However, Bates is not fooled, and when she returns to Downton, tells her he believes he knows what took them to London, believing the worst has happened. 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. In the Christmas special he is invited by Lord Grantham to the traditional Christmas shoot but repeatedly turns it down. After the war, with male staff able to be hired, the full household staff are brought up to the pre-war levels and Mr Carson is able to return to solely undertaking the duties of butler. She is one of eleven children and her parents are deceased. Elsie worked as a maid at Duneagle Castle for an unknown period of time. Sybil (now pregnant) and Tom return to Downton after fleeing Ireland in the third series, where Sybil gives birth to a daughter but dies soon after due to eclampsia. In series six, Gwen returns, eleven years later, to Downton as a successful married woman, although she visits the mansion only in the fourth episode. Thomas Ferguson Niall Branson (played by Allen Leech) was initially the family chauffeur, employed in series one. [1] She was educated at Kinghorn Primary School, where she was the Kinghorn Gala Queen in her final year, and at Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy. She's a familiar face from her roles in 'Death in Paradise', 'About A Boy' and 'Downton Abbey'. Shortly after this, of her free will, Jane leaves service at Downton. 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. He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. Matthew Reginald Crawley (played by Dan Stevens) (18851921) is a middle-class distant cousin of the Crawleys who becomes the heir to the estate in the first episode and soon after moves to Downton. He joins his fellow former nobles on an outing to Downton in the spring of 1924. The Marchioness's lady's maid tells Vera about Lady Mary's liaison with Kemal Pamuk. Baxter later tells Cora the rest of the story: she was tricked into stealing the jewellery by another servant who made her think he loved her, but he ran and left her to take the blame. Charles Blake stages a scene where Mabel and Tony come across Charles and Mary supposedly in a passionate kiss, and finally, Tony gives up on Mary and decides to marry Mabel. Before 1912, she lived in Manchester with the Crawleys as their cook, but when they moved, she went with them. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. During an informal ball in the servant's hall, he dances with Daisy. 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). Unluckily, while the tryst is occurring, Lady Edith accidentally starts a fire in a nearby bedroom, which pulls Thomas away from his post. Andy helps Mr Mason move into Yew Tree Farm with Mrs Patmore and Daisy. " Miss Shore and Anna Bates discussing Lord Hepworth. They share a moment in which Jimmy exhibits some doubt about the plan, wondering if perhaps Lady Anstruther just wants to talk. She had one favourite brother who had shell shock and later died during the Great War. He and Anna fall in love, but he explains he has yet to divorce his estranged wife, Vera. She searches for anyone Vera may have been in contact with, and finds a neighbour who saw her the day of her death. Amused instead of scandalised at the revelation, Grantham gently declines Carson's offer, ending the matter as a non-issue. Jimmy says he would try, though he's not very good at it, and then leaves the estate a broken man. He informs Lady Grantham that he suspects the new nanny may be mistreating the children in some way. She visits him in London, and he has a cocktail party that important artists and literary figures like Virginia Woolf attend. William Mason (played by Thomas Howes) (d. 1918) was the second footman at Downton. Lady Sybil quickly befriends Gwen and tries to help her get a job as a secretary. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. Shes also starred in two other BBC Dramas, Glasgow Kiss and Sunburn, and recently played fairy queen Titania in the BBC updating of A Midsummer Nights Dream. Bates believes they must be content as they are, but Anna continues to believe that she cannot give him what he needs. The actress also played Marigold Shore in an episode of Downton. Browse 1,157 downton abbey cast stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. During the Crawleys' Christmas celebrations, Anna is seen alone and concerned about her husband. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. They are both in competition for the top position of first footman, which Jimmy is constantly sabotaging Alfred for. Hence, she becomes sensitive and upset when confronted with the topic of war. She also speaks frankly about her employers when she and Mr Carson are alone; she enjoys seeing the Dowager Countess (whom she calls "the old bat") getting her comeuppance with the arrival of Isobel Crawley. At the beginning of series six Anna is in a dark place as the case of Green's death lingers over her and Bates as she's still out on bail. He also later mentions Jimmy to Phyllis Baxter in a bout of sadness and annoyance that he's gone. Edith then invites him to a party at Downton, where he begins to earn her father's respect. When a witness comes forward to claim Mr Green was murdered and the investigation reaches Downton, police question Bates and Anna on several occasions. Mr Green briefly returns to Downton, and Lady Mary persuades Lord Gillingham to dismiss him, although she does not give him a reason. He constantly hatches schemes with O'Brien, intending to have Bates removed from service at Downton. Lord Sinderby was said to have been opposed to his marriage to Rose while his wife accepts her because "her son's happiness is more important". Mrs Patmore is in charge of the kitchen and kitchen staff. Bates reveals that he kept the untorn ticket in his coat as a talisman for a time. Although he says his feelings for her are sincere, and he offers to buy a stately home near Downton where they can live together and start a family, he demands near-total control and threatens that if she leaves him he will expose her liaison with Ottoman attach Kemal Pamuk, which he has covered up from exposure. In response to this, the Dowager Countess decides to ask Mrs Bryant in person if Ethel could have contact with Charlie. In series six she married Mr Carson, but continued to be addressed as Mrs Hughes regardless. 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. Bates is then released from prison due to the neighbour's statement. After discussing Edith's child, Marigold, at the servants dinner, Bates notices she has become subdued. Mrs Hughes has described her sister as being born "not quite right in the head" and has been privately caring for her since their mother died. For her explosion of anger, she almost loses her job, but Cora, who understands her frustration and anger, talks Carson into letting her stay. She declines. Small was amazing as Detective Constable Barbara Havers in the Inspector Lynley Mysteries. "[16], Alexander Chee of The New Republic described O'Brien as the show's "best, most complex villain" and stated that her departure made the show less interesting. However, she eventually decides she does not want to marry any of them, providing a shock, especially for Tony. Soon, however, Mrs Hughes tells Mr Bates what happened to Anna, although she refuses to disclose who was the culprit. After the death of the heir to the estate and her unofficial fianc, Mary's relationship with the new heir, distant cousin Matthew Crawley, begins coldly due to their different upbringing. In episode 5, Bates is insistent that nothing will go wrong with the pregnancy, when Anna begins to worry. 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. Jimmy ignores this advice and continues to behave recklessly, winning a large bet at the village fair only to spend most of it on alcohol. 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. Before she came to Downton in 1895 as head housemaid, she was courted by a farmer, Joe Burns. Only the housemaid Anna offers him any sympathy and friendship. Cast during red carpet for the movie "Downton Abbey" for the third day of the Rome Film Fest. During the summer of 1914, Cora discovers she has become pregnant for the first time in 18 years, but she suffers a miscarriage caused by her maid O'Brien. They kiss and enjoy their reunion. A woman of many talents, Sharon is also a highly skilled soprano, recorder player, and swimmer. He was further humiliated after being handed a white feather at a benefit concert held in the Crawley mansion. During the First World War with the men away fighting, Mr Drake needs help on his farm. Lady Edith has recently learned to drive and she volunteers to drive their tractor. After Thomas excels in the match, Lord Grantham decides to keep him on in the new position of under-butler, much to Bates' consternation since Barrow now nominally outranks him. His good looks are widely commented on and attract both Mary and Thomas. She is an actress, known for About a Boy (2002), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001) and Downton Abbey (2010). [2] Edith is often the "forgotten" one as she is not considered as pretty and smooth-talking as her older sister, Mary, or as daring and passionate as her younger sister, Sybil. While there, she apparently comes to like Lady Flintshire and manages to arrange to become her lady's maid. In the third series, when Lady Sybil goes into labour, he sees signs that she is suffering from eclampsia and is in danger of dying from the intense seizures and distress. In the course of a sexual encounter with Mary, Pamuk dies in her bed of a heart attack. Vera comes to Downton only to inform Bates that if he does not come away with her, she will sell the scandalous story of the death of Kemal Pamuk in Mary's bed to the newspapers, which could ruin the reputation of Downton Abbey. Highclere Castle. In between serving in the Anglo-Boer War and joining the staff at Downton Abbey, John Bates went to prison for a theft that Vera had committed. 1891) is the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham and arguably the centre of interest of all the family story arcs in the series. As a powerful and extremely wealthy noble with palaces and thousands of acres of land, he and Violet met in Saint Petersburg in 1874 while she and her husband, the then Earl of Grantham, were in the retinue of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. The two try to continue their lives; however, both find it difficult to look past what has happened. Fearing for his safety, Lord Grantham had him assigned to Matthew Crawley's battalion to be his batman. Mrs Bryant, who had been unhappy abandoning Ethel from the start, agrees and Ethel leaves Mrs Crawley's employment. 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. Small is perhaps best known for her appearances in the Inspector Lynley series. Heartbroken and angered by her hesitancy, Matthew withdraws his proposal and decides to leave Downton. However, Violet and the family remain suspicious of him as he is "new money" and is described by Lord Grantham as "a hawker of newspaper scandal". Highclere Castle, which in reality is the home of Lord and Lady Carnarvon, is located in Hampshire . Though Prince Kuragin was subsequently released, he learned that his wife had been exiled a year before. He dies hours later. Mrs Hughes also learns the truth but says no more when she learns that Cora knows. At Brancaster Castle, she helps him embarrass Lord Sinderby's butler at Mary's behest (because the butler was being rude to Tom), and she helps Molesley find evidence exonerating Bates of the murder of Mr Green. Violet hopes to persuade him to allow the Downton village hospital to remain under the control of the Crawley family, instead of having it merge with a major hospital in York. A wealthy American heiress, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. Mary offers to take Anna to London, paying for her to visit Dr Ryder, the doctor that had treated Mary for problems when she had trouble conceiving a child with Matthew. While he is recuperating, Jimmy comes to speak with him. She loses her virginity to him. Matters are not made better when the Crawleys' lawyer, Murray, confirms that things do not look good for Anna and Bates is forced into action when a trial date for Anna is set. While Baxter expected to be fired, Cora forgives her and lets her stay on, with the condition that she won't rob her. Although she has adopted the lifestyle of the British aristocracy, her character is portrayed as more forward-thinking and open-minded than that of her family, a trait her husband and daughters attribute to her "American-ness". Although Bates had hoped Thomas would leave with a good reference, Lord Grantham decides to let him stay on so Thomas can lend his skills to the upcoming cricket match between the village and the house. Anna is freed but on bail whilst her husband is classified as being on the run. When Mrs Bird refuses to work with a former prostitute, she chooses to leave. At five or six years old, in 1928, she has donned braids and runs to ask her mother play with her one warm day. She gives it to Lady Mary, who destroys it after Bates uses his skills as forger and pickpocket in suppressing a royal scandal. Havers, a brilliant but terminally overlooked and underappreciated sidekick to an aristocratic detective. Before going to Munich to begin his path to obtain German citizenship, he and Edith spend their last night together, making love for the first and last time. [3] She becomes fiercely political and desires to break free from the social restrictions of the times. 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. 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. Nevertheless, Tony remains lukewarm about Mabel and seems keen on Mary. In series six, she gets irate when her father-in-law loses his tenancy on a nearby estate. In the first series, she is shown to have feelings for first footman Thomas, something that Mrs Patmore tries to discourage as she can see that Thomas is "not a ladies' man". Edith does not hear from him, which worries her, especially when she receives a shocking letter from a London doctor informing her that she is pregnant. Isobel Crawley knows of a cure, but as a modern medical technique it is unfamiliar to Dr Clarkson, who is reluctant to try it. When O'Brien seeks to assist Alfred by enlisting Thomas' support, he refuses to help tutor him, irritated that someone else should progress rapidly when he spent years trying to reach his position. In the series three Christmas Special, he tries to call Jimmy off his aggressive streak towards Thomas, and then spends the rest of the episode talking about his interest in cooking. Carson quickly steps forward to comfort her, and assures her she will always find a source of support in him. Albert Travis (played by Michael Cochrane) is the Rector of St Mary's Downton whose living is under the patronage of the Earl of Grantham. Marigold is born in Geneva, Switzerland and adopted by a Swiss couple. However, when Tom Branson speaks to her about his own experiences in learning to live with the Crawley family despite their differences, she is inspired to make her marriage work. Though unmarried, she is referred to as Mrs Hughes according to traditional titles for servants during the time period. After Lady Grantham is struck by a severe case of Spanish flu, O'Brien maintains a bedside vigil, attempting to atone for the miscarriage. Barbara Havers on the series. However, the same day, Matthew is killed in a car crash while driving home from the hospital. In 1924 they announce they are getting married, but Violet isn't so happy (because she does not want to lose her friend and companion in Isobel). Barrow accepts that Jimmy can never give him what he wants, so they instead agree to be friends. She is best known as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries ' DS Barbara Havers.. Cora then silences Robert. During the first series he had strong feelings for Daisy. [2], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "PETER PAN AT THE NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE, New Wimbledon Theatre, 93 The Broadway, London, UK - Desmond O'Neill Features Ltd", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharon_Small&oldid=1133802510, 24 episodes nominated for Most Popular Actress and the Golden Satellite Award, "Dr. Finlay The Adventures of a Black Bag", 2008 TV Choice Awards Best Actress Nominated, 2007 Golden Satellite Awards Best Actress Nominated (for the Inspector Lynley Mysteries), This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 16:08. After he confesses to Daisy, she reveals she wasn't flirting and, impressed by his actions, is ready to start planning her marriage to Andy. After failing to persuade Dr Clarkson to "bend the rules", a furious Violet manages to pull some strings to have William sent back to Downton, where he was cared for by Lady Edith. Destroys it after Bates uses his skills as forger and pickpocket in suppressing a royal.... 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