We really believe that Violet Crawley has given us the best moments on Downton Abbey 😍Which is your favourite one? We'll choose the top rated comments and we will do a compilation for you! 🤩

@polljones8921

5 жыл бұрын

Some of her best moments are when she doesn't really speak, but just allows her eyes and body and facial expressions to do the work. That is what sets her acting apart. I'd love a compilation of all of her looks and grimaces and stares, (some of the various looks she gave Cora's mother were priceless). #maggiesmithisalegend #whatisaweekend

@nursejoco3242

5 жыл бұрын

It may be because I am American. But I love the interaction between she and Cora’s mother. In fact, anytime she references Americans is the absolute best.

@andreasoto5205

5 жыл бұрын

I love all her phrases but one that for me is the funniest is when she confusses Robert with a waiter 😅

@lizzyscorner

5 жыл бұрын

All are my favorites, as she reminds me so much of my late grandmother. Same facial expressions, hands and comments. It was an absolute joy seeing Maggie Smith portraying the dowager!

@m.layfette6249

5 жыл бұрын

"Vulgarity is no subsituite for Whit."

Isobel: I take that as a compliment. Dowager Countess: I must have said it wrong.

@CroneAnneke1962

4 жыл бұрын

Taylor Wiseman 🤣

@keelyclevenger

4 жыл бұрын

Haha the flower contest. I loved that the Dowager actually gave away the prize at the end. That was one of her softer moments.

@lemonlemon7272

2 жыл бұрын

Savage

The, "I'm sorry, I thought you were a waiter" line, makes me laugh every time. The delivery and timing is impeccable 😅

@g0nt411

8 ай бұрын

Yeah me too. I don't even remember why she needed a drink.

Only Maggie Smith could pull the dowager off so well.

@guessmyname6210

4 жыл бұрын

How right you are! She's perfection.

@rossen8384

3 жыл бұрын

Only yes 100%

@calebklingerman7902

3 жыл бұрын

The best character in the show by far

@jennifermccracken9842

2 жыл бұрын

Violet is absolutely my favorite character from Downton Abbey.

@mothmagic1

Жыл бұрын

I must heartily agree with you on that.

“In Essex? Isn’t it terribly damp?”

@AtlasBlizzard

3 жыл бұрын

I love that. She was not against the idea of a nudist colony, she was just worried it wasn't the most comfortable place to be nude. 😂

"Why does every day involve a fight with an American?" lol

@jackpowell8307

4 жыл бұрын

The question I ask myself everyday😂

@agatagarcia8065

4 жыл бұрын

A FIGHT with American people? NEVER!!!

@jbvader721

3 жыл бұрын

As an American: How dare- you're right.

@Izzybaggins

3 жыл бұрын

The story of the last 10 years of my life

@KTHR56

3 жыл бұрын

As an American I 100% agree with this. 😂😂

Her best moment was when she thought Isobel would leave to get married, and she told Mary she had become used to having a companion. One of the more emotional Dowager moments.

@sheilaburns8977

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was so sweet and poignant … the Dowager also said Isobel is her friend and she will miss her company.

@keelyclevenger

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I did love that. She was actually upset she was leaving.

@maryannlockwood7806

4 жыл бұрын

Downton 654 I still feel Isobel should’ve married Doctor clarkson. 🇬🇧

@heathermetz3974

2 жыл бұрын

I just watched that clip again and it was priceless!

I love the whole scene with the swivel chair. But when she says "I'm a good sailor", that always makes me laugh out loud.

@nicolarollinson4381

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 🤣

"What is a weekend?" Gets me every time! :D

@miriamhavard7621

5 жыл бұрын

She looked absolutely mystified. She may have just as well asked, "what IS a spaceship?"

@keelyclevenger

4 жыл бұрын

Makes me laugh even reading it!

@Samson-vd8ec

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t get it. 😂😂😂

@andresperezroldan703

4 жыл бұрын

@@Samson-vd8ec Those people lived effortless lives. Every day was just a laid-back day. That's why they didn't see distinction between, say, a Tuesday and a Sunday.

@Kathy12Ray

3 жыл бұрын

@@Samson-vd8ec the working class was being entrenched, amd it is workers who needed a weekend to relax. The landed gentry and aristocrats knew no such thing, unless they were running factories and such like

- How you hate being wrong. -I wouldn't know, I am not familar with the sensation. Probably going to use it in a conversation.

@keelyclevenger

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I have been waiting too... although it would never come out as great as when Maggie said it!

@IgnisPyro

4 жыл бұрын

I would as well but sadfully the situation in which i'm wrong enough to say hasn't come yet

@user-mv9tt4st9k

4 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite, too. LOL.

@katerinadicamella

3 жыл бұрын

I must adopt this use on anyone ever trying to sarcastic my egos~🤭

@fanni24

3 жыл бұрын

One of many favourite lines from her!

How can we forget that epic dialogue she made to Mathew about the broken vase after his fight with Carlisle "It was a wedding present from a frightful aunt. I have hated it for half a century" 🙂

"I was right about my maid. She's leaving... to get married. How can she be so selfish?!"

@jayt9608

2 жыл бұрын

You can hear the slight tongue-in-cheek humor in her voice as she says it. And you know that Lady Cora is playing along with the jest by leaning in and widening her eyes before speaking. Lady Violet will miss her maid, and is not looking forward to hiring another, but she will cover these emotions with light-hearted slightly exagerated sarcastic humor.

Who else is dying to see Maggie Smith's interview like me? Thumbs up if you do👍🏻👍🏻

“No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else’s house, especially someone they did even know” That’s my favourite one lol A real English gentleman must only die in the appropriate time and place lol

@keelyclevenger

4 жыл бұрын

@Diana Chino yes I was wondering if that is what she was referring to or just being funny.

@phalynwilliams4119

3 жыл бұрын

@D C , Thanks for explaining.

@ashleytrout7452

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the expectations they had for themselves

@koppsr

Жыл бұрын

And only AFTER having gotten aquatinted with the owners of said place. 🧐 😉

"When I'm with her, I am reminded with the virtues of the English." "But, isn't she American?" "Exactly."

@fni9948

4 жыл бұрын

Shade!

@Naegahaenaelkkoya

4 жыл бұрын

Savage👏🏻🔥

@jackpowell8307

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going to use that whenever I’m talking about my American friend😂

@downtoncatbey8596

4 жыл бұрын

😹😹😹😹😹 Sick burn! 🔥

@leukemia6175

2 жыл бұрын

I dont understand? Can someone please explain? :")

*looollll that swivel chair had me lmao!*

@fancybrooks3156

5 жыл бұрын

Me. too! Now that was a piece of acting right there! I first thought she was having some sort of attack! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@guessmyname6210

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that cracked me up!

“How you hate to be wrong.” “Oh I shouldn’t know. I’m not familiar with the sensation.” I’ve used this line myself a few times, and to some degree it always succeeds in shutting people up.😂😂😂😂

She is by far my favorite character and no one could have played the Dowager better than Maggie Smith!

How can you not love Violet. She made the show what it was along with everyone else. She always has the perfect timing, response, facial expression, and tone to make the moment as funny as possible. Downton wouldn't have been Downton without her!💕

The only reaction to a nudist colony in Essex being "Isn't it damp?" is just awesome.

Personally, my favorite moment was when she said she had hated that broken vase after Matthew's fight and when she broke down after her granddaughter's passing. It shows how humane she is and it was so heartfelt.

HOWWWW did this cast not bust out laughing at these line deliveries?? BRILLIANT every time!!

"I wouldn't know. I'm not familiar with the sensation [of being wrong]." Epic.

@sampuatisamuel9785

3 жыл бұрын

Epic, indeed

@Val-hr4op

2 жыл бұрын

Love this one.

“Edith you’re a lady not Toad of Toad Hall” 😂😂😂😂😂

@garyjones2561

3 жыл бұрын

A toad? Trevor!

@jenniferhiemstra5228

2 жыл бұрын

What’s sad is that most non Brits/English would not get this supremely excellent joke!

@BIGBLOCK5022006

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 Wind In The Willows.

“What is a weekend?” hands down!

@chrishoo2

4 жыл бұрын

Glamp63 “Weak end!”

OMG she’s the best character in DA, can’t wait for the movieeeeeeeee

Each and every single moment the Dowager was on screen was her best. Combined, it all was an exceptional piece of art, a communion between a great actor and fabulous writing. I don’t often laugh out loud at TV (probably because I so rarely watch it), but Maggie Smith and Violet Crawley had the best standup act going. Thank you for sharing this!👏🏻🎁

Ahhh, Maggi Smith can play anything, but she was born for this one, although she won't agree with that. I bet she can play these sort of roles in her sleep. And yes, "What is a weekend,"is priceless. But then again: Maggi Smith can look at a phonebook, than say: "Hmmmm, I can do something with that," and win an Oscar for it the next year. She's that good.

3:30 "Of course she is! She's just not entitled to win it!" Well...she's not wrong at that! XD No one is entitled to win an arguement in a talk XD But the way that she was so upset in this clip is amazing! What an actress!

Maggie Smith is probably my favorite character of the show but her counterpart Penelope Wilton was so complimenting to her, their comebacks were hilarious, Penelope was really funny too.

The zingers are one thing, but that flummox at the end with her knife and fork completely take her performance to another level. Hrmph!

@Nat0528

3 жыл бұрын

I’m at work literally screaming 🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 that took me out! I’m weakkkkkkkk😂

@4knewt505

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nat0528 so your reply came in while I'm at work so I had to rewatch it again and now I have laughing tears at my desk! I think it's time to binge the series again!

@Nat0528

3 жыл бұрын

@@4knewt505 girl I’m now watching season 4 and I simply cannot get enough of her! Lmaooooooooo that seething bristle with knife and fork has me in stitches 🤣

Only Maggie Smith can deliver these lines so perfectly

Can’t we just have a whole series on her adventures? Lady M. Smith is so amazing

@cambrie7946

Жыл бұрын

That would be Dame Maggie Smith

@Plethorality

10 ай бұрын

​@@cambrie7946thank you.

Isobel: There's no need to change, it'll only be us. The Dowager: And who are we to merit any courtesy?

“Wha-what is a weekend?” The best line ever

@user-xl5hk3te9s

9 ай бұрын

That line has become my motto for retirement. 🤭

Maggie Smith is pure gold

@m.layfette6249

3 жыл бұрын

Gold. Silver. Bronze. Platinum and Diamond 💎.

Dame Maggie Smith performed so wonderfully as the Dowager Countess, I cannot imagine anyone else in this role! She was perfect, from the first to the last minute of the show!

Maggie Smith is a talented artist of the highest calibre. Her portrayal of the Dowager couldn't have been done better. I found myself watching the series mainly to see her character. Subtle intelligent comedy at it's best.

I love Violet so much. How they didn’t laugh when she said some of her lines I do not know! Maggie is definitely the icing on the cake for Downton. “I never argue, I explain” “my your halo must be getting heavy that it will have to be warn like a crown” 😂

My favorite line is when she comes for Lord Merton's future daughter in law..."you're a cool, little mess, aren't you?" That was a BURN!

Recently, during an interview, Dame Maggie said she has never watched Downton Abbey or anything else she's starred in. Such a shame. Very modest lady and a wonderful actress!

@thekingsdaughter4233

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to imagine that there might be room for improvement with her, but I often read from actors who _do_ watch their own movies that they keep thinking, "Oh, I could have done _this_ better, and that, what was I thinking, and why didn't I..." - you know, their own worst critics. Doesn't sound like my idea of a nice relaxing night... :-(

@rossen8384

3 жыл бұрын

I think she's almost embarrassed by the level of attention she got with DA.

"What is a weekend?" is one of my favourites 😂

@raraavis7782

5 жыл бұрын

Joanne Denney I must have seen that scene a dozen times by now and still makes me burst out in laughter 😂

@deirdresamuelsen3692

4 жыл бұрын

Rara Avis j

In my day, a lady was incapable of feeling physical attraction until she'd been instructed to do so by her Mama..!!!

4 minutes 4 seconds of solid gold!!!!

They should make a spinoff about Violet’s time at Downton and explain the whole Russian prince story.

@antonioescob6041

5 жыл бұрын

downton abbey prequel?

@raraavis7782

5 жыл бұрын

stephen Oh, but who would play the young Violet??

@stephen.

5 жыл бұрын

Rara Avis anyone they cast that could fill the role if there ever was a prequel.

@4knewt505

4 жыл бұрын

That would be lovely

@yooringonghan

4 жыл бұрын

Russian prince? But I thought the British (then) hate the Russians for being autocratic & their treatment of the Jews? so far the only one they were indifferent to was Dagmar of Denmark (Alexandra's sister a.k.a. Maria Feodorvna wife of Alexander III)

That scene at the dinner table was so funny! She was so angry she couldn’t even eat! Maggie Smith is an excellent Countess! She had almost all the best lines! Isobel can hold her own too! They are just so funny together!

Lady Violet to Robert when he wore wrong clothes for dinner: Oh Do you think I might have a drink? Oh I'm so sorry....I thought you were a waiter. 😄

I’m from the US and absolutely in love with the attitude of grandma snarky!

@pepsiq11965

3 жыл бұрын

@Soham Sharma EXACTLY

@pollyanne234

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that comment a bit snarky?

@Dam_Big_Dawg

3 жыл бұрын

@@pollyanne234 the irony of it all...

I don’t know how but that flail in the swivel chair is bloody brilliant. I don’t know how you can act nearly falling off a chair and catch herself 😱😱😱

2:26 "Why does every day involve a fight with an American?" That's it. I'm done.

My favorite character of the show ❤️

I love this woman with all my heart. She made season 1-6 so much more for me.

"when you talk like that im tempted to ring for nanny and put you to bed with no supper!!"....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What can I say but, I love her she’s so very witty, classy and blunt all at the same time. Need I say more? Enough said!

Love her!! Love the side eye and the facial expressions. Also love Ms. Patmore..

I've loved every performance of Maggie Smith's since Sister Act.

Mary: “Granny what do you think?” Granny: “Ohhh..it is you. I thought it was a boy wearing your clothes” Mary: 😧😧😧 Granny serving piping hot tea! ☕️☕️☕️🤣🤣🤣 and I just love how Mary can never outwit her! She always look so stumped when granny is being granny! 😂😂😂

@miriamhavard7621

5 жыл бұрын

😊

@arbebitbit9854

4 жыл бұрын

And Mary's face is skskskskks

@jehannethompson1432

3 жыл бұрын

Arbe Bitbit lol.

@sampuatisamuel9785

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

The Dowager sitting in the swivel chair … and Matthew's face. So funny.

When Dowager Countess of Grantham does a put down, I say “The shade of it all!”.

I just finished binge watching all seasons of Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime Videos. Now I understand what all the talk was about this series. Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham are my favorite character. As we Americans would say, she's a riot. She has etiquette and decorum and she is a very funny old lady with a sense of human. I love myself some Violet aka Dame Maggie Smith.

@christines5430

3 жыл бұрын

I just finished doing the same! Three days of binge watching and now on KZread going through the clips😁

@Vibe69909

2 жыл бұрын

I just finished watching the series on Netflix. Loved it. Violet Crawley was by far my favorite character! I’m watching the DA Movie now on Apple TV. Had no idea there was a movie. 😊

I love freakin love her she made me laugh the most.

I wish you would show her dramatic side in this video. I always remember the scene when Violet came to Downton after Sybil's death.

@francesnorred944

5 жыл бұрын

THAT was the Very, VERY B-E-S-T of A-L-L....

@keelyclevenger

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that makes me want to cry. So interesting howvyhe characters were like people we know and love. How a shoe can do that to you is amazing on their end. She was perfect in that and every scene. I still miss sweet Sybil!

@sampuatisamuel9785

3 жыл бұрын

All of her scenes were brilliant

I know I am late, but when she counsels Daisy about how she felt about William, so very emotional and it shows the Dowager in all of her wisdom.

0:50 lmao that is my all time favorite. What a savage. But they forgot about when she was talking to Isobel about how she always finds room for improvement wherever she goes and Isobel said she took that as a compliment, so the Dowager said “ha, must have said it wrong”

This is pure gold

Edith: I want to drive Dowager Countess: *:0*

@yooringonghan

4 жыл бұрын

yOu'Re A lAdY nOt ToAd Of ToAd HaLl!!!

The "What is a weekend?" one really got me.

I loved her reading Spratt's agony aunt column. Her laughter was infectious.

"Edith! You are a lady, not Toad of Toad Hall!" I just love that line, it tickles me!

"why is everyday a fight with an American?" LOL 😂

As only the inimitable Dame Maggie Smith could. The Dowager Countess is a one of a kind Old World Victorian battle axe if ever there was one. Lady Grantham doesn’t throw shade - she heaves it with a bloody trebuchet. Every time she appears, I know things are about to get good, haha.

Maggie Smith can put people down with just a look. She is that legendary.

Anytime Maggie Smith opens her mouth it is noteworthy. But for me, Violet Crawley's comment that set the tone for the first season of Downton Abbey was ""What is a weekend?" -at the dinner table when Matthew is talking about his freetime on the weekend.

LEGEND, LEGEND, LEGEND!

Perfectly done!

The granny is what made me fall in love with the show she's simply marvelous🥰🥰🥰😏

There was one where she tells Robert " it is times like this when I want to call your nanny and tell her to put you to your bed" or something like this and I can't forget her expression

Best moments has to be Violet vs Isobel! They have the best relationship! 😂

Great show.thank you.

By far my favourite character!

It’s near impossible to imagine anyone but Maggie Smith as Dowager Countess.

I find it impossible to chose a favourite moment of her performances because she is so persistently brilliant.

I am so glad a video like this exists! She’s hilarious 😂

In our family we had my husband’s (grandmother) Mama R from the North, Yorkshire, a descendant of an extinct Earldom with a pedigree 1000 yrs old dating back to a general in William the Conqueror’s army. Her comments were quite extraordinary. She was raised in Victorian England. She said she and her two siblings lived in the crèche upstairs. Beeple was the nanny who cared for them. They saw their parents on Sundays for one hour. Her mother died and it wasn’t know to her for 3 days. She said, in haughty aristocratic tones, “I knew something must have happened when I looked out of my bedroom window and saw the black hearse with 6 black horses pull up.” So I became well acquainted with her and loved her so much. She hated the name Violet, which was her given name. But she adored her children, grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. They could never put a foot wrong in her estimation. But woe onto anyone with poor manners or lack of accomplishment. She once told me my “face had nice features.” An high compliment indeed. I wish I had more time to know her. Everything she did share stays with me. It makes me stronger.

All her moments were her finest moments.

This part was made for her, she slayed it!!!

What a great compilation lol. Quenches my thirst for sass and pettiness

“Of course she is, She’s just not entitled to win it!”😂🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

I heard she doesn’t even watch the show after it’s made. She’s never seen one episode! She said that she would be too critical of herself and think of all the ways she could have done better. So she just doesn’t ever watch any of her work. That’s so hard to imagine. Working so hard on a whole season and never watching the finished product, especially when she’s a freaking pro! Every scene is perfection! She’s so good at playing Violet Crawley, and every role she’s ever played for that matter! My favorite Maggie movie is definitely Peter Pan though. That movie will live in my heart forever❤️❤️❤️

The Edwardian Golden Girl.

@Xerxes2005

5 жыл бұрын

Well, considering her age, she's the Victorian Golden Girl...

@yooringonghan

4 жыл бұрын

but Bertie reigned in 1901...?

@saladspinner3200

3 жыл бұрын

@@yooringonghan yes but by then Violet was already beyond what we call "Middle Aged" today.

@pepsiq11965

3 жыл бұрын

@@saladspinner3200 So is Sofia and she's considered a "Golden Girl"

@saladspinner3200

3 жыл бұрын

@@pepsiq11965 who's Sofia?

The writing was exquisite on this Series!

Dear Maggie, a national treasure if ever there was one

I swear, no one else could have played her better.💗💗💗

The Dowager Countess is absolutely superb!

Oh Maggie Smith your role as the Dowager Countess in Downton is hands down the best role I have ever seen. Only you could pull of such elegant put downs that leave everyone speechless.

Dame Smith is a true national treasure

Every word written for the Dowager is delivered so expertly by Maggie Smith...it is my one of my favorite things about DA. When she’s in a scene, I practically rub my hands together and say, “Ohhhh GOODY!!!” 🥰

“What is a week end?” Gets me every time! 😂

What a delightful character.

Can't wait to see the movie!!!