Maggie Smith's BEST quotes as The Dowager Countess | SEASON 3 | Downton Abbey
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2019
- Dowager Countess, played by the incredible Maggie Smith, has never met a nut she couldn't crack. Thanks to the irrepressible presence of Lady Violet Crawley, it packs an arsenal of zingers, one-liners and bon mots brutal enough to makes us hard to come with the definitive list of her best line from Downton Abbey Season 3. But like the Dowager Countess herself, we never shirk from a challenge.
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Check the previous compilation of Dowager Countess of Grantham: "The Star Of Downton Abbey" - SEASON 1 & 2: bit.ly/2lWD9Kx
I loved the film it's amazing
@@masonkeegans3356, I've been looking forward to seeing the movie for months. Unfortunately, I couldn't make the opening weekend, but I will be going Saturday. Very excited!
Downton Abbey just to help you out her name address is Violet, Lady Grantham OR The Dowager Countess of Grantham ...... not Lady Violet ....;that would make her one the earls daughters ...Not Lady Grantham either as that is her daughter in law who took that title over
Naked sportsmen wanking
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She’s a major reason why this show is such a success
Totally.
Ikr..shes the only reason why I started watching it
Here here! A profound truth. Without the Dowager, Lady Grantham, the excitement would be thin as wafer. One cannot get enough of her wit, sarcasm, and subtle insults. Profundity overload!
🤣🤣🤣
@@nadiyashirin462 see her in Travels with My Aunt. Brilliant. There will never be another.
My favorite one has to be "Oh, so sorry, i thought you were a waiter " 😂😂😂
Andrea LP mine too! 🤣
i laughed sooo hard at that!
Andrea LP how about “what is a weekend?”🇬🇧
@@maryannlockwood7806 that one is definitely epic too
if i remember right it was because he was wearing a new "modern" jacket instead of the traditional diner jacket
“How you loathe to be wrong.”
“I wouldn’t know, I’m not familiar with the sensation.”
No doubt the best ome
I love the relationship between the Dowager and Mrs Crawley.
I could easily fire this two barrelled quote into some people I know. Oh look, one's created another quote.
Gotta be my favorite for sure!!
they are too funny together. "Does it ever get cold on the moral high ground?"
“Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.”
Civil vulgarity is no substitute for wit
@@markkamau2339 Not "civil", "Sybil"
Best line ever!!!
“ you started it “
i love the cheek from sybil - "well, you started it" 😂😂 i miss her 💔
My favourite quote; "Edith Dear you're a woman with a brain and reasonable abilities, stop whining and find something to do"
"What about gardening?"
"You can't be that desperate."
She sounded like my grandmother.
I wish all parents give their kids this kind of verbal spanking when they’re being all whiny
@@KoiYakultGreenTea Edith was getting on that woman's nerves 😂. She thought she was doing her grand ma ma a favor by soliciting her in her old age. . . Little did she realize;
The ultimate feminist quote.
"When I'm with her I'm always reminded of the virtues of the English."' But isn't she American? "Exactly." Maggi Smith at her very best. And that's as good as it gets……!
Michael Newell why? Googled and it just takes you to a Wikipedia page about the Kennedy Centre Honours - so?
Could this also apply to Duchess Meghan?
@@johnc2438 o no.....in dowton abbey they have style. That doesn't apply to Meghan unfortunably…..
@@normadesmond6017 idiot
i laughed so hard on this one
It's the way Maggie delivers her lines, with attention to emphasis on words and movements of the eyes and body. She's one of a kind!
Maggie is unparalleled ❤ .. she is why I watch it 😂
Yes! Intonation on point!
I like her quip about the French.
“I’m going away in order to force myself to want to come home. A month among the French should do it.”
*Even better than the wonderful jabs were her facial expressions after delivering a one two punch! Priceless!*
We spent 22yrs among the french...we came home😂
@@janiegreen5200 What a relief for the French!
One line delivered, sums up 1000 years of our relationship with the French.
@@cartmann227
I love France.
The French I don't like much !
As much as I love her lines, her facial expressions are priceless
She makes me laugh every episode! 😄
Priceless
"I'm not being ridiculous. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house - especially somebody they didn't even know." 😂
Yes!! My favorite quote. Great introduction to the character!
I’ve always liked how the Dowager Countess, the traditionalist, seemed to accept Tom with such ease it puts her son to shame. As a result Tom and Violet had a good and strong friendship as we see in later seasons.
Perfect manners taught to her from her childhood
But she kept calling him Branson instead of Tom, and referring to him as "the chauffeur" for a long time.
@@Varenka2012 Honey that was not 2021. People of upper class/nobleites had a hard time accepting working class in them
I loved how she had a soft spot for Mosley and William. Showed a different side of her.
@@atxadri She is basically the matriarch of the village, in a way she probably knew Mosley's father and maybe William's grandfather since they were young
Love when she sits in a swivel chair for the 1st time and says "my god must everything be a fight with an american"
Hello Dana,
How are you doing ?
and then when Matthew offers her another chair, she says, "oh no, I'm a good sailor!"
@@mgbryansullivan4378 calm down little fella. Ur not gonna meet women through RUclips comments
That's mine too.
That was so unexpected. I didn't know what happened for a second there. It was fantastic.
My favorite is when Carlisle tells the Countess she won't see him anymore, and she responds, "Do you promise?" 😂
“Don’t be ridiculous! I have a great many friends whom I dislike intensely!”
“If I fell out with everyone who spoke ill of me, my address book would be completely empty!“
What a gal!
so the first quote is related to
"I have plenty of friends I don't like."
Pray forgive me. It was from memory 🧐
Johnny 666 Sorry of my life!!!! lpl
The hilarity of this women😂😂😂
@@Johnny-sj9sj your version was better - I can hear the Dowager Countess saying it 😂😂
Dame Maggie smith is an international treasure
Casey...you should see her in "The Heiress". I accidentally found it and she is just as marvellous in that.
On multiple continents.
National son its national
@@marinazagrai1623 Oh I so need more of her thanks
"What's a "week end"?
Hands down, her best line, I don't care WHAT season you're talking about.
I’ve seen DA shirts with that on it
I used to laugh at it but now I am working as an emergency nurse I understand it 🥲
My favorite line!!
🤣🤣🤣 every line from the Dowager Countess is pure gold.
@@houseofvanity8 Thank you for your service.
The second hand embarrassment the poor Dowager goes through during that singing scene! Hahahaha!
Was she trolling the Dowager?
Why would anyone be embarrasses of that performance? It's very "American" tbh
The look on her face is priceless. 😂😂😂😂
O, Maggi the Magnificent. She doesn't say a word and she plays everyone off the screen and makes you scream with laughter!
Duh. The American loves to dig her talons into the Dowager and troll her like the best of them. Worst part, the Dowager has to take it without complaint. Like the old saying goes, "She who has the gold makes the rules." ;)
Few actors/actresses can manage to so successfully steal a scene with a mere five words and a single facial expression. Maggie Smith delivers every time.
Indeed. Both Dame Maggi and Dame Judi Dench. Dame Dench won an academy award for 8 mins on screen as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare In Love.
@@yj5359 Dame Judi, not Dame Dench!
"When tragedies strike, we try to find somebody to blame. And in the absence of a suitable candidate, we usually blame ourselves. "
So true... @6min 20sec
It was absolutely his fault
So true. 💔
I never laughed as hard at this show as when she mistook Lord Grantham for a waiter because he was wearing black tie. That scene just murders me every time I see it.
I’ve seen that episode multiple times and I still laugh out loud when she says that. Priceless!
It’s both of their faces. Just absolutely appalled for different reasons lol
Saaaame
“No Smithers did it. Like all Lady’s maids she lives for intrigue”. Don’t know why but that line always makes me chuckle 😂🤷🏼♂️
The Toffs really had no idea of how the ' commoners ' lived their lives did they !!!!!
Well, the other best known Lady’s Maid then was O’Brien- and she certainly lived for intrigue!
@@alexanderjones9572 I think Julian Fellows based O'Brien on the lady's maid of one of his elderly relatives--sounded like she could provide material for any number of lady's maids!
my favorite lady's maid was Denker. She was such a pot stirrer.
A national treasure and very special to us Brits, I adore her sarcastic, quick wit and her facial expressions. A truly gifted lady who thoroughly deserves her title "dame" ❤
"You;'re entitled to argue with me, you're just not entitled to win", I think she said to Mary is another season, the best line from her!
Scott FoxL here it goes my favorite:
- lady Crawley: “you only say this to look smart”
- Dowager: “you should try too”
Touché
@@vivianedepaula693 My dear mother turned me onto Downton Abbey in I think the 3rd season. The Dowager was her favorite also, but sadly, she passed away 3 years ago and missed the movie.
Scott FoxL my heart goes out to you and your family.🙏🏾. God bless you
@@scottfoxl7431 💕💕 She'll have seen it and love it, and what a lovely thing to enjoy in her memory and honour - Maggie Smith would be honoured I'm sure xxxx
@@scottfoxl7431 I'm sorry for your loss 😔
My favorite: "Don't be mysterious. It's the last resort of people with no secrets."
Lol 😂 What episode is that from
@@jettahammond2916 I'm not sure, but I think she said it to Robert.
Hahahahahah yes one of my favourites too
Omg this one is to remember
That's from Oscar Wilde, actually. From one of his plays...
The most sincere part is when the Dowager speaks about the death of Sybil. My heart broke when Sybil died. And that was a big tragedy. Yet, the Dowager handled it very well.
Hello Terzel,
How are you doing ?
Sybil’s death was awful but Matthew I found it hard to continue to watch. But I did.
Sybil’s death was awful but it showed Lady Violet Grantham range. She was great for wit and for comfort.
Indeed.
Agree with all of you. And Mathew's death was extremely hard to watch and accept. I really struggled with that one.
Maggie Smith is one of the Best actresses that ever lived. A real classy Lady . England is lucky to call her as one of their own.
She was both a trouble maker and a peace maker.
What a gem !!! 💎
The "I thought you were a waiter" line was delivered so well. 😂
Maggie Smith was born for this part! She is BRILLIANT 🎉
Her comedic relief was everything in this series
'Are you...are you really that tall?'
'Yes, m'lady.'
'I thought you might have been walking on stilts.'
😂😂😂
😅😅😅😅
“Sir Richard Carlisle: Goodbye Lady Grantham, I’m leaving tomorrow & I’m sure we won’t see each other again……..
Lady Grantham: Do you promise???”
😂😂😂😂😂
I laughed so hard at that 😭😂😂
I truly died when she dropped this on him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s my favourite too 😂😂😂
Mine too! I laughed hysterically!
"You've been reading those communist newspapers again!"
Perfect delivery.
Dowager ( to Cora) “I’m so looking forward to seeing your mother again. When I’m with her, I’m reminded of the virtues of the English.”
Matthew “Isn’t she American?”
Dowager “Exactly.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What does this mean conquest?
Lol
"I'm leaving in the morning, Lady Grantham. I doubt we'll meet again."
"Do you promise?"
Hands down her best line, I'm disappointed it's not shown here.
JACK CHURCH I will second that 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Jonathan Fairbank I'm actually Italian, forgive me if my English is not that good
And with that hostess impoliteness to her grandchildren's other grandmother, Violet failed to be a true lady.
Lol i loved that one 🤣😂🤣🤣😂
I think it wasn't in this compilation because that's in a later series (series 4? 5?) and this was only the best moments from series 3.
"Have you changed your pills?" greatest line ever .........
I also like that line, said to The Dowager by Isobel Crawley at the Dinning Table
It would be easy to think that a younger character would steal people’s heart. But it was a savage matriarch that say the most amazing lines.
Maggie Smith can portray grace, humor, and confidence like no other.
She's a brilliant actress, she's never had a bad part in anything.
Because her professionalism pulls it off so well!
Yes absolutely!!
I feel like Maggie Smith has been an old lady for the past 30-40 years
It's better than the alternative
I think, that is probably because she has been…
She looked older in Hook than in Downton Abbey
@@LucyLovettLestrange funny you should say that because i just watched hook and thought the same thing
"Tricked? I'm not a conjurer." Gets me every time lmao
("but in a past life I did teach Transfiguration at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry" lol)
Different character I know, but... it reminds me of Mrs. Patmore when Carson catches her helping Ethel. "Do i look like a frolicker?!"
I have enjoyed watching Maggie Smith in " Downton Abbey. She is a true joy to watch.
She had me in stitches at every turn. My favorite character by a country mile.
“Oh, So sorry,
I thought you were a waiter.”
Really makes me chuckle😂🤣.
"I'm so sorry I thought you were a waiter" 😂😂😂
Haha my favorite line!!
A variant of the traditional, Jacobean fwd joke, "I [mis]took you for a joint stool."
I almost fell off the sofa at that one !
@@gusbeau1 Then do not assay to beseat yourself upon, duel against that "other American invention," the newfangled swivel chair.
JudgeJulieLit say again, please.
One of my favorite lines from the Dowager was when she was telling Cora how her maid was leaving her service in order to marry and then she quipped she couldn't believe how selfish her maid was. Maggie Smith is priceless in this role.
Maggie Smith is and forever will be a legend, she played Violet Crawley to perfection
"Well, you started It!" Loved It! The Dowager's startled expression was priceless.
But she was not being vulgar like Sybil. Sybil didn't seem to belong or to have been brought up in the family. Also her husky voice didn't fit .
She is an amazing actress. One of a kind.
I have revered Maggie Smith ever since I saw her in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie back in the 1970s. In my opinion Downton Abbey is the crowning of her long career. Her lines are the most witty, the most profound. Who ever wrote them must love/appreciate her very much!
Wow I love the way you put this.
Julian Fellowes wrote them. He was using her character to show how out of touch the aristocracy was after WW I, as Violet was most set in her ways. That type of life became no longer sustainable, as young people went to the cities to find employment instead of work in the big house on the estate. It really must have been fantastic if you were the wealthy back then, but now most of the heirs to these titles merchandise their large homes to fund them, allowing people to tour their homes, hosting weddings they charge for etc. It was so romantic, but not very democratic.
I wouldn't be surprised if she was the one who changed her lives to make them so memorable.
My husband only watched it with me because of Maggie Smith's one liners, they were golden nuggets.
Fantastic actress...
It's the utterances, interjections, gasps, gestures, expulsions, head tilting and tossing, and affectations that get me much more than the words! She is a Britain's treasure indeed.
😂 I love the scene when she’s singing to her and she’s barely holding on to her dignity for the sake of Downton.. Priceless! 😂
For me still the best quote from the formidable Dowager is when meeting Mathew's( the new Heir) mother for the first time. Isabel (Mrs Crawley ) asks innocently, " What should we call each other ?".The Dowager's icy reply, " Well we could always start with Mrs. Crawley and Lady Grantham..!" Touche'.. Can't have these upstarts from the "Middle Classes become too familiar..!!LOL
Every scene with the Dowager Countess is her best scene.
She steals every scene. She fills the screen. Dame Maggie Smith was born to play that part.
"Because I want to have the pleasure of saying I told you so" killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hello pritty,
How are you doing ?
"It seems a pity to miss such a good pudding." One of my favorites!
The Dowager was given so many of the best lines, and Maggie Smith delivered them with perfection!
I cannot conjure any actress across the globe who could fill and conquer the role of The Dowager Countess of Grantham more perfectly than Dame Maggie Smith.
Nice to see she's enjoying her retirement after all those years at Hogwarts 😂😂
Seriously though what an amazing actress 🙌🏻
So many wonderful moments. One I really love is when Moseley gets drunk and dances flamboyantly.
he's such a happy drunk
Maggie is and always will be one of the best from the old school of acting.Brilliant and long may she be with us to give more of her excellent deliveries.🏴🙏👍
Maggie had the best lines in the series, everyone a gem.
She's unmatched and a profound profound actress. A legend and superior actress.
I can spend days binge watching this series..... I've done so several times. I know the dialogue to most of it by heart.
What about “what is a weekend?”
It was one of those modern words (1878) that had not quite filtered up to Lady Grantham.
I ask myself that every Thursday night as I set my alarm for 5am to get up for work lol
Check the previous compilation of Dowager Countess of Grantham! This is a compilation of Downton Abbey Season 3.
A weekend was unknown to those who listed their occupation, when bureaucracy first required this new classification, as Gentleman; meaning he needn't be commercially or industrially employed because, as a landowner, he received rent from tenant farmers. It certainly was a different era.
@@lotstolearn5350 And yet in business, gentry and aristocracy had to interact with nonlanded labor and suppliers. Albeit JudeoChristianity had always had the Genesis-mandated weekly one Sabbath "day of rest"--for Christians Sunday, and Jews Saturday--the "weekend" likely originated with a need to allow for each. And/or the more modern 20th century evolution of a more humane five-day work week.
Let us that a moment to appreciate the fact that we could watch Dame Maggie Smith and Shirley MacLaine acting brilliantly together! They are the definition of legends!
"Are you going to the house to welcome the Queen of Sheeba? "...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"I'm studying my lady. A working woman must have a skill."
"But you seem to have so many."
Jeeeeeesus you just have to pause the video to appreciate the beauty of such a burn.
I didn't get the burn there...Can anyone enlighten me?
@@elixir662 straight up sarcasm. She's implying the girl isn't skilled at all.
I think that line was a bit harsh to Ethel.
@@Quadraxis nooo she referencing Ethel's former work as a prostitute! It's an even deeper burn 😬🤭
@@shey2444 In real life it would have been awful.
She was my favorite character. And get sparring with Matthew's mother was hilarious. Loved this series. 🤩
Hello Barbara, how are you doing today?
this doesn't cover my favorites:
"my dear, love is far more dangerous motive than dislike."
"principles are like prayers, noble of course, but awkward at a party!"
sybil: "why granny, you are a romantic" / the dowager: "I've been called so many things but never that."
"why does every day involve a fight with an american?"
oh also:
"what is a weekend?"
she rocks!
teawithme this video is not about the all series, it’s a Season 3 compilation! They said it in the description 😊 There is another one with Season 1 & 2 too where you can find “What is a weekend?” ☺️
Laura Cano ahhh yes, should have read more thoroughly. I guess I’m always too excited whenever I see Dame Maggie.
The Queen of put downs, Maggie Smith's comedy timing is impeccable! She absolutely makes this show and to kill her off will kill off the show 😂❤️
My favourite line of hers is the part right after Matthew and that nasty Richard Carlisle guy are fighting and Lord Grantham tells her "Sir Richard will be leaving us in the morning" and then Sir Richard tells her he's going and he doubts they'll meet again....when she looks at him and says "Do you promise?".😂. Class! Lol! And then when Matthew apologizes for breaking the vase and she says "Oh don't be, it was a present from a frightful aunt, I have hated it for half a century" 🤣😂
Maggie Smith as the dowager is genuinely one of the best characters ever created. She's just brilliant!❤
A modern day masterpiece.Every actor so perfectly suited to the roles they play..The artform at its finest.i so miss this series
How on earth could you miss:
“What, what is a weekend?”
OR
“Ohh that’s an easy caveat to accept, because I’m never wrong”
To be fair, the concept of 'weekend' was a new thing back then. And her being one of the elite provably wouldn't have heard of it.
You wouldn't think twice about her age because her the roles she plays and the line delivery makes her appear younger. She is so talented and will be a treasure to be missed when she passes.
Her scenes with Isobel are always good. Reminds me of Lucy and Ethel taking jabs at each other but still besties.
Carson steals that scene in the end.
I've never seen this show but will watch now because of Maggie Smith.
She is such a wonderful actress.
Be warned , the show is addictive.
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
I Love her so much! The way that she and Isobel played off of each other, ABSOLUTE THE BEST!!!
10 minutes of pure savagery on Death, Marriage, Women, Etiquette, Virtues and a Bonus on how to trick others.
'If there's one thing I'm quite indifferent to, it's Sir Philip Tapsall's feelings.' Oh, if only they'd all taken her attitude then!
Maggie Smith is my FAVORITE actor, period! What a treasure.
I just can't find the words to express my happiness watching these scenes. I had the funniest time of my life, I love Dame Maggie Smith so much!
"I'm a woman of many powers!". Anyone else heard this line and suddenly thought of professor. McGonagall.
Same actor, maybe thats why I love her so much 😂
"Tonight or tomorrow?" * sips tea innocently * I love Sybil. Clearly she inherited the sass from her grandmother.
Sybil is the best daughter....
My former boyfriend introduced me to MASTERPIECE THEATRE in the 80's. We watched ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL.
I would hv watched DOWNTON ABBEY AND POLDARK for the rest of my life.
💎💜💜💜💎
I just love the Dowager character, Maggie plays it perfectly, no-one better 🥰👏
Ooh..the look on Dowager Duchess' face when her American guest sings to her and kisses her hand !!* 😂😂😂
That American guest is his son's mother in law!!! lol (the American millionaire)
@@Jossianne19130 We all KNOW that !!
Whenever I need a pick-me-up on a sad day, I can always come to compilations of the Dowager Countess and it makes things better. Easily one of the best parts of the entire series
The queen of roasting!
One of the greatest advancements inthe history of media is closed caption for the hard of hearing. It makes the show so much easier to follow. I have watched the box sets at least three times. With having to stay at home for a month so far the DOWAGER COUNTESS HAS MADE IT FAR MORE BEARABLE.
I liked when Martha was 'flirting' with her-her reaction when Martha finished singing and kissed her hand. 😂😂
Have just seen the movie. It was fantastic. Maggie Smith was great. The audience stood up and clapped at the end. Can't wait till the DVD comes out.
SPOILER ALERT! The Dowager and Violet!11 LOL!!!
amazing!
I really loved that the Dowager loves Isobel and actually said that she would miss her as a friend after the marriage. She exposed her vulnerability and it was really sweet and poignant. I love the two ladies together. PEACE to ALL.
It is streaming on Crave
I love Sybil's playfully snarky comment "Tonight or tomorrow?" To Edith over Edith's excitement over not being able to sleep a wink the night before her wedding
Sybil, vulgarity is no substitute for wit.
I Would love to see a prequel with the Dowager since childhood 👌🏻
Would like to see how her younger self met the russian guy who she almost eloped with
I was thinking the same thing! The love affair in France, trying to run off with the Russian prince only to be. stopped by his wife... she lived her magnificent life and we should be treated to a peek!
That helpless expression of her when grandmama singing to her is priceless! XD!!!!!
You can feel her soul squirm. Lol
Indeed. The Dowager Countess is the backbone of the series