The Star Of Downton Abbey | SEASON 1 and 2 | Downton Abbey
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2019
- Season after season, Violet Crawley - Dowager Countess of Grantham - is getting better and better and it's impossible for us to gather all her stellar appearances in the same video. So we're going to start with the first two seasons. What about you? Which is your favourite moment?
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"I take that as a compliment.'
"Must have said it wrong."
It's all about those one liners. Legendary!
One of the best
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It’s the delivery. She takes lines which in other actors mouths would fall flat and makes them hilarious. Dame Maggie is a legend.
Love those two together
I’m deceased 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“She thinks to keep it a secret would be dishonourable”
“She reads too many novels”
😂😂
“Wha...What is a Week-END?” *BEST LINE EVER*
It is not just the line, it is the way it is delivered! The woman is a genius.
When the teachers tell the students to have a good weekend.
Students: "Wha...what is a week-end?"
Great writing on this show for her part!
Hilarious. In the movie she said one of her zingers and everyone started clapping. Lolol
Me after a long workweek and a lot of overtime
‘No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else’s house, especially somebody they didn’t even know’ 🤣
Quite right! *Sips tea*
Best comment ever
I died🤣🤣🤣
what does she mean by that
I've been laughing at that line for years! Dame Maggie had the BEST lines!
"How you hate to be wrong?" "I wouldn't know. I'm not familiar with the sensation" lol
"I'm very sorry about poor Patrick. He was a nice boy"
"We were all so fond of him"
"But I never cared for James. He was too like his mother and a nastier woman never drew breath" 😂
No Maggie, no Downton. We are blessed.
"Is she making a suit of armor" 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 she is by far the best character on the show.
but seriously tho why that talk of chemicals
@@yooringonghan not chemicals, per se, metals. It was part of 'new medicine' but came out of Paracelsis. Iron for the blood (iron fillings even) silver nitrate because it was a noble metal, it got really complicated. And Violet is right, it's as gamon as any pseudo science.
@@ValeriePallaoro ooh thanks for the explanation, really appreciated it
but isn't it Paracelsus?
"I thought you didn't Like him?"
"Well so what, I have plenty of friends I don't like." My brother and the Dowager Countess would get along so well! XD
“Well so what, I have plenty of friends I don’t like!” Dear God that’s a line I would say. 👍🏻
Your brother the diplomat!
@@barbarabean3235 Anything but! Lol
I LOVE the scene where Violet is on the phone with Shrimpy, and you can see Laura Carmichael doing her best to stop herself bursting out laughing. Brilliant scene! But then, Violet is the key to the whole series.
I just watched ist again and you are right, this is the actress trying not to burst out loud. Very funny - and very fitting for the scene, Edith would have reacted the same way.
Without Maggie Smith, Downton wouldn’t have had the success it had. She’s amazing on every level. Had the privilege of seeing her live at the Bridge Theathre “a German life”. She was PERFECTION!
mario76roma she really elevates the material of whatever she’s in.
totally agree
100% agree, I think she's the best character in the show.
@@astev52 wouldn't be watching it if she were not there xD she's the show all on her own hahaha
I totally agree with your comment, she is supreme!
"Do you want Moseley to die?"
I love how she does that. Really nails it to get her point across 😂😄😂😂😂
It's even funnier because he's standing behind her the whole time
It isn't just the line, it's also the delivery, and Dame Maggie nails it every time.
Every time!
“So put that in your pipe and smoke it!” I loved The Dowager Countess!! Violet rules!!! ❤️😂
in and of itself the line isn't that great, but the delivery... she is just perfect.
back then marijuana was legal
"Granny, you're quite the romantic."
"I've been called many things, but never that."
LOL
"Larry Grey has spoken to Mrs Crawley in a manner that in any other century would have resulted in him being called out and shot."
That is one of my favorites.
Hahahahah
To bad that didn't happen, we would have all been spared his snobbery
mine too! lmao
"Edith, you're a lady, not Toad from Toad Hall". Lol, she's a one liner legend.
she would probably faint once she hears Elizabeth II served as a mechanic in WWII
@@yooringonghan She probably wouldn't live that long LOL
@@HattieMcDanielonaMoon well given that the movie indirectly mentions she'll be dying any moment soon, wouldn't be surprised if she's only in a flashback scene at the planned 2nd movie
also:
-QM lived past 100
-Philip was 98
-E2 is in the same range as her husband
@@yooringonghan Okay?
"What is a weekend?" Every time I watch this and see Maggie Smith delivering that line I have to pause so I can finish laughing. God she's a wonderful actress, this whole series is a tribute to her.
How she was dead serious in asking the question is what makes the scene. She wasn't being sarcastic or mean as in the other scenes in this video.
"No englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house " oml 😂
The best eva!!!...:D
She was the most memorable character for her amazing quotes
A zinger from the old lady and then a quick cut to Carsons reaction is priceless.
I also like the way that Cora looks incensed every time her mother-in-law says something and if not incensed then shocked or rolls her eyes
Probably the worst character on there is Mary. Because of Mary I like Edith. I don't suppose Sybil as much of a character either
Julie Smock oh lawdy. Edith? Really? I much prefer Mary to Edith, I never got over my first impression of her. She came across as some self righteous church girl. Mary’s a bitch and so is Edith but at least Mary is down to have some fun.
@@juliesmock7614 Did you just say you don't like Sybil? Honey, run. The Fandom will be coming for you.
MAGGIE IS NOT AN ACTRESS......SHE IS , SHE BECOMES, SHE LIVES THE PART...SHE IS BEYOND acting!
hugh oliveiro That’s right - she is a POWERHOUSE
As a thespian myself, I know that's what acting is, becoming the character. Maggie Smith is brilliant with acting.
She enjoys the part.
She said Downton took away her privacy. She was able to go anywhere. Not so much anymore. She hasn't seen ANY of her acting on Downton. She is amazing. She has absolute confidence in her character.
She's a legend. Every movie she's in, every line she says. She makes it legendary
I like how the fashion changes from the early 1900’s to the flapper dresses and short bobs and finger waves of 20’s not to mention the transition from horse drawn carriages to cars
Cora 'We were just saying how charming this room is now."
Dowager "Mmm, it always seemed rather dark when my mother in law lived here. But then, she made everything rather dark." Laughs
There is no one better at roasting people with one line and she does it so effortlessly.
I always loved her little giggle as she walked away having won her point.
Here are some others: "A lack of compation can be as vulgar as an excess of tears" - "Don't be defeatist dear, it's very middle class" - "Why does everyday involve a fight with an american?" - "Lie is so unmusical of a word" - "I don't dislike him, I just don't like him, which is quite different" - "It always happens when you give little people power, it goes to their heads like strong drink" - "an aristrocrat without servants is as much use to the county as a glass hamer" - 'He hates to leave America, I should hate to go there" - "Principles are like prayers: noble but awkward at a party" - "Never complain, never explain" - "The presence of strangers is the only garantee of good behaviour" - "Second thoughts are are vastly over rated" - "Are you here to help or irritate?"
some of those quotes were from season 3 and beyond, this is only showing her's from seasons 1 and 2
compassion, defeatist. :)
"I'm sorry, Mama, but you know me; I have to say what I think."
"Why?"
LOOOOL.
And after that she says sth like: "Nobody else does"
@@sweetpari2949 yeah lol!
Hahahahaa
That, too, was my favorite...🤣🤣🤣
If only some people these days were more of aware of how they are
"Is this an instrument of communication or torture?" XD
"In these moments, you can always find an Italian who isnt too picky" XD XD
Dame Maggie Smith is a fantastic actress. She is a living legend. The Dowager was my favourite character. The lines they wrote for and her delivery was nothing short of brilliant.
And she says she wasn’t ‘really acting’ as I guess it was mostly one liners. But somehow her light shines through and the phrasing is heaven.
"i'm sorry mama but you know me, I have to say what I think"
"why?"
dead🤣🤣🤣🤣
I must get it from you!
Violet is the greatest gangster ever. She’s the Head of the five families(Grantham, Crowleys, Bransons, Hexhum and the Abbey staff) She has power and authority, rules through fear and respect....Sonny may have five fingers and only speak using three but Violet needs only look at folks and they crumble.
But is she down with the Crips or Bloods?
Maybe you should play her, you seem very well aqcuainted with her predisposition.
@@Alieh86 she doesn't trouble with Americans when she can help it. But the homies are down with the Dowager if it comes to it
I’ve seen all these episodes a million times but that phone call with Shrimpy cracks me up every time!
She’s so brilliant.
at 0:34...Carson is giving a tacit look of approval at the dowager's snobbishness!...gotta love it!
I'm 58 and still want to be the Dowager Countess when I grow up.
“ do you want molesley to die?” Lol classic 😂😂😂
I’ve been gentle as a lamb.... mostly 😂😂😂
Anne Ah! I couldn’t quite understand what she had said, so thank you!
I like the GTFOH look the woman she's talking to gives her about being like lamb. Who is she in the show, her daughter?
@@rosej5029 that's cora, her daughter in law.
What is a weekend?
Iconic🤣
I am retired at the moment. I know what she means.
@p a she is before her 80s and or 80s, the Countess is beyond age of work
Aunt violet is a precious character. She sometimes astounds me with her wit and humor. I always burst out laughing when she cracks a joke.
Her speaking into a telephone is priceless
My all time favorite line...what is a weekend?😂😂😂
When she talks on the phone, it reminds me a little of Hyacinth Bucket, the lady of the house speaking! 😂
Francesca Jaume it’s BOUQET
@@clayprent8753 pronounced by Hyacinth as Bouquet, but is spelt Bucket!
Ann Martin haha yeah darl I thought that was the joke
It’s so crazy how my grandparents and extended relatives in Ethiopia are having the exact same discussions about modern changes in their society today. My grandma is definitely The Dowager Duchess, while her sister already had an iPad she used to FaceTime with her grandchildren in the US, when she isn’t visiting then in NYC, and totally embraces it all. My grandma refuses to visit and has no interest in the US and their gadgets.😂😂 But when my Irish American boyfriend ended up in Ethiopian immigration prison during a visit(wrong visa) my grandma only had to make one call and got him out in 2 min, no visa necessary and the officers who drove him over, profusely apologized to her(for enforcing the law I guess) and asked for her forgiveness ! !
acting a realistic and believable phone call is one of the most difficult things in acting...involves improvisation and timing and focus...one of my favourite scenes in the whole 6 series.
"your quarrel is with my daughter Rosamund not me, I told her to take him, so take that in your pipe and smoke it"
Ya gotta love her folks, ya gotta love her!! she was my favorite character, wish it was still going on. I miss Downton Abbey.
Robert: "I thought that you didn't like him."
Violet: "So what? I have plenty of friends I don't like."
--------A classic Violet line! (at 1:19)
@8:21 - "I mean one way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden"-LMAO!
truly the most iconic character she's bloody hilarious
I just love how Dr Clarkson gets draged into every drama possible 😂
Downtown Abby would not have been as big a hit without Maggie Smith. She deliver her lines so well. Marvelous
Classic line ..."What is a weekend?"😀❤🌺
"is this an instrument of communication or torture?" ROFL!!!!! I wonder that every day, too!! loooool
What I'd give to have even half of the quick wit of the Lady Dowager, brilliant 👏 🥰
2:04 the noises she makes is so wholesome
I love Dame Maggie’s sarcastic sense of humor!
Maggie Smith is a treasure unsurpassed...I have never seen her in any role where she failed to make me laugh...her comic timing is masterful.
I love the scene where Violet covers her eyes with her fan against the "glare" of the electric lights in the chandelier. It didn't make it here, but her melodramatic reaction was brilliant!
Violet talking into a telephone is me trying to give a deaf man directions from two lanes away.
"Hmm, it Always seemed rather dark when my mother-in-law lived here. Then she would make things rather dark." And I love that laugh at the end.
She is by far and away what makes this show so enthralling!
"WHOOOM might we know on the boaaard of the Leeds General Infirmareh"
2:49 "Edith! You are a lady, not Toad of Toadhall!" 😂😂😂 best Dowager line. That and 3:42 😂😂😂
She’s GREAT!. The writers are also the best with writing her one liners.
You know what be a fantastic way to market the movie?
Dowager Countess quotes merch!
I will buy!
@@SusanKay- Her walking stick!
Right!!
I would point at people with that!
titus saha I have a “What is a weekend?” coffee mug. I use it on...well...the weekend.
Her costumes. Magnificent!
That exchange at 3:43 is comedic gold, lol. "Must've said it wrong."
Every time she was on screen I knew we were in for a treat.
"what should we call each other"
"Well we can always start with Dame Maggie Smith"
Cold!
And Dame Penelope Wilton.
@@aritreesengupta7566 come to the drawing room and we can make the proper introductions
Dame Maggie is simply one of the greats in my opinion. We read about the great silver screen stars of the 20's/30's/40's etc, and although brilliant, we should all treasure this great Lady right now, everything she touches turns to gold.
"Edith! You're a lady, not Toad of Toad Hall." Best line ever.
The writers must have had a blast writing her lines!
There is no other actess on the planet that could of played that role better than her! A true master of her craft.
Some of the best lines ....ever.,.,. The cutting sarcasm and wit delivered in one or two sentences have made me laugh so hard
tears running down my face. It also demonstrates the ability to cut someone off with no use of vulgarity....so refreshing !
Such a beautifully-written and wonderfully-acted character. Dame Maggie Smith is a gem.
This was a brilliantly written show!
6:29 "Do you want mously to die?" This was the funniest line ever in this show :DDDDDDDD
Dame Maggie Smith is as precious and brilliant as a diamond- one of the finest actors that have graced the screen and the theatre.
“He was too much like his mother, and a nastier woman never drew breath.” I’m fucking WHEEZING. I swear, I watch these clips of the Dowager Countess all the time, and her lines NEVER get old.
There’s no-one like her❤️❤️❤️
The dowager Countess versus lady Tyrell, who would win the war of shade.
antmagor the Countess, hands down. She was much more clever and witty than Olenna imho.
How about:
The Dowager Countess vs. Lady Olenna vs. The Golden Girls
Lady Olenna would be more vulgar for sure. In Westeros the nobles don't seem to have a problem using vulgarity in conversation. Most likely Violet would get up from the table and walk away due to such uncivil conversation.
Dame Maggie could read the phone book and make it entertaining. Love her so much.
a battle with this flower arrangement is one of the best of hers 🤣
1:18 "what is a week-end?" 😄😄
Rasalind: "I'm sorry MaMa, I have to say what I think." The Dowager: "Why?" LOL!
it's *Rosamund*
@@yooringonghan > Thank you
Maggie’s excellent timing with her haughty expressions is so amazing and timeless!
The Queen of put downs! Best character in the show.... No, best character ever! Maggie Smith is untouchable when it comes to the timing of a one liner! 😄😄😄
Violet is my favorite Downton character. 😘❤️😘
Whilst it is wonderful we have the talented Actors and Actress's, even more wonderful we have the writers to create such gems.
“What is a weekend” how very classic😆😆😆😆
That bit with her on the phone was so well done
I miss that show.
“I’m sorry mama I have to say what I think”
“Why???”
Ah more relevant than ever 😂
These snippets always brighten my day.... so well written, with exquisite timing.
The Dowager Countess is by far my favorite character in the series. Maggie Smith played her to absolute perfection!
YES! There it is! 9:29 greatest line spoken, in this episode. The _entire_ series is chock full of awesome deliveries from Dame Maggie Smith. I'm feeling like it's about time for me to re-binge the series.. I must watch the first film. I've missed these characters so much.
My favorite is the quip about queens and princesses ladling soup down the throat of some unfortunate.. as though they are unfortunate because of the person doing it. HAHAHAHHA
"Is this an instrument of communication or torture?"How apt an expression for the world we love in today.
At the risk of wishing my life away, I can't wait for Downton Abbey:the Movie to come out!
Won't be long now
Maggie Smith is brilliant in every film no matter the size of the role.
I wish they would make a prequel series all abt Violet!
Absolutely and defenetly THE STAR!!!! What a beautiful eyes, what a personality, what a Woman so very English, what a style, she always can be perfect dressing whatever, she can because she be. I LOVE YOU. ALWAYS IN MY HEART.
No doubt Maggie Smith has great lines ... but every actor on Downton is magnificent. I love them all !!!