First the American-born chatelaine of Downton Abbey (played by Elizabeth McGovern) takes on Miss O'Brien as her lady's maid, only to have O'Brien plant a bar of soap on the bathroom floor,. Mr Mason gave some books to Andy, and he reveals to Thomas that he can write no more than his own name; Thomas offers to teach him to read and write. [citation needed] Moreover, actor Leech wanted to audition for Thomas Barrow, but chose Branson. The end of "Downton Abbey" was, admittedly, a bit of a disappointment for Allen Leech. When Mary discovers that it was Green who assaulted Anna, she asks Tony to dismiss him, but says she cannot tell him why. Bates is angered when Miss Baxter informs the police that he could have made it to London the day Green was killed, despite her making clear she could not swear on the evidence. Eventually, his wife persuades him to accept the child as his grandson, and Mr Bryant offers to adopt Charlie. Bates, however, manages to prove his innocence. 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. She maintains a quarrelsome rivalry with Violet, the Dowager Countess, but this eventually develops into a genuine friendship, especially after Isobel is grief-stricken by Matthew's unexpected death and Violet's brief illness. Even so, the family still call him by his last name. She also discusses with Charles Blake his feelings for Mary. However, the pains are nothing to worry about, as it's just her body adjusting to the pregnancy. 1862) is the housekeeper at Downton Abbey. . Anna, however, tells him that the news is nothing sad and that actually, she's pregnant and expecting their child. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. Edna's the fucking worst! 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. Mrs Hughes also learns the truth but says no more when she learns that Cora knows. The intended dinner conversation quickly becomes a heated argument in front of the bemused minister, and the Earl of Grantham collapses from a perforated ulcer, ending the gathering while he is rushed to hospital. He only changes his mind when he learns more of Sir Richard's questionable moral character, and is clearly distressed by Lady Mary's reaction to his decision. During the Christmas episode, Bates visits Anna in prison where she reveals that a secret from her past could compromise any character witness statement the Crawleys make in her favour. He is married and has several young children. 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. She attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. This all occurs when Matthew and his mother were away in France, in the trenches and field hospitals respectively. 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. Mrs Hughes dismisses her after discovering the two of them in bed together, but Ethel shortly returns having nowhere else to go when she finds out she is pregnant with his child. 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. A shocked Anna begins to ask how the case is sorted out but Bates silences her, saying they will speak of it later. This scheme fails, however, when he is sold worthless goods and is rendered penniless. When she makes others (notably Tom Branson) feel or look bad, she senses no remorse for them or what she has done to them. Andrew is hired by Carson on a temporary basis to work the week of Lady Rose MacClare's wedding at Grantham House in London. Anna May Bates (ne Smith; born possibly in 1886) was head housemaid at Downton Abbey and is currently lady's maid to Lady Mary Crawley. This eyesight problem is declared to be cataracts, the surgery for which is new and daunting to Mrs Patmore, but the operation is successful and she regains the full use of her eyesight. However, he is killed during the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. In series four, Anna is violently raped and Bates is confused and hurt at her attempts to push him away, as he is unaware of Anna's distress. Edna is a former housemaid who is conniving and scheming. She is 26 at the beginning of the series. Rose later becomes attracted to Sir John Bullock, a guest at a Downton house party with whom she later meets up in London along with some of her relatives. While there, she apparently comes to like Lady Flintshire and manages to arrange to become her lady's maid. This is a list of characters from Downton Abbey, . The judge voids the divorce decree, with the result that Vera and John are still legally married. When the Crawleys manage to reduce Bates's sentence to life imprisonment, she decides to stay at Downton, although she vows that she will not rest until Bates is free. It's not such a free place any more. Known for its extravagant set, charming characters and stellar ensemble cast, the series became a cultural. Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes.It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011. When she asks how it is possible that he has returned, he silences her, insisting that they speak later about it but for the moment, enjoy their Christmas. She plays the victim, and accuses him of using her, then casting her aside, and not being a man of honor. Ultimately, his actions do not matter, as she confesses to Matthew about Pamuk and Matthew proposes to her despite this. Although convinced that there is no evidence for anything to happen, Anna is later arrested for Green's murder. She would remain through the series end, after she revealed the whole story to Cora and Thomas' attempts to bully her were stopped. Chamberlain later reveals to Tom that he had been blackmailed into attending by Violet, who knew of his role in one of the notorious pranks performed by his brother-in-law, Horace de Vere Cole (in their youth, de Vere Cole, Chamberlain and some others had disguised themselves as workmen and had dug a trench across Piccadilly Circus, causing a massive traffic jam "from the East End to Belgrave Square."). Tony later calls off his engagement to Mabel, because of his interest in Mary. 1873) was the butler of Crawley House, in the village of Downton, and valet for Matthew Crawley. He often helps Ivy in the kitchen with his culinary skills, much to Daisy's ire. Mr Albert Mason (played by Paul Copley) is the father of William, the Downton footman who died of injuries received in the Great War. Phyllis Baxter (played by Raquel Cassidy), is hired as lady's maid to Cora following the departure of Edna Braithwaite. Considering Charlie's future, she gives him to Mr and Mrs Bryant. 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. She names her son Charlie after his father, before moving away from Downton to start a new life. Edna commence faire ami-ami avec Thomas, ce que lui dconseille Anna. 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. Michael Gregson (played by Charles Edwards) (d. around 8 November 1923) is a London editor for the society magazine The Sketch. [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]. The Dowager Countess's Lady's Maid Gladys Denker takes advantage of him to go out drinking, but Thomas Barrow comes to his rescue, teaching Denker a lesson in the process. In the Christmas Special, she receives a letter from Alfred, implying that they keep in touch. She says that she does not want to be in service for the rest of her life and often complains about her surroundings. 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. Eventually, Jimmy decides that the only thing to do is to satisfy her and hope it'll get her out of his hair. Lord Merton is invited to dinner at Downton Abbey along with his family before Mary and Matthew's wedding. He dies hours later. However, this alliance does not last very long, as Edna is fired after she successfully seduces Tom Branson but is foiled in her effort to blackmail him into marrying her. She says they do not have enough in common, and Violet later says it is because Tony was not clever enough for her. 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. For her explosion of anger, she almost loses her job, but Cora, who understands her frustration and anger, talks Carson into letting her stay. By series four the love triangle is getting nowhere until Alfred decides to leave after catching Ivy kissing Jimmy. But when she reveals she knows he is married, he explains that his wife, Lizzy, whom he loved very much, has been in an insane asylum for some years with no hope of recovery. During the first series he had strong feelings for Daisy. To prevent Carson embarrassing himself or the family, Mrs Hughes and Lady Mary conspire to have him join Lord Grantham's trip to the French villa instead. Tom Branson confides in Mrs Hughes over Edna's threats. During a conversation with Bates, Anna tells him that something in her history could stack against her in a court case. It takes Alfred too long to realise that Daisy was the better match, and only tries to approach her when he comes back to the Abbey after leaving for his cooking course. Gregson arrives in Munich, then vanishes with no word. Although Daisy finds this awkward at first, after he tells Daisy that William thought she was special and that his father would have no children left after his own death, their relationship changes and becomes akin to that of father and daughter. They kiss and enjoy their reunion. 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. Edith accepts him, and they marry on New Year's Eve 1925. Whilst Anna is in Lady Mary's bedroom after the wedding of Lady Edith and Bertie Pelham, her waters unexpectedly break. Edna Braithwaite is a supporting antagonist on the series, Downton Abbey, serving as the final antagonist in Series 3, (the main antagonist in the Series 3 Christmas Special) and the central antagonist in Series 4. She even skips work to go see him in the Grantham Arms, after hearing that he would be eating lunch there. 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. She declines. Gwen Harding (born Dawson) (played by Rose Leslie) was a housemaid at Downton. 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. This puts strain on the couple, as Anna is too frightened to ask John the truth of his trip to York. O'Brien, Cora's lady's maid, schemes to get Cora to talk to Lord Grantham about Bates's unsuitability. Upon learning that her parents are dead, he offers to take her under his wing as a surrogate daughter, which she accepts, though reluctantly at the outset. 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. Still in the dark about her pregnancy, Anna begins to experience pains in episode 4, for which Lady Mary rushes her down to London, claiming to Bates that the emergency is hers, not Anna's. Matthew defends Michael against his wife and goes stalking and fishing with him. During the Great War, she opened a soup kitchen at Crawley House, in secret, and was helped by Mrs Patmore and Daisy to run it from the money given by the government for the hospital. In 1912, she brings private papers of her uncle Jonathan Swire, a Liberal minister, to Sir Richard Carlisle since Sir Richard plans to financially ruin her father. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Before she can bring herself to tell him about Marigold, Mary peevishly reveals the truth. 'Downton Abbey' Insufferability Index: That Bitch Braithwaite Most of the insufferability on last night's episode of Downton was trumped by the over-the-top villainy of Edna Braithwaite. Episode #4.2: Directed by David Evans. In series three, Edith and Anthony reconnect and are soon engaged. O'Brien, always against Bates, writes to Vera to tell her where he is and about his and Anna's blossoming romance. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. In episode 5, Bates is insistent that nothing will go wrong with the pregnancy, when Anna begins to worry. Bates remains ignorant of the true meaning of the words, but he soon has other concerns when Lord Grantham decides to appoint Thomas as under-butler to take advantage of his skills at cricket; Bates had only hoped to allow Thomas to leave with a good reference. Matthew eventually relents and uses the money to save Downton Abbey from bankruptcy following Lord Grantham's having lost his wife's fortune through bad investments. Edith stays on (she had intended to resign because she was repulsed that a married man was flirting with her) after Michael expresses his hope that she will, citing how much it cheers him to meet her when they do and to read her column. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. Deducing that Miss O'Brien is pressuring Jimmy to have Mr Carson demand Thomas leave Downton with no reference, he informs Lord Grantham of the details, and asks Thomas to give him a weapon to use against his former ally. Edna has considerable charm, which she uses to her advantage. He had planned to make a proposal of marriage to her and took her to the village fair. She begins to feel he is a sensible match for her. She would be canned after she tried everything to derail Tom's transition to the upstairs family. Although in some ways his character embodies the traditional values of the aristocracy, Robert does not shun all progress, and he is very protective of and loyal to his family and servants. Mabel Lane-Fox, whom Mary refers to as "the greatest heiress of the season." Harold then accompanies his mother to England in July 1923. However, in the third series, Tom and now-pregnant Sybil are forced to flee Ireland after Tom becomes implicated in the burning of an Anglo-Irish nobleman's 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. Sybil "Sybbie" Branson, (b. late May 1920) is the daughter and only child of Tom Branson and the late Lady Sybil Branson (ne Crawley). Rose befriends the prince's mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who comes to her when a letter from the prince is stolen by Terence Sampson, a greedy acquaintance from Robert's club. Edna approaches him again when she sees him sitting by himself and gives him a large whiskey, saying she thinks he needs it. 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. In the first series, she is asked to stand-in for Mrs Patmore as cook at the Abbey while she is away having an eye operation. In the first feature film, Bertie is asked by King George V to accompany him on a three-month tour of Africa. 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. When he returns to Downton to attend a house party, his valet, Mr Green, rapes Anna. Mr Bates reassures Anna that nothing will change between them, and that he will always support her. Given that her plans are always easily undone, Edna is a poor plotter who thinks herself cleverer than she actually is. Bates sneaks up behind Anna, surprising her, then pulls her aside. She plays outside with her cousins Sybil and George, as the adults are having tea inside the Downton estate. The female servants report to her. In "The Finale", feeling guilty about ruining Edith's happiness, Mary arranges for Bertie and Edith to reunite at a restaurant. He began flirting with her, later admitting he is attracted to her. The evidence does not portray Bates in a good light; the jury finds him guilty of the murder of his wife, and he is sentenced to be hanged. She replaced another maid named Ethel Parks, who had been sacked after being caught with a soldier while Downton Abbey was a convalescent home for war wounded soldiers. 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. After a hot post-dinner make-out with Lady Mary, the dangerously handsome Turkish diplomat sneaks his way into her bedroom and forces himself on her, only to collapse in an . She tells Bates's vengeful estranged wife Vera about the family's dirty secrets in an attempt to force Bates out and Vera uses that to blackmail Bates. She does not return in the second series and is replaced by Ethel. She firmly believed that she could guilt Tom into responding to her as she represented the same working class that he himself had been part of earlier. On part three of Downton Abbey's fourth season, Lord Gillingham announces . During the First World War with the men away fighting, Mr Drake needs help on his farm. A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century. Edith inherits his publishing company and reclaims their daughter, Marigold. Finally, Edna says she cannot be stopped from speaking to Cora. Using her husband's name, she obtains a service post in the household of the Marquess of Flintshire since the Marchioness of Flintshire is the Earl of Grantham's cousin. It becomes clear Shrimpie is deeply unhappy about his marriage to Susan. Downton Abbey was the most-watched show on Christmas Day, pulling in an audience of over 10million "There was a real feeling that we were making entertainment. She reveals that she had stolen jewellery from a previous employer who treated her nicely, and she went to prison but was released early for good behaviour. Lenker states that the character is initially "a solid villain" but develops and "he gradually became one of the most beloved members of the Crawley family staff". She is unhappy in her marriage, and seeks to end it. But Edith, Mary, Matthew and Isobel defend Tom, and Mary settles the matter once and for all by revealing Sybil did not object to her child being a Catholic. formata da otto episodi e uno speciale di novanta minuti andato in onda a Natale 2013.. 1868), usually called Lady Grantham, is the wife of Robert and mother of Mary, Edith and Sybil. Elsie May Carson (ne Hughes) (played by Phyllis Logan) (b. Specifically, the new housemaid, Edna. Marigold is born in Geneva, Switzerland and adopted by a Swiss couple. Violet attempts to find the whereabouts of Princess Irina through Lord Flintshire, who is her nephew-in-law, and eventually receives a letter from Lord Flintshire saying the Princess may have fled to Wan Chai, Hong Kong, where she might be working as a nurse. She is replaced in her position by Jane, a war widow. In episode 3, Mary asks if Anna has considered Dr Ryder's advice. With the possibility of Alfred leaving to pursue his dreams of being a chef, Mr Carson offers Molesley a job as second footman if Alfred leaves. While the family, guests and staff listen to Melba's performance upstairs, Green sexually assaults Anna in the servants' quarters. Lady Edith has recently learned to drive and she volunteers to drive their tractor. It is not known whether he went ahead and published the story. With its views of life from the upstairs and downstairs, it shows the perspectives of the happenings of early 20th century England's commonwealth. He is in love with Ivy, who is in love with Jimmy, while Daisy is in love with Alfred and determined to break them up. Menu. Edith's repeated visits began to arouse the suspicion and anger of Drewe's wife. She is one of Anna's closest allies, being the first person who helps her in the aftermath of Mr Green's attack. Tom is enraged when she tells him if he was good enough for his late wife then she is good enough for him. Most of the staff give him the cold shoulder, while Thomas and O'Brien try to get rid of him to further their own ends. Branson's return to Downton Abbey for Matthew and Mary's wedding is off to a poor start: he doesn't own a set of tails or even a dinner jacket, and he talks politics at dinner, enraging Robert. At five or six years old, in 1928, she has donned braids and runs to ask her mother play with her one warm day. We first meet the conniving woman in the second season as a general housemaid. Hold on to your hats as Downton decamps to Scotland, MyAnna Buring says Edna Braithwaite has dreams far above her station! (Interview), Downton Abbey Series 4 (Season 4), Episode 4 Recap: Staying Silent, Speaking Up. When Jimmy returns with Dr. Clarkson and the other fair-goers, they find Thomas beaten and bloody. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. In series six, despite her sister Mary's efforts to separate them, Edith marries Bertie Pelham, becoming a marchioness, and he and her family come to accept her daughter Marigold. Anna's mother managed to convince police that it was an accident and he had slipped, but Anna is now terrified that either the police have found a file on the incident or her stepfather had heard of her arrest and tipped them off and it would be used to disprove the Crawleys' character reference of her and portray her as violent. Her father dies shortly after and Matthew honours his deathbed wish for his ashes to be placed in Lavinia's grave. An overconfident Thomas makes a snide remark that Mr Bates can do nothing to stop him only for Bates to violently grab him and shove him against the wall, proving that despite his disability he is not to be underestimated. The next day, Vera is found dead from ingestion of rat poison. After a financial scare, Matthew becomes a co-owner of the estate, and begins working on plans to modernise it with the new agent, brother-in-law Tom Branson. On one notable occasion he wakes the staff in the middle of the night by horrifically screaming during a nightmare. She is also the associate director of the MahWaff Theatre Company. Anna is freed but on bail whilst her husband is classified as being on the run. As a . In 1922 he joins Violet and Isobel for lunch, later taking a walk with Isobel. 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.". He eventually takes a position in a smaller household, but when Carson develops an illness, Barrow is invited back to Downton to become the new butler. Only the housemaid Anna offers him any sympathy and friendship. Barrow accepts that Jimmy can never give him what he wants, so they instead agree to be friends. . Lord Grantham, after being pressured by Cora and Carson to see how Bates is not fulfilling his job properly, regretfully tells Bates that it is not working out. He finds himself mutually attracted to Lady Grantham's new maid, Baxter. Before the war, he worked for Lady Anstruther and was her favourite footman. Anna and Bates both visit Scotland Yard where Anna is forced to be part of an identity parade to which Bates is outraged. Lord Merton remarks that both his sons are very much like his late wife, to whom he was not happily married. He was interested in studying medicine once in his life, but his father did not think it suitable for someone of his position. Thomas is then attracted to the handsome new footman, Jimmy, and walks into his room and kisses the sleeping Jimmy. 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. We've listed any clues from our database that match your search for "Downton Abbey maid". Rather, she tries to make her victims feel guilty. In the meantime, Bertie's unmarried cousin dies of malaria in Tangiers. Edna believes Tom and Mrs Hughes are going to try to buy her off, and insists she will accept nothing they offer because she wants her child, if she is going to have one, to grow up with a father. He purposefully puts his hand in the line of fire in order to gain a blighty wound and be sent home. Mason, still enamored with Mrs Patmore, agrees to surrender the farm lease to Daisy and Andy and go to live with her. He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. Edna claims that Tom still seduced her, and Mrs Hughes reminds Edna it was she who got Tom drunk, then climbed into his bed, meaning she was in no way seduced. Affable and good-natured, he was also a competent pianist (actor Thomas Howes is a pianist) and would entertain other servants during their free time. Before she came to Downton in 1895 as head housemaid, she was courted by a farmer, Joe Burns. They then take this to Robert who ensures that the witness makes a statement, then tries to contact Bates. She is petite, slim, and of average height. Headstrong, ambitious, and determined, Edna sets her sights on the recent widower Tom Branson. 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. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid. 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. When Green returns to the Abbey, Bates is further convinced of his guilt. Andrew "Andy" Parker (played by Michael C. Fox) is a footman who starts working at Downton Abbey in 1924. Bates then invite O'Brien to his cottage, and whispers the words "her ladyship's soap" in her ear, before warning her that unless she calls Jimmy off, he will not keep her secret. When Daisy visits him again in 1922, she is trying to avoid Alfred, who is saying his final goodbyes at the house. However, it would endanger Anna once again, who is released on bail. Martha sees herself as representing modernity, while Violet seems to represent the pre-war aristocratic world that is gradually becoming obsolete. Vera Bates uses the story to blackmail Bates into going back to her, which he does to save Anna's reputation. Branson and Edna: Branson has adapted to his new life as Downton's agent quite well, but there are those who make him feel ashamed. But when learning of his status, Matthew (as the heir to Downton Abbey) instructs him to put an end to his relationship with Edith. Fellowes initially intended for Mrs Hughes to be a Yorkshire native. She later takes his arm at the Thirsk Fair. By 1923 he has taken a keen interest in Isobel, whom he meets again at a ball at Grantham House. Under English law, her status as a lunatic cannot be used as grounds for divorce because she is neither the guilty nor innocent party. Tom Branson was supposed to appear in only three episodes of the first series,[8] and Branson was originally Yorkshire-born. 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. . For example, he recalls that he and the sisters disliked their governess, which Edith identifies specifically as Frulein Kelder.
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