Tom Branson plays a major role in the first feature film, saving the king's life and courting Lucy Smith, who is the daughter of Lady Maud Bagshaw, lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary and a cousin of the Crawleys. Year Title Role Production Notes 2004 Dear Frankie Marie Universal 2004 Belly Button Kika Satellite Pictures 2008 Last Chance Harvey Nurse Overture Films 2008 Pop Art short film Mrs. Gannon Forward Films. Ethel, however, would not be allowed contact, learning that Charlie will be told that his father died during the war and his mother died of Spanish flu. He is never referred to by name on the show, but the published scripts reveal his first name to be Philip. 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". The story was inspired by true events. Bates tries to ignore him at first. When Rose responds that the prince was very popular, the king dryly remarks that "the prince is never short of popularity." Sarah O'Brien (played by Siobhan Finneran), who is mainly known as Miss O'Brien by the other servants or just O'Brien by the family, was Lady Grantham's lady's maid, a post she has held since 1910. 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. He asks her if she had ever considered adoption, but she tells him that the idea would never work for him nor her as they would want their own child. She asks for large amounts of money, refusing a divorce so he cannot marry fellow servant Anna, and blackmails him, threatening to expose Lady Mary's secret. Edith's grandmother (and Rosamund's mother) is highly suspicious of this plan and discovers later that Edith left when she was around 34 months pregnant to give birth there. Enter a Melbet promo code and get a generous bonus, An Insight into Coupons and a Secret Bonus, Organic Hacks to Tweak Audio Recording for Videos Production, Bring Back Life to Your Graphic Images- Used Best Graphic Design Software, New Google Update and Future of Interstitial Ads. In the third series, Ethel returns, having entered into a life of prostitution. 1902) is the daughter and youngest child of Hugh and Susan MacClare (Lord and Lady Flintshire). Thomas tells Jimmy to run, while Thomas is left to take the beating in Jimmy's place. 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. "[12] Emily Orley, also of Buzzfeed, argued that the storyline of the rape of Anna had too much focus on the male characters.[13]. 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. He cares not for what others will think of him for changing his citizenship (particularly when Britain only beat Germany in the Great War a few years previously), only of Edith's love. In A New Era, now seven years old, he is seen playing with his young cousins. He is the husband of Cora, son of Violet, and father of Mary, Edith and Sybil. Fellowes wrote the . They kiss and enjoy their reunion. Bates nearly begs to stay, pointing out that he is unlikely to find another position (because of his disability), but Lord Grantham is unmoved. 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. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Henry Cavill: Best Role Leading or Supporting. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. Anna and Bates also continue the plan to sell Bates's mother's London house in order to purchase a house up north and hire it out. 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. Bates one day sets off to York alone, and returns the same day, and the family soon learn that Mr Green died in London that day, after falling under a bus. When Mary discovers that it was Green who assaulted Anna, she asks Tony to dismiss him, but says she cannot tell him why. 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She uses her position to curry favour with Lady Grantham to consolidate her influence, although her actions usually benefit them both. Bertie tells Edith that he misses her terribly and still wants to marry her. 1967) is a Scottish actress most famous for her starring roles as Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers on The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (opposite Nathaniel Parker) and Trudi Malloy on Mistresses. However, the pains are nothing to worry about, as it's just her body adjusting to the pregnancy. Recently she guest-starred on Downton Abbey and was featured on Kidnap & Ransom 's second series. In the second film, Carson is scandalised that a silent film is being shot on the Downton estate and plans to oversee matters personally with the film people "to keep them in check". While her parents are posted to India, Rose stays at Downton, where she is living by 1922. Anna is then given a trial date and Bates is forced into taking action. 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. Cora instantly takes a liking to him, whereas Mary and Robert do not. He addresses her when the Prince of Wales mentions that her father, Lord Flintshire, hosted the prince's tour of India. In "The Finale", feeling guilty about ruining Edith's happiness, Mary arranges for Bertie and Edith to reunite at a restaurant. Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey's Robert Crawley) Instagram / Getty Images. Sharon Small (born 1 January 1967) is a Scottish actress acclaimed for her dramatic work in film, radio, theatre, and television. Thomas does not admit to the others why he was attacked, and only sends a significant stare to Jimmy, who is guilt-stricken with the truth. When it is revealed the new valet, Henry Lang, had shell shock, she was uncharacteristically sympathetic towards him and it was revealed that her own brother suffered from it due to the War. Sharon Small . 1865), usually called Lord Grantham, is the 7th and current Earl of Grantham. Birthplace Sharon Small was born on 1 January 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. In the third series, Thomas and O'Brien's alliance begins to fall apart with the appointment of her nephew Alfred as 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.". Bates is less sure, but agrees that Anna will not be convicted. She is employed in Crawley house by Isobel and Mrs Patmore teaches her to cook, despite Mrs Bird leaving her post. Thomas and Jimmy share a heartfelt goodbye in which Jimmy tearfully tells Thomas that though he never thought he'd get on with a man like him, they truly had been great friends. Rose becomes restless and persuades Anna into accompanying her to a dance hall in York, where Anna attracts the attention of some young men but barely escapes when a fight ensues. 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. William asked Daisy if she would give him a photo that he could carry with him. He was further humiliated after being handed a white feather at a benefit concert held in the Crawley mansion. Problems for Anna, however, continue. "They're quite well known apparently. He refuses to assume his title publicly until his cousin's memorial service, though Carson instructs the Downton staff to address him as "Your Lordship" nonetheless. He drugs Tom's drink so that he appears drunk. In the Great War, Ethel has trouble supporting herself and her son and Mrs Hughes helps her, acting as her friend and bringing her food. Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know. 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. In series one, he tries to blackmail his former lover, The Duke of Crowborough. After Ethel attracts considerable gossip, the Dowager Countess intervenes, having Lady Edith place an advertisement for Ethel, so she may find a position elsewhere and have a fresh start. And while the household is lined up to receive a duke, O'Brien discreetly kicks Bates's cane on which he was leaning, knocking him on his face in the gravel, in order to cause a scene and bring attention to his disability. Mr Bates, to Thomas's surprise, intervenes, by informing Lord Grantham of the details and then offering to force O'Brien to call Jimmy off. 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. Eventually, she does grow close to him and learns he wishes to name her his sole heir. They insist that they can give Charlie a far better future than Ethel ever could. 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. In the third series, Isobel wants to hire Ethel to work alongside Mrs Bird. 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. Downton Abbey. After William is severely injured saving Matthew Crawley during the Battle of Amiens, Daisy agrees to marry him to give him some happiness in his life but is widowed six hours later. He later leaves Downton as he feels he is unfit for service. [5] A Huffington Post poll revealed that 85% of the respondents expressed dislike of Matthew's death. Pamuk rebuffs him and later uses this incident to blackmail Thomas, threatening to inform Lord Grantham about his indiscretion unless Thomas agrees to guide Pamuk to the room of Lady Mary later that same evening. However, in episode 4 she begins to suffer severe cramps and fears she is suffering another miscarriage. Edith's mother Cora suggests that Edith bring Marigold back to Downton on the pretense that Edith is adopting her because the Drewes can no longer afford to raise her. In The Bay, she plays Rose Marshbrook, wife of Stephen Tompkinsons character Stephen Marshbrook, who was brutally murdered in front of his son at the family home. 5 Who is Sharon Small and what does she do? He continues to notice the change in her mood after Anna tells Mary that she believes she is pregnant again. 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. 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. In the meantime, Bertie's unmarried cousin dies of malaria in Tangiers. Her child by him, a daughter named Marigold, was at first given to a family in Switzerland, where she gave birth. He believes she must have been lured into doing it, because it is not in her nature. Highclere Castle. He is a major figure in the community in his own right, as evidenced in series five when he is asked to chair a committee building a memorial to townsmen who died during the First World War. He announces he is in love with Mary and proposes to her surprise, but she says they barely know each other, and she is not ready to marry again so soon after being widowed. Following his father's premature death, George becomes heir to his grandfather Robert and the Downton estate. George V's wife, Queen Mary (Valerie Dane), appears with her husband at the debutante ball. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. [2008], Living in London with her partner, photographer Dan Bridge, and their two sons. 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