The late actor Maggie Smith, who passed away last year in 2024, her presence shall be greatly missed in the forthcoming film, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Elizabeth McGovern found the late Dame Maggie Smith's absence from the new Downton Abbey film "freed up the narrative". The 64-year-old actress had been worried that losing her co-star - who died in ...

That said, the presence of Smith, who died last year, still ‘permeates’ this third and final ‘Downton’ installment.