Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith)
The dowager Violet (Maggie Smith, touching up her makeup on set), and her daughter-in-law, Cora, bond this season when Matthew's mother, Isobel (Penelope Wilton), suggests they turn Downton into a convalescent home for soldiers. ''Neither of them like that,'' explains McGovern.
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