon. The show runs Fri 27 Oct 2023 - Sat 27 Jan 2024.

@callistrate1

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I quite agree. Here the brilliant Penelope Wilton, playing Isobel Crawley, is the indescriptible Faire Valoir of Maggie Smith's Dowager Violet Countess of Grantham, in this sharp, witty, sometimes tender boxing match between those two golden characters of Downton Abbey. A very salted but happy marriage. Thanks to the two of them. Ideal casting.

@mordachiapeargut

4 ай бұрын

I remember Penelope Wilton playing Richard Briers wife in Ever decreasing circles, shes come a long way since then.

Also one of my favorites is when Edith says she might get into gardening and granny says “you can't be as desperate as that.”😂😂😂

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

Oh! that's rich! you made my evening with that. Ha Ha Ha

„Don’t be defeatist, dear! It’s very middle class.“

Those of us who survived Matthew's death thoroughly enjoyed this series. Maggie Smith's many quips were classic. The consummate actress. So very talented.

@thommorden4342

11 ай бұрын

Maggie is such a champ of an actress and Carrie’s any role she leads in. And as downtown abbey shows, any role she doesn’t lead in

@wandawarthog5724

10 ай бұрын

And it wasn’t easy surviving Matthews death. 😢😢😢😢😢

"Does it ever get cold on the moral high ground?"

I love her evolution about her feelings on Tom Branson. In the last season, she leaves the letter with him when she goes to the south of France saying, “he’s the most sensible.”

@12classics39

Жыл бұрын

Also, when she’s confronting Mary about her feelings for Henry, she mentions Tom’s input several times. “Tom believes you did it because you’re unhappy,” “Tom says Henry is in love with you.” At the start of the show, she NEVER would’ve cared so much about Tom’s opinion. That particular development is bigger than the distance between North America and Europe!

@kyleenglot4221

Жыл бұрын

@@12classics39 I think the Dowager always admired Tom from the beginning. However she is a stickler for tradition in her family, and even when Tom and Sybill planned to run away, rather than berate and argue with them she asked whether they had a plan for them? She looks at things with logic and reason and asks people she loves if they have truly weighed the odds and challenges of pursuing a life changing decision. Violet admires intelligent and forward thinking people such as Tom and Mrs. Crawley although she's not one to outright let them know it because she enjoys challenging points of view as often as she can. When Mrs. Crawley tells her she wants to marry her new guy and would mean she'd move away, Violet got saddened by it because despite their bickering she sees Mrs. Crawley as a dear friend.

Robert's face after she talks about ringing for Nanny 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Alex-mp8ro

7 ай бұрын

Also his and Mary’s faces after she says to Sir Richard “Do you promise”?

The scene with Ethel is hands down one of my favourites. The look they give when they discover, the quip about a costume for every occasion. It’s the greatest

@deborahpinkey1264

Жыл бұрын

I liked the quip "It seems a pity to miss such a good pudding" even better. 🤣🤣🤣

My daughter worked on the show for three series, and she says Maggie was just as witty in real life.

@susanford2388

4 ай бұрын

gosh how wonderful.

@heathermetz6576

3 ай бұрын

You daughter must have some fantastic stories. How marvelous.

@nemanjadelevingne4108

2 ай бұрын

Tell you daughter I'm beyond jealous of her, amazing experience it was,surely. ❤

2:16 “Is this an instrument of communication or torture” 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Loved Maggie Smith's character in this show. No one else could have done justice to that part like she did. When I first started watching it, I always looked forward to her "words of wisdom" and her "let down quotes". She always made my day. Thanks Maggie Smith!

How could you leave off the iconic “Do you promise?”???!!!

“HhhMmmhhmmm, but you’re better than nothing…” is one of my favorite lines delivered. It’s the absolute perfection of fussy pouty distain that really is so compelling and hilarious.

She was the main reason why I watched Downton Abbey. Her delivery of her quips were brilliant. Loved her

@the8thchurch461

9 ай бұрын

Indeed. No one comes even close to the dowager. She is Downtown Abbey. Without her there is no show. I believe that is why they dressed her more expensively than any other. Her clothes are certainly the stuff of fairy tale. I can't get over the red lacy dress complete with the equally matching red lacy hat. Or the outfit she wore at Isobel Crawley's house when they forced Tom to wear the morning coat for Matthew's wedding.

I like the left out bit when she says "We can't have him assassinated............I suppose".

"Wars have been fought with less fervor" 😂 She wasn't lying, Isabel was a bulldog.

They are all my favorite moments, however I really spat out my tea when The Dowager is on the phone and says "Hello? Shrimpy? Yes it's Aunt Violet.." that, combined with Lady Edith's priceless face as you can literally see her trying to hold back her laughter. Loved it 😆❤🇦🇺

She’s absolutely fabulous! I love her comic timing. It’s a blend of posh vibes and naughtiness.

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

she's always naughty in a such a classy way. These Hollywood types have a lot to learn from Maggie Smith.

@the8thchurch461

9 ай бұрын

Maggie Smith = Downtown Abbey. Every time I see her, I love her more and more. She brings such family warmth, not to mention absolute beauty. Her costumes are the most gorgeous of them all. She redefines glamour and puts it where it belongs, with the older and more sophisticated, not the inexperienced youth with no clue about life. She makes me look forward to becoming an old lady now. I don't have to fear ending up wearing socks and slippers and whatever else.

@nunc-hic-stans4211

Ай бұрын

I love her since ever and of my favourite scenes of her that depicts that naughtiness is in Murder by death, when she talks about an old lady being naughty and she says naughtingly "I like her...I really like her..." 🤣😂😂🤣😂

Maggie Smith is a treasure ❤

@denisefreitas6727

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! 😊

I loved when Mrs.Crawley was playing cards with Violet after tending to her illness,and when asked how long the game will continue and she answers "All night"...to which Violet says" Goodie goodie." I cracked up!

"I never argue, I explain" beats all others for me! Grand show, awesome characters Maggie Smith is impeccable 👌

Quote of the Day: “Dislike it? I will lick the stamps myself.”

Downton Abbey was a brilliant series, the casting was spot on all the way through. Of course Maggie Smith pulled it all together. Maggie was from a generation that produced Joan Plowright, Judie Dench and Eileen Atkins, all absolutely the finest UK actress. I love them all and watch everything they are in.

The telephone scene is one of the only scenes where we actually see lady violet acting her age

@wisteria3032

Жыл бұрын

can we talk about when she covers her eyes with the fan because the new lamps are too bright and what will ever be the use of electricity when we have candles? 😂

@cameronperrier7622

Жыл бұрын

It's giving how do I rotate this PDF

@gypsywoman9140

11 ай бұрын

I loved her reaction to a certain chair Also the telephone scene wasn't necessarily a reflection of her age so much as it was adapting to early technology that we now take for granted. Everything was just being introduced then, and the wealthy/upperclass were the first to have it. Remember Mrs. Patmore and Daisy's reactions to things like a refrigerator (I believe it was) and so forth? It was all new to them as well. I believe Carson also took some getting used to with the telephone and was quite adorable about it.

@Lorianne-1111

11 ай бұрын

I love that scene so much. It reminds of when I had to teach my Nan how to use a cordless house phone. 🤣

@zvezdoblyat

9 ай бұрын

​@@gypsywoman9140poor Matthew in that scene lmao, he looked as if it was his fault that he didn't tell her the chair spins

My fave is: “You are a Lady, Edith- not Toad of Toad Hall” (When Edith wants to drive!)😂😂

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

Oh! that's great! Thanks for having me remember that.

The swivel chair scene in Matthew's office is one of the funniest moments of the entire show. 🤣

I love when she laughs over her own quips “ha hah” 😂❤

This was the single greatest decision the show made in casting Dame Maggie. The grand duchess of delivering a line. I love this woman.Been a fan for years. Long before Downton ever came along. One of my all-time faves is when Mrs. Crawley told her she'd have cut up little Charlie and made stew out of him to achieve the same end if she had to, the duchess' response and the expression on her face--half the response, imo--were priceless. If you haven't seen her as Jean Horton in Quartet, you're in for a treat. Fantastic cast and storyline. So many missing great lines. Some better than these.

I cant even say, she is a national treasure. She is an International treasure❤

You missed: "I wouldn't know, I'm not familiar with the sensation."

I will never forget seeing her on stage in Boston. It was my introduction to a life-long adoration. An unmatched actor.

She is as fabulous as she sounds ,what a legend Dame Maggie Smith !

My favorite is “Oh how you hate to be wrong.” Her response “I wouldn’t know. I’m not familiar with the sensation.” 😂🤣

The telephone call - an acting masterclass!

Priceless talent. And the best argument against ageism.

@the8thchurch461

11 ай бұрын

Ageism is just a trick to exploit the inexperienced young. Maggie is genius because of her age as well as her talent of course. Without her in that show, I doubt I would have bothered. She embodies family warmth, comfort and cosiness that makes me want to see her everyday.

They left out my favorite one! "One cannot go to pieces at the death of every foreigner!"

I smiled and chuckled throughout the beginning at then at "isn't it terribly damp" I lost my MIND

I absolutely loved Dame Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey! She always had me giggling with her quips! She was amazing! Definitely her best role to date. She may have been the Dowager Duchess, but it didn't stop her saying what she thought & felt. If course, being elderly does give you a little freedom to be blunt.

@embreis2257

18 күн бұрын

duchess? not dowager _countess?_

She’s nothing short of brilliant!

Maggie Smith is a national treasure!

"Is this an instrument of communication or torture?" Yes.

Never seen Downton Abbey but Maggie is so good in these clips that I might just have to start. She is a glorious actress.

@Shan_Dalamani

11 ай бұрын

The Dowager Countess Violet is my favorite character.

@bunnyslippers191

11 ай бұрын

If you watch the series I really think you will not regret doing so. It's classic and the Dowager Lady Grantham steals every scene she's in.

@lynnfisher3037

11 ай бұрын

Omg. Please watch it. NOTHING like it. Julian Fellowes is a creative genius and the ensemble cast is so good that you will completely forget its a play. Emotions run high so always have your Kleenex at the ready.

@alicechin2705

11 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness. It's a must.

@MrsCharityK

11 ай бұрын

It's a great show

One of my favorites is " does it ever get cold up on the moral high ground?"

Maggie Smith’s wardrobe was stunning in this series.

Do you promise 😂 it’s an absolute classic. I love her!!!!!

"There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like" Maggie smith is Excellent.

Maggie Smith is marvellous. She carried it off so well. Caustic, dry and scathing.

Such a great character played by an amazing actress . There’s a scene where she and Mrs Crawley are discussing child rearing and Maggie says she had the nanny bring her the children twice a day and Crawley sarcastically replies ….how tiring for you . 😎😎😎

What a legend Maggie Smith is! 🙌

As a writer I am awed at the skill used in these lines

2:06 How did Laura keep a straight face? They would have had to do so many takes because I would have broken character giggling.

@12classics39

Жыл бұрын

At 2:13 and 2:19, she’s clearly suppressing laughter. 🤣

How can you possibly leave out the time Violet found out that the Indian houseguest had died the night before? "Well, of course it had to be a foreigner. No Englishman would ever dream of dying in someone else's home, especially someone he didn't even know."

@twobearshomestead

8 ай бұрын

Turkish houseguest.

A well known English actor/comedian, who expanded into writing a somewhat unamusing book, once opined that Downton had an 'inferior script'. These glorious exchanges reveal Julian Fellowes' huge talent for penning repartee, not to mention showing that jealousy is endemic to the performance professions...

"I shall hold his hand on the radiator untill he does."

@rumbarumba1

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Missed the one where she told Tom and Matthew that they both had no say in what he wore to the wedding 😂😂😂

@bunnyslippers191

11 ай бұрын

Oh, yes, when it came to the wedding they were to do what the women told them to do and neither of them stood a chance of not following orders.

This was one of the best series I have ever watched. I rêver really appreciated her talent until I watched this series.

"Wars have been waged with less fervor" lmaoooooo

Her character is priceless and thanks to Julian Fellows to writing her such class phrases and one liners! ❤️

2:06 The funniest scene of the entire show, hands down.

@williamdeakyne2253

10 ай бұрын

Well how many Marquesses of Flintshire are there Is this an instrument of communication or torture😂😂 She is an absolute queen.

"I don't argue, I explain" is my favorite.

She is a legend. Enough said. ❤

Absolutely the best line "what is a weekend" legend

She deserves every award she can get

Oh ,im do sorry i thought you were a waiter 😆 Sheer brilliance

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

that had me in stitches!!

All credit to the writer James Fellows who created this amazing historical.

What about the first meeting between Isoble Crawley (Penelope Wilton) and and Lady Grantham (Maggie Smith): "What should we call each other" says Isobel; Lady Grantham's response is to die of laughter. The tone of the coming relationship is set... Great play!!

How I envy anyone who's watching DA for the first time. One of the best series of all time.

Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess is super but Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell is magnificent

@the8thchurch461

11 ай бұрын

No need to put down our dearest Dowager Countess lady Grantham. You can appreciate Diana Riggs without having to compare her.

@htodudenyc

11 ай бұрын

@@the8thchurch461 im not LOVE both

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

why do you say that? I remember her being in an episode or two, but I don't recall the scene/s. Tell us what spells out magnificent if you will.

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

@@htodudenyc equally? It didn't come across like that dear.

3:36 well well, Minerva and Dolores on the same table

Missing my personal favorite seeing as how I’ll be 70……the Dowager mourning, “I’ll never have another indecent proposal!” Bummer 😂

5:22 That "mmh, yes but you're better than nothing" always has me in stitches 🤣

I love all seasons of Downton abby and Both movies of downton abby

@mitch_the_-itch

Жыл бұрын

The last movie was a let down. Toms marriage seemed artificial and Marys husband was awol, lol. They should have written Mary to marry Charles Blake.

@bubblewrapstargirl

Жыл бұрын

Nah, there's no Downton without Matthew

Maggie Smith - No one else like her - the one and only!

The brilliant Maggie Smith and such a wonderful actress. Very quick and so sarky!! I love it ❤

Maggie Smith is my favorite , i love her attitude ! 😊

Outstanding! One of my favorite series! Everything about it screamed quality! 🥰

2:15 This is my Grandma trying to use her smartphone 😂

There is only one Maggie Smith and there she is: Dame Maggie Smith.

"Mary Mary, quite contrary"

Dame Maggie Smith is the reason I watched the show.

"Nobody is always friendly."

She made that series what it is . IMO. I absolutely love everything she does. I’m watching,”Tea With The Dames “ now. I wish my acting career would be like that. Then again I started late and they want younger people now

She is my favourite she's a wonderful actress please when is Downton back on our screen🌹

I couldn't continue after Matthew died so most of these are new to me. That "I'm tempted to ring for Nanny" to Robert one was hilarious 😂

@Opheim1986

Жыл бұрын

I recomend that you do. The 3 seasons and 2 movies you haven't seen is quite good, and season 4 starts with sorrow and grief but it does move on in a way that seems natural and not theatrical. But the ending is a bit to much all ends well for my taste.

@the8thchurch461

11 ай бұрын

​@@Opheim1986It ends as it should have. Remember that Downtown Abbey borrowed from Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen based the less beautiful but brainy Elizabeth on herself apparently. In Downtown, that is lady Edith. They both end up marrying way better than their beautiful older sisters.

@sylviacarlson3561

9 ай бұрын

Oh! you must. I know it was sad and I cried, but you'll miss out on so much if you don't continue my darling!

@patchdavis35

5 ай бұрын

All of you mourning Matthew should remember that the actor wanted out of the series, hence the quick died-in-a-car-accident ending for his character.

@AnnaMarieHamiltonWriter

3 ай бұрын

@@the8thchurch461 haha yes. Except the older sister in Pride and Prejudice, Jane Bennet, was the most sweet, gentle, and honest person ever and best friends with her younger sister Elizabeth ... NONE of which can honestly be said for Mary Crawley haha

I simply adore her!!

2:49 "In Essex? Isn't it terribly damp?"

I find it most telling that Penelope Wilton plays a starring role in this compilation, second only to Dame Smith herself.

“Oh I’m so sorry, I thought you were a waiter” will NEVER be beaten as her best moment 😂

@ElohimJehovahAdoniahLord

26 күн бұрын

By the power of the holy spirit in the name of Elohim Jehovah adoniah by the fire Lord Israel Equadour adoni pope john paul king david orion smith Johnny smith I baptize you with my holy Spirit and this boy is now my son his new name is Daniel Steven Orion smith I love you please find me soon I will live you. You are my son forever I will kiss and make love you my sweet angel boy come to papa I am going to call you Danny boy if my dreams you are the cutest I want you as my little teddy bear to cuddle with I want to love forever in a day of Danny boy u love thee I am rich with love not money but that's my fault I live in love and despise mine but my love for you will be forever u want you to kiss and hold and play with forever. I want your friendship and I want all of you good bad all of please be my god d son and give me your heart I love you to the point of tears

@halyketarrant

26 күн бұрын

@@ElohimJehovahAdoniahLord yeah do not batpize me please, I’m pagan

I loved the scene following the brunch with Ethel where Mrs Hughes tells Mr Carson that even the Dowager countess stayed at the table. 😂😂😂

Brilliant, well compiled.

Love love Maggie smith❤❤❤❤

Love Love Love Love Love Maggie Smith ❤️🤗❤️

There are two deaths I’m not looking forward to when they happen which will be devastating and that is sir David Attenborough and dame Maggie smith She’s such a powerhouse of an actress and a phenomenal person, her hp costars say that she’s this grand very supportive strong woman and during the filming of I think either the 6th or 7th film she was battling cancer but never let it beat her

Great show and she had such great parts. You forgot the best line. What’s a weekend !

@Anastashya

4 ай бұрын

Or “what’s a job” 😂

I love how she says it's easy to avoid acquaintences but hard to avoid "friends".

Another wonderful Video! Thumbs Up

She is just wonderful