He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. Sharon Small . Leech's audition for the role convinced Julian Fellowes to expand his role and to transform Branson into an Irishman. He encounters Edith during a round of grouse shooting and keeps company with her during afternoon tea and the evening festivities. The two part on good terms, with Madeleine promising to write to Harold frequently. Anna is then given a trial date and Bates is forced into taking action. He was planning to propose to Edith before Mary tricked him into thinking Edith would reject him and he leaves without an explanation. and he got the part of the womanising pub landlord. "Downton Abbey" Christmas at Downton Abbey (TV Episode 2011) Sharon Small as Marigold Shore. At first, she is afraid of losing both Mrs Patmore and her father-in-law, when they begin to see one another, however, after reassurance from both of them that they will always love her, she changes her mind. 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. In the course of a sexual encounter with Mary, Pamuk dies in her bed of a heart attack. In August 1914 they are successful and Gwen wins a position at a telephone firm. Who is Sharon Small and what does she do? Bates tries to ignore him at first. His son Larry, who was once keen on Sybil, treats her husband Tom with rudeness and disrespect. When Violet tricks Rosamund into telling the truth that Rose is meeting a married lover she has Rose sent to Duneagle early, accompanied by her paternal aunt Agatha, whom she despises, as punishment. Her partner is a photographer named Dan Bridge. Small is perhaps best known for her appearances in the Inspector Lynley series. He tends towards nostalgia and fears change (such as the installation of telephones in the house and electricity in the kitchen, as well as the election of a Labour government). | Baxter is hired on Barrow's recommendation, and Cora is pleased with Baxter. O'Brien is one of several servants asked to testify at Bates's trial and is genuinely relieved when they learn that Bates had been reprieved. At five or six years old, in 1928, she has donned braids and runs to ask her mother play with her one warm day. Angry, she casts Jimmy off, and Jimmy laments to Thomas that the whole venture was a waste of time and money. Gregson then has Edith sign legal papers; should anything happen to him, she will inherit his modern London apartment and the newspaper. Vyner then asks that Anna visit Scotland Yard for further questions during the Crawleys' stay in London. Although convinced that there is no evidence for anything to happen, Anna is later arrested for Green's murder. Herbert "Bertie" Pelham (played by Harry Hadden-Paton) first appears in the 2014 Christmas special "A Moorland Holiday" as the land agent of the Brancaster estate. Anna returns to Downton but chooses not to inform Bates of the news until she becomes pregnant again and the stitch has worked, so as not to get his hopes up. George's father Matthew is killed in a car crash the day of George's birth. Cara Theobold plays Ivy Stuart's character. Later on, his father and Daisy become quite close. Carson had expressed his concerns about Andrew's suitability after the gambling club incident, but Mrs Hughes, Barrow, and Daisy urge him to give Andrew a second chance. Thomas Barrow (played by Robert James-Collier) is under-butler at Downton Abbey and is a character who creates many conflicts. Adding to the confusion, Sophie McShera, the baby-faced actress who plays Daisy, was 25 when the show first aired in 2010. After the war ends he covers for Carson when he falls ill with Spanish influenza, only to accidentally become drunk while tasting the wine for dinner. He also later mentions Jimmy to Phyllis Baxter in a bout of sadness and annoyance that he's gone. She receives some money from a deceased family member, purchases a cottage in the nearby community of Haughton-le-Skerne and opens a Bed and Breakfast, hiring her niece, Lucy to help her. "They're quite well known apparently. Thomas is well aware that Lord Grantham and Carson are only keeping him on sufferance. Daisy suggests that he could take up residence with Mrs Patmore, but Mason dislikes the idea of being retired and dependent on a woman not his wife. Shortly after the war, Cora has Spanish influenza and nearly dies before making a full recovery. The neighbour also stated that she had seen Vera walking down the street when the gas lights had come on (she said they made a sort of "halo" around Vera's head), which would have been when Bates was already on his way back home. Her father Robert tells his wife Cora that there is no identifiable body, and "what was left of him" was supposedly buried somewhere. He tries to convince her that despite wanting children, she alone is enough for him, which she has trouble accepting. Jimmy continues to be manipulated against Thomas by O'Brien, while John Bates and Elsie Hughes work to protect Thomas from the fallout. In episode 2, without his knowledge, Anna visits Dr Ryder in London, who offers to perform a cervical stitch to rectify the problem with her carrying a child to term, but she must become pregnant again first. Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Bertie later encounters Edith in London and helps her with her all-night push to get her magazine to the printer. Categories [6] Maureen Ryan of the Huffington Post stated that she believed Matthew's death was beneficial to the story as his storylines had grown repetitive.[7]. O'Brien, whose brother suffered from shell shock and eventually died in combat, is uncharacteristically sympathetic and kind to him. 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. 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. 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. He has a stern, but fatherly, disposition over the servants. She reveals the story of Anna's attack but states that the attacker was a stranger who broke into the house. Timid by nature, other characters frequently take advantage of her naivete or pull rank by tricking her or handing her the more undesirable and menial tasks. In series four, Barrow is as shocked as anyone when his old ally Miss O'Brien leaves Downton in the middle of the night. 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. He continues to notice the change in her mood after Anna tells Mary that she believes she is pregnant again. [citation needed] Moreover, actor Leech wanted to audition for Thomas Barrow, but chose Branson. While in England he makes the acquaintance of the Hon. At the end of the third series, Tom becomes the land agent for the estate at Violet's suggestion, owing to having grown up on a farm in Ireland. George V (Guy Williams) is the king to whom Rose MacClare is presented at court in 1923. Tom struggles both with grief over Sybil's death in childbirth and with being accepted by the Crawleys and their servants as a new member of the Crawley family. When Mrs Patmore returns, they run the Garden Party for the hospital fund together. Bates informs the judge that Bates paid her to agree to a divorce, and the judge can withdraw the decree for divorce. Daisy Parker (formerly Mason (ne Robinson)) (played by Sophie McShera) is the kitchen maid, later assistant cook, at Downton. She struck him; however, she did not kill him, merely wounded him. 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. While participating in the "Albanian talks" he visits Downton as a guest, accompanying Evelyn Napier. Though unmarried, she is referred to as Mrs Hughes according to traditional titles for servants during the time period. Some also appear in one or both of the film sequels: Downton Abbey (2019), and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). Richard "Dickie" Grey, Lord Merton (played by Douglas Reith) is Mary's godfather and a widower with at least two sons, Larry and Tim Grey. Thomas provides Bates with words that lead her to believe Bates knows of her hand in Lady Grantham's miscarriage, and she quickly backs down. However, his physical dishevelment deceives Grantham into thinking that Thomas has more concern for the family than Grantham believed, and Grantham later tells Carson that he is willing to give Thomas a try as valet. Marigold (born c. late December 1922 or mid-January 1923) is the illegitimate child of the late Michael Gregson and Lady Edith Crawley, as a result of their hidden love affair. 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. He and Anna fall in love, but he explains he has yet to divorce his estranged wife, Vera. The brusque, domineering and nouveau riche Carlisle is a self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper magnate from Edinburgh whose paper, with the help of Lavinia Swire, was instrumental in breaking the Marconi scandal story. He runs after the car and orders Bates to get out, telling him to get back inside and that nothing more would be said about him leaving. Anna then assists Lady Mary with procuring contraception for a sexual relationship with Lord Gillingham, but Bates finds the evidence and mistakenly believes Anna has been using it so she does not become pregnant with a murderer's child. 2010 | Maturity Rating: 12 | Period Pieces. Before the war, he worked for Lady Anstruther and was her favourite footman. Unlike many Russian aristocrats after the Revolution, Prince Kuragin does not appear to be an anti-Semite; when he meets Atticus Aldridge and realises his family fled Odessa due to the Tsar's anti-Jewish pogroms, he tells Atticus that he is "not proud of why they chose to go.". Jack breaks off the relationship to protect Rose. However, Anthony jilts Edith at the altar, devastating her. With Matthew off at war and Mrs Crawley working with the Red Cross in France he and Mrs Bird, the family cook, find themselves in an empty house with no one to serve. During the First World War, Sybil serves as an auxiliary nurse and develops feelings for Tom Branson, the family's chauffeur and a staunch Irish nationalist. In the second feature film, Daisy and Andy are married and both living on the farm with Mr Mason. She is also the author of two Downton Abbey related books, The World of Downton Abbey and The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era, with Matthew Sturgis . She also seems to have protective feelings towards Daisy when she suspects that some of the other staff such as Thomas or Miss O'Brien are trying to make a fool or take advantage of her. However both Molesley and Baxter investigate Bates's confession and find the pub he claims he was at in York the day Green died, and a witness confirms Bates was indeed in York. In the third episode of the fourth series, Anna is violently assaulted and raped by Lord Gillingham's valet while the rest of family members and staff are attending a concert above stairs in the house. In series 6 only credited with the main cast in "The Finale". Her determination to treat the man piques the ire of Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, and preparing for a showdown, Violet shows up at Mr Drake's bedside only to witness the procedure and its unmitigated success. During an informal ball in the servant's hall, he dances with Daisy. They agree to be friends forever. Though Jack loves her, he fears the repercussions of an inter-racial romance. She, in turn thanks him, describing him as strong and lucky neither of which he considered himself to be. In episode 7, after the accident at the car racing in Brooklands, Anna rushes after Mary, Bates warns her not to do so "in her condition" and he asks Baxter to go after her. He knew Mary since they were young children, but they did not become reacquainted as adults until after Matthew's death at the end of series three. Her child by him, a daughter named Marigold, was at first given to a family in Switzerland, where she gave birth. Mary, claiming the emergency to be for herself, rushes Anna to London to see Ryder and manages to get there in time to save the baby. Downton Abbey is an estate located in the outskirts of Downton in Yorkshire, England, UK, and is the home of the aristocratic Crawley family . For her explosion of anger, she almost loses her job, but Cora, who understands her frustration and anger, talks Carson into letting her stay. Isobel Grey (formerly Crawley, ne Turnbull), Lady Merton (played by Penelope Wilton) is Matthew's widowed mother. The papers Lavinia stole inadvertently helped create the Marconi scandal. The series follows the . Finneran stated that the character "is a thoroughly despicable human being",[16] and that "People actually love that shes a nasty piece of work. [December 2007], Was the 1st actress to act out undergoing an abortion on the long-running. It is Bates who intervenes to save Thomas's prospects after he attempts to seduce Jimmy, as he is unwilling to see another man lose his livelihood due to the schemes of others. In 1923 Harold Levinson apparently takes a liking to Daisy's cooking, and his valet Ethan Slade offers Daisy a position so she can come to America and work for him. His love of automobiles was a common interest that he shared with Edith and as well as bringing them close together inspired Edith to learn to drive. Edith's repeated visits began to arouse the suspicion and anger of Drewe's wife. He is a past lover of Thomas, at the time first footman, but this affair ends in autumn 1912, after the duke visits Downton under the pretext of courting Mary, then tricks her into leading him into the servants' quarters, where he retrieves a packet of love letters to prevent Thomas from blackmailing him over the affair. Jimmy Kent (played by Ed Speleers) was one of two new footmen introduced in series three, after the end of World War I. In Downton Abbey: A New Era, newlyweds Daisy and Andy are sharing the farm with Mr Mason. He also reveals that Bates is no longer a suspect, as the person seen talking to Green appeared to be shorter than him. He is portrayed by Simon Jones in the film. However, he is killed during the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. He has a close relationship with Mrs Hughes, built up over a quarter-century of overseeing the household staff. However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. For a brief time before entering into household service, Mr Carson was a music hall performer in the vaudeville duo the "Cheerful Charlies" alongside former friend Charlie Grigg. When Lady Cora learns that Mrs Hughes is supporting Ethel, she is persuaded to invite Major Bryant's parents to Downton Abbey. But the next day, we learn that Vera Bates is dead. He formerly worked as a hall boy, but wants to become a footman. 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. Prince Igor Kuragin (Russian: ; played by Rade Sherbedgia) is a former Russian nobleman forced into exile as a result of the 1917 Revolution. Mr Carson overhears the news of Lord Grantham's della Francesca painting selling "amazingly well" and takes advantage of this news to hire a new footman at Downton Abbey. Encouraged by her family (excepting her father, who thought Gregson just wanted to take advantage of her title and wealth) she went to see him in London and accepted his offer. On one notable occasion he wakes the staff in the middle of the night by horrifically screaming during a nightmare. Lady Rosamund Painswick (ne Crawley) (played by Samantha Bond) is Robert's widowed sister who lives on her own in London. Her partner is a photographer named Dan Bridge. Mini Bio (1) Sharon Small was born on January 1, 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. However, problems between the two are not over as Bates realises something has upset Anna. In 1913, Mason's wife dies of a heart attack leaving him on his own on their farm. It is impossible to recognise Major Gordon as Patrick Crawley because his face was severely burned during the Battle of Passchendaele. In the third series, Isobel wants to hire Ethel to work alongside Mrs Bird. Before she can bring herself to tell him about Marigold, Mary peevishly reveals the truth. When Lady Rose returns to Downton, having had a child of her own, and asks when the baby is due, Anna reveals that she is about ten days away from her due date. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. When the food does not meet her exacting standards, she takes her frustration out on the maids, especially Daisy. Marigold Shore 1 episode, 2011 Julian Wadham . A wealthy American heiress, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. She takes great pride in her cooking and is a perfectionist in the kitchen. The female servants report to her. He returns to Crawley House immediately upon Mr Carson's recovery, though he goes to the great house with Matthew Crawley to be his full-time valet after his marriage to Lady Mary. She is one of the few servants who smoke on a regular basis. Shortly beforehand, Thomas signs up to the Royal Army Medical Corps in an effort to avoid being sent to the frontline for the war that is soon coming. At the end, he is seen playing football on the beach, while Thomas watches from a nearby chair. Thomas watches forlornly as Jimmy enters Lady Anstruther's room, silently wishing Jimmy was coming to him instead. Rose secretly invites Ross and his band members to perform at Downton for Robert's birthday, by which time she has entered into a secret relationship with Jack. Her Aunt Rosamund finds out and accompanies her to get the abortion in London. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. 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