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He is one of the few people who is prepared to speak frankly to her, and is prepared to leave Downton Abbey to join her at Haxby when she is engaged to Sir Richard Carlisle. She is the daughter of London solicitor Reggie Swire, to whom she has been very close ever since her mother's death during her early childhood. As Bates is left helpless, Anna is escorted away to the police station having been arrested on suspicion of Green's murder. Bertie tells Edith that he misses her terribly and still wants to marry her. Edna has considerable charm, which she uses to her advantage. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. It is impossible to recognise Major Gordon as Patrick Crawley because his face was severely burned during the Battle of Passchendaele. After she got fired, Edna manages to come back to Downton to work as Cora's lady's maid. In the first film, he is six years old and plays with his younger half-sister Caroline, and first cousins Sybbie and Marigold. He returns to Downton, having apparently settled affairs with his wife, but Miss O'Brien contacts Vera and once again, she returns to cause more trouble. Bertie later encounters Edith in London and helps her with her all-night push to get her magazine to the printer. Kemal Pamuk (played by Theo James) (d. 1913) was an attach at the Turkish Embassy in London and the son of one of the Ottoman Sultan's ministers. Bates then leaves Downton, writing in a letter to Carson that he is going to confess to murdering Green in order for Anna to be freed. Edna's the fucking worst! Furthermore, she reasons that once Edna had what she wanted, namely Tom's word to marry her, she would have made sure she became pregnant by using another candidate. Bates returns to London with her to live in his mother's home but soon separates after learning that she has been unfaithful to him. In response to this, the Dowager Countess decides to ask Mrs Bryant in person if Ethel could have contact with Charlie. Branson and Edna: Branson has adapted to his new life as Downton's agent quite well, but there are those who make him feel ashamed. Ethel Parks (played by Amy Nuttall) was the new maid introduced in the second series as Gwen's replacement. Using the controversial methods espoused by the infamous Marie Stopes) and sacked her ceremoniously. When Mrs Patmore returns, they run the Garden Party for the hospital fund together. ), so she was replaced by Edna (the maid had gotten too close to Tom in Season 3). Matthew defends Michael against his wife and goes stalking and fishing with him. Ultimately, his actions do not matter, as she confesses to Matthew about Pamuk and Matthew proposes to her despite this. Her father Robert tells his wife Cora that there is no identifiable body, and "what was left of him" was supposedly buried somewhere. Shortly after this, Green is killed near Tony's house in Piccadilly Circus, and Tony travels to Downton to tell Mary the shocking news. Daisy Mason, who is interested in Alfred, repeatedly tries to sabotage Ivy, Jimmy and Alfred in hopes that Alfred will realise that Ivy is no good for him. He finds it difficult to reconcile the traditionalist, aristocratic lifestyle of Downton with his middle-class upbringing, but he is eventually accepted into the family and becomes something of a surrogate son to Lord Grantham. However, the investigation into Green's death begins to wind down, as the police have failed to find anything more than circumstantial evidence to link Bates to the crime. Later, having returned to Grantham House, Mrs Hughes interrupts Anna and Lady Mary and informs them that Vyner has returned and has come to arrest her. After Tom goes to bed later that night, Edna sneaks up to his room and enters after asking if he was still awake. However, it becomes clear that Barrow knows a secret about her, which he uses to his advantage to make her spy on the servants and family, something Baxter is very uncomfortable with. He was hospitalised in Leeds as Downton, then used as a convalescent home, was only for officers, but William's father could not afford to leave his farm or repeatedly travel to and fro to visit. Edna also remarks to Lady Grantham that anyone would be lucky to be a member of the Crawley family. When she makes others (notably Tom Branson) feel or look bad, she senses no remorse for them or what she has done to them. Vyner then asks that Anna visit Scotland Yard for further questions during the Crawleys' stay in London. Angry, she casts Jimmy off, and Jimmy laments to Thomas that the whole venture was a waste of time and money. Determined to prove him innocent, Anna and Robert try to appeal the decision and are successful in reducing Bates's sentence from execution to life imprisonment. Rosamund is one of the more headstrong and outspoken members of the family. Upon his return to Britain, he gets permission to work at Downton as sergeant in charge when the residence is made into a centre of recovery for injured officers. Horrified, Alfred is pressured by his aunt, O'Brien, to report the incident to Carson, as homosexuality is considered a crime at this time. He had planned to make a proposal of marriage to her and took her to the village fair. But because Ivy has a crush on Jimmy, Alfred decides to confront Jimmy about the fact that he's not interested in her. Unlike the other servants, she shows no respect when talking with Tom, and refuses to stand up when he enters the servants hall. Jimmy Kent (played by Ed Speleers) was one of two new footmen introduced in series three, after the end of World War I. Erin La Rosa of BuzzFeed stated that the rape was "all pretty uncharacteristic for Downton Abbey, and all terribly upsetting. RELATED: Downton Abbey: 10 Actors You Forgot Were On The Show. His mother died of illness towards the end of the first series. This helps Daisy drop any objections she has about their pairing. In the Christmas Special, she receives a letter from Alfred, implying that they keep in touch. He arrives at Downton in the first episode to replace Lord Grantham's previous valet. At first, it is considered to be a "house of ill repute" (as her first customers turned out to be an adulterous couple), but with the aid of her employers, who take tea there, that image is dispelled once and for all. During a dinner in his honour, Branson, the Irish nationalist and socialist chauffeur, attempts to avenge himself on the Army by pouring a soup tureen of slop over the general, but he is stopped in time by Carson the butler (who after reading Branson's apology note to Lady Sybil, found by Anna, thought Branson meant to assassinate the general). The episode ends with Anna and Bates sharing a Happy Christmas alone. Edna says she cannot be forced, to which Mrs Hughes refutes that by warning that she would lock Edna up, hold her down, and strip her if that is what it took. She tells him that she believed she was pregnant, but that she had miscarried, and that it had potentially happened twice before. Outwardly prim and somewhat strict in her manner as housekeeper, Mrs Hughes is essentially kindly and generous, as shown when she assists Ethel after she leaves her position and has a baby out of wedlock. He is appointed Governor of Bombay that year, and he and his wife travel to India. Through a series of notes and letters, all of which Jimmy desperately begs Thomas for advice on, the audience learns that Jimmy's former position with Lady Anstruther included a sexual aspect. When Thomas decides to buy extra food and supplies on the black market to sell to Downton's kitchen staff, she refuses to get involved in his business, but she sympathises with Thomas after he realises he has been swindled. When news reaches the Crawleys confirming Michael Gregson's tragic death, Lady Edith tells a terribly distraught Mrs Drewe the truth, reclaims her daughter, and flees to London. Charles 'Charlie' Carson (played by Jim Carter), called Mr Carson by staff and Carson by the family, is the butler at Downton Abbey. In 1922 he joins Violet and Isobel for lunch, later taking a walk with Isobel. She even skips work to go see him in the Grantham Arms, after hearing that he would be eating lunch there. It becomes clear Shrimpie is deeply unhappy about his marriage to Susan. Michael Gregson (played by Charles Edwards) (d. around 8 November 1923) is a London editor for the society magazine The Sketch. In the second feature film, Tom weds Lucy Smith. Horrified by Major Bryant's refusal to acknowledge Charlie and his father's bullying, Ethel refuses the offer. [4] Following his death, his son George becomes the heir to the earldom, and a letter is found that serves as a will for Mary to inherit Matthew's share of Downton. She appeared in the film, played by Geraldine James.[24]. Considering Charlie's future, she gives him to Mr and Mrs Bryant. The next day, Vera is found dead from ingestion of rat poison. He drugs Tom's drink so that he appears drunk. During her time as a housemaid, she would gain a huge crush on chauffeur Tom Branson, but he would not look at her, as he was in love with Sybil Crawley. After her wedding, to avoid confusion with her husband, Anna is still called by her first name by the staff and family, unlike standard practice for lady's maids of the time. He volunteers to help Mr Mason take care of Downton's pigs and shows an interest in farming. In the second series, with most of the male staff depicted as serving in the First World War, Mr Carson finds himself under mostly self-imposed pressure to ensure household duties are carried out to his exacting standards. Edna Braithwaite. After Larry unremorsefully calls Tom "only a grubby little chauffeur chappie", Lord Merton angrily tells him to be silent, and apologises very sincerely to Tom for what Larry did, adding his hope that Tom would recover before the wedding. She later retracts the statement as she feels guilty and over time, her feelings for Thomas diminish and she notices that Downton's other footman, William, likes her. Things move at such a pace in Downton Abbey, storylines can sometimes be over before you've even noticed that they've properly begun. She declines. Bates is freed, and the reunited married couple move into a cottage on the grounds shortly thereafter. Carson quickly steps forward to comfort her, and assures her she will always find a source of support in him. Lord Grantham, after being pressured by Cora and Carson to see how Bates is not fulfilling his job properly, regretfully tells Bates that it is not working out. George V's wife, Queen Mary (Valerie Dane), appears with her husband at the debutante ball. She replaced another maid named Ethel Parks, who had been sacked after being caught with a soldier while Downton Abbey was a convalescent home for war wounded soldiers. Although the neighbour at first recants her story, she eventually gives a statement that clears Bates, who is freed from prison, returns to Downton, and moves into a nearby cottage with Anna. The scheming Edna would return as Cora Crawley's second lady's maid. In the first film, they are engaged, but Daisy shows less enthusiasm; when she appears to flirt with a plumber, Andy's jealousy leads him to sabotage a pump. The overjoyed couple once again begin to discuss and plan their future. Bates finally confronts Anna and reveals the truth; he realised Green was the attacker as soon as he returned to Downton, and he did intend to murder the valet the day he was killed. Full of regret, Shrimpie later privately confesses to Robert that he has to sell his estate to pay off debts and says that he admires Robert for thinking ahead and modernising Downton. Finally, Edna says she cannot be stopped from speaking to Cora. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. He also has a special place in his heart for Lady Mary, given she was the first child born at Downton during his tenure as butler. This makes Bertie, as the nearest male heir, the new Marquess of Hexham. Thomas also leads on the kitchen maid, Daisy, partly for his amusement (since it annoys the second footman, William Mason, who has feelings for her) and for ulterior motives. After a confrontation with one of the Russian emigres, Count Rostov, which Rose witnesses, Atticus reveals his family had emigrated after being driven from Odessa in that city's 1859 and 1871 pogroms. Bates finally confronts his wife and reveals the truth; he realised Green was the attacker as soon as he returned to Downton, and he did intend to murder the valet the day he was killed. After struggling with infertility, Mary becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, George, at the end of the third series. After William's death in 1918, Mr Mason sometimes calls at Downton to speak to Daisy, believing that she loved William as much as he did. During the Battle of Amiens, he threw himself in front of Matthew to shield him from a shell explosion and both men were seriously wounded. On one notable occasion he wakes the staff in the middle of the night by horrifically screaming during a nightmare. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. He was interested in studying medicine once in his life, but his father did not think it suitable for someone of his position. This eyesight problem is declared to be cataracts, the surgery for which is new and daunting to Mrs Patmore, but the operation is successful and she regains the full use of her eyesight. Ambitious, she decides that she no longer wants to work in service and saves up her money to buy a typewriter to take a correspondence course in typing and shorthand. Even though Tom initially tried to keep his distance from her, Edna approached him on his way to a party at Downton and asks if they can still be friends, to which Tom agrees. He is extremely tall, which Carson comments is almost too much, even though height is a desirable aspect for a footman. As a . Major Gordon then claims to be Patrick Crawley, the first cousin once removed of the Earl who perished with his father James Crawley in the sinking of the Titanic (neither of their bodies were recovered). Vera Bates (played by Maria Doyle Kennedy) (d. 1918) was the estranged wife of John Bates. This is a list of characters from Downton Abbey, a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece for ITV and PBS, respectively. However, Anthony jilts Edith at the altar, devastating her. In series four, the staff at Downton Abbey receive a letter from Gwen where she tells them she is married. Patrick Gordon (played by Trevor White) is a major in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who made a request to stay at the convalescent home at Downton Abbey because he claims he is related to the Crawley family. During the Great War she learns that her nephew Archibald "Archie" Philpotts deserted and was shot for cowardice at the front. However, Lady Edith misses Marigold and decides to have Marigold grow up on the farm of Timothy Drewe, a sympathetic local farmer. She takes great pride in her cooking and is a perfectionist in the kitchen. What really happened next remains unknown, although sexual relations are heavily implied. Despite not hearing from him, her intense romantic affections for him never falter. In 1921, Rose's relationship with her mother has soured, though her relationship with her father is better. Leech's audition for the role convinced Julian Fellowes to expand his role and to transform Branson into an Irishman. 1902) is the daughter and youngest child of Hugh and Susan MacClare (Lord and Lady Flintshire). She also felt Edna might have fantasized about Tom in sort of a romantic way in the Christmas Special, but not so in Series 4. Molesley is not happy with the prospect, thinking it degrading to become a footman when he has been trained as a valet and butler. She runs off and leaves Downton immediately. He continues to do so after Barrow returns, telling her that he does not care to know what Barrow has over her, but urges her to stand up to him and not let him make her do things she does not wish to do. Anna is promoted from head housemaid to Lady's Maid to Mary during Bates's incarceration. When Daisy visits him again in 1922, she is trying to avoid Alfred, who is saying his final goodbyes at the house. In the first film, she has had a daughter with Henry named Caroline. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid. 1862) is the housekeeper at Downton Abbey. Despite misgivings, Mrs Crawley agrees with the plan, although Ethel seems unwilling to accept any position aside from one close to Charlie's new home. During the Great War, after William is brought back to Downton mortally wounded, the Dowager Countess summons him to wed William and Daisy before William dies. She begins to feel he is a sensible match for her. She is very trustworthy, polite, and loyal to the Crawley family and her "downstairs" co-workers. In episode 3, Mary asks if Anna has considered Dr Ryder's advice. They wear brown shirts and go around preaching the most horrible things," as Edith later tells her aunt. However, Mrs Hughes tells her there will be no offer because there is no child. Carson's main complaint is that a valet should perform extra duties outside of just seeing to Lord Grantham, including carrying trays and acting as a third footman if necessary. In 1920, he expresses his wish to name Daisy his sole heir, and asks her to come live at the farm so he may teach her how to run it. He tells Anna he knows what has happened, and reassures her that he still loves her. Martha Levinson (played by Shirley MacLaine) is Cora's brash, outspoken, and wealthy American mother. An unofficial will from Matthew comes into the family's hand, Thomas plots against Anna, Rose gets involved in a scrap at a servant . He dies hours later. Mrs Hughes does not approve of the way Edna has attempted to pursue Tom and says to Tom that he let Edna make him feel ashamed of his new life. He continues to notice the change in her mood after Anna tells Mary that she believes she is pregnant again. In the series four Christmas Special, Jimmy travels with the Crawley family to London for the season. At first Sybil seems fine after the birth, but late in the night is found having fits and dies. When she feared what he might do next and knew what was about to happen, Anna hid in the dark, waiting for him with a knife. Gordon convinces Lady Edith by relating experiences in Downton. He formerly worked as a hall boy, but wants to become a footman. Bates is subsequently charged with murder. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born September 22, 1979 Add to list Awards 1 win & 4 nominations Photos 124 She reveals Edna knew how to prevent a pregnancy with the help of a book she found among Edna's things. He tries to convince her that despite wanting children, she alone is enough for him, which she has trouble accepting. He has never condemned Mary for any of her more questionable actions, and Mrs Hughes once remarks that "Mr Carson would forgive (Lady Mary) if (she) attacked him with a brick.". At one point Edna enters Tom's room whilst he is changing and impulsively kisses him, after he asks her to leave. Bates becomes protective over Anna at the car racing at Brooklands, when she insists in running after Lady Mary after a fatal crash on the track. She is baptised as a Catholic in accordance with her father's wishes, despite her grandfather Robert's strong preference that she be christened into the Anglican faith. Eventually, Jimmy decides that the only thing to do is to satisfy her and hope it'll get her out of his hair. She is devoted to Robert and his family and thus feels it is her duty to speak her mind on every possible occasion, though her interference in her nieces' decisions often has disastrous results. They go to the Lotus night club, but Bullock gets drunk and leaves Rose on the dance floor. He is initially reticent about his family, but mentions that his great-grandfather and his family were Russian Jews from Odessa who had emigrated to England during the 19th century and eventually anglicised their family name. Inspector Vyner of Scotland Yard returns to Downton and informs Anna and Bates that they have discovered that Green attacked several women. By 1923, he still has not been found, but pieces of what happened to him are coming to light. When Matthew returns from the First World War injured she refuses to leave him despite being told that he will never walk again and is impotent. Anna returns to Downton in a lighter mood, which does not go unnoticed by Bates. Downton Abbey is arguably one of the most popular period dramas of all time. He has a stern, but fatherly, disposition over the servants. A quiet, unassuming and sensitive man devoid of any real ambition, he is a distant cousin to the current Marquess of Hexham, to whom he is very close. Mrs Hughes also learns the truth but says no more when she learns that Cora knows. Even when she rises from housemaid to lady's maid, she shows signs of distaste at serving rather than being served. Bates, however, manages to prove his innocence. Later, Thomas Barrow finds her humming in the boot room, and she tells him he should be happy he is in good favor with her, while smirking unpleasantly. She also wants her husband back since she has tried living on her own and does not like it. This section is for listing events that take place prior to the beginning of the series. At the end of the series five Christmas special, Carson has purchased a house and added both his and Mrs Hughes's names to the registry, with the intention of asking Mrs Hughes to marry him; she accepts. During the First World War with the men away fighting, Mr Drake needs help on his farm. Left virtually penniless, he makes his way to England and settles in York, where he receives aid from a charity for migr Russian refugees. In the fifth series, Mary meets Henry Talbot, a race car driver. When she discovers that Andy sabotaged a pump because he thought she was flirting with a plumber, she assures him that she was not, and admits that she is impressed by his strength of feeling. In the second series, William wanted to enlist in the Army but was forbidden by his father, as he was the only other surviving member of the family. Cora instantly takes a liking to him, whereas Mary and Robert do not. He also nearly weds Edith to Anthony Strallan before he jilts her at the altar (Travis and the Dowager discussed Strallan's first wife beforehand). In series six, despite her sister Mary's efforts to separate them, Edith marries Bertie Pelham, becoming a marchioness, and he and her family come to accept her daughter Marigold. In the first film, she is seven years old and continues to be raised with her first cousins George and Caroline, at the estate. Bates then invite O'Brien to his cottage, and whispers the words "her ladyship's soap" in her ear, before warning her that unless she calls Jimmy off, he will not keep her secret. Mary enlists the help of Anna and Cora to move his body, which is seen by Daisy. She plays outside with her cousins Sybil and George, as the adults are having tea inside the Downton estate. Throughout the first series she is often seen bossing around and shouting at Daisy while working but cares for her like a daughter and often offers her advice. Violet attempts to find the whereabouts of Princess Irina through Lord Flintshire, who is her nephew-in-law, and eventually receives a letter from Lord Flintshire saying the Princess may have fled to Wan Chai, Hong Kong, where she might be working as a nurse. Matthew is left a considerable sum by Mr Swire, and Matthew is initially consumed with guilt and refuses to accept it. Daisy has a close relationship with Mrs Patmore, the cook, which is frequently more mother-daughter than two servants working together. During the time apart from Bates, Anna refuses to fall into hopelessness or despair, though there is a brief period where this wavers, when letters and visits with her husband are stopped for a time. Lord Grantham insists on using his influence to get Freddie into Ripon Grammar School and paying the school fees in future. Later he arranges Lavinia Swire's funeral and then the wedding for Matthew and Mary, even though the Archbishop of York performs it. By the end of the final series, Robert's worsening health forces him to step down from running the estate, leaving the task to Tom and Mary. Barrow then attempts to gain an ally in the form of Lady Grantham's new maid Edna, a maid fired from Downton following her attempt to seduce Tom Branson, by claiming that Edna's accidental damage to one of Lady Grantham's favourite garments was in fact due to Anna Bates. 1868), usually called Lady Grantham, is the wife of Robert and mother of Mary, Edith and Sybil. He threatens Mrs Hughes with leaving Downton in order to find out what is wrong with his wife. Edith stays on (she had intended to resign because she was repulsed that a married man was flirting with her) after Michael expresses his hope that she will, citing how much it cheers him to meet her when they do and to read her column. Baxter is not telling the whole story, something Molesley is convinced of when he hears the same story from Barrow. Unluckily, while the tryst is occurring, Lady Edith accidentally starts a fire in a nearby bedroom, which pulls Thomas away from his post. [18] Jen Chaney of Vulture ranked O'Brien as the series' second most "despicable" character. Edith decides she wants the child back and plans to reclaim her, then places her in the care of a local pig farmer and his wife. In the second series Christmas episode, it is apparent that Carlisle's pragmatism does not sit well with the Crawleys and he and Mary begin to argue more frequently, much to the consternation of Matthew and her grandmother. Matthew and Mary fall in love, but circumstances separate them, and Matthew becomes engaged to Lavinia Swire. Throughout much of the series Bates is at odds with Thomas, who tries to get rid of him so that he can take his place as valet. George's father Matthew is killed in a car crash the day of George's birth. She says they do not have enough in common, and Violet later says it is because Tony was not clever enough for her. Upon learning that her parents are dead, he offers to take her under his wing as a surrogate daughter, which she accepts, though reluctantly at the outset. In "The Finale", the final episode of the series and of the show, Anna is shown to be pregnant and still working as a ladies maid, much to the dislike and discomfort of Carson, who feels a woman in "her condition" should not be working.

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