This engagement is broken off and during the war he is injured. Read more: The Bay season 2 episode 2: Viewer theories over who killed Stephen at odds. In the fourth series, Mary is pursued by three suitors: Anthony Foyle (Lord Gillingham), Evelyn Napier, and Charles Blake. Poor Alfred is used as a pawn in his aunt's scheming, which eventually comes to nothing. Tom Branson was supposed to appear in only three episodes of the first series,[8] and Branson was originally Yorkshire-born. When news reaches the Crawleys confirming Michael Gregson's tragic death, Lady Edith tells a terribly distraught Mrs Drewe the truth, reclaims her daughter, and flees to London. During the same conversation, she said of her career: Youve got to keep on working There also isnt a huge number of parts for women my age, so you have to take what you can. She appeared in the film, played by Geraldine James.[24]. Bates finally confronts his wife and reveals the truth; he realised Green was the attacker as soon as he returned to Downton, and he did intend to murder the valet the day he was killed. When Lady Cora learns that Mrs Hughes is supporting Ethel, she is persuaded to invite Major Bryant's parents to Downton Abbey. Tom doesn't learn her true identity until later. Barrow is badly beaten instead. 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. Joseph Molesley (played by Kevin Doyle) (b. Sharon Small (born 1 January 1967) is a Scottish actress acclaimed for her dramatic work in film, radio, theatre, and television. After discussing Edith's child, Marigold, at the servants dinner, Bates notices she has become subdued. In series six, she gets irate when her father-in-law loses his tenancy on a nearby estate. Lady Rose Aldridge (ne MacClare) (portrayed by Lily James) (b. Travis insults the Catholic faith and believes the Anglican Church is superior. The police are convinced that Bates murdered her and he is convicted and sentenced to death, before the sentence is commuted to life in prison. The younger Crawleys often use Rosamund's home at 35 Belgrave Square as a place to stay when visiting London, on which occasions Rosamund takes the opportunity to catch up on family gossip. He first appears onscreen after Lord Grantham has given Carson permission to hire another footman in addition to Alfred Nugent. Other Works While John is in prison, Anna is able to track down a neighbour of Vera's who saw her on the day of her death. She begins to feel he is a sensible match for her. He joins his fellow former nobles on an outing to Downton in the spring of 1924. Following his father's premature death, George becomes heir to his grandfather Robert and the Downton estate. When Bates is deemed guilty and is sentenced to be hanged, Anna breaks down and briefly prepares to leave Downton Abbey with Lady Mary, whom she is very close to, offering to accompany her mistress on an extended holiday to America, much to Mary's delight. Throughout the first series she is often seen bossing around and shouting at Daisy while working but cares for her like a daughter and often offers her advice. Small is the eldest of five children. The two part on good terms, with Madeleine promising to write to Harold frequently. She plays outside with her cousins Sybil and George, as the adults are having tea inside the Downton estate. Fellowes is known professionally simply as Julian Fellowes and is an English actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter as well as a Conservative member of the House of Lords. May Bird (played by Christine Lohr) was the cook for Isobel and Matthew Crawley at Crawley House. 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". Although he says his feelings for her are sincere, and he offers to buy a stately home near Downton where they can live together and start a family, he demands near-total control and threatens that if she leaves him he will expose her liaison with Ottoman attach Kemal Pamuk, which he has covered up from exposure. Lavinia dies at Downton of Spanish influenza after Matthew regains use of his legs and shortly before their wedding. "[17] Finneran stated her belief that O'Brien's negative attitudes originated from how the character "has basically sacrificed her entire life to somebody else, for the good of their life and their home its no wonder that she would get frustrated or angry about things. While he is recuperating, Jimmy comes to speak with him. He volunteers to help Mr Mason take care of Downton's pigs and shows an interest in farming. At Downton Abbey, he meets Violet again, who is shocked by his reappearance and what has happened to him. [18] Jen Chaney of Vulture ranked O'Brien as the series' second most "despicable" character. However, Bates is not fooled, and when she returns to Downton, tells her he believes he knows what took them to London, believing the worst has happened. After failing to persuade Dr Clarkson to "bend the rules", a furious Violet manages to pull some strings to have William sent back to Downton, where he was cared for by Lady Edith. 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. He often resists "modern" suggestions for better management of the estate, especially after his daughter Mary joins his sons-in-law Matthew and Tom in running it. He starts his employment there in 1910 as a junior footman. Thomas tries to remain calm, quietly asking if Jimmy might try writing. 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. During the Revolution many years later, Prince Kuragin and his wife, Princess Irina Kuragina, were arrested by the Bolsheviks and separated. He returns to Downton in 1922, clearly still interested in the recently widowed Mary. Joe Burns (played by Bill Fellows) is a former suitor to Mrs Hughes. Her industrious nature, first discovered during the First World War when she opens and maintains Downton as a convalescent home for soldiers, and later put to use on the Downton hospital board, often causes conflict with Robert, especially after she becomes president of the hospital board in the final series. Small is perhaps best known for her appearances in the Inspector Lynley series. Sharon was in an episode of BBC crime drama Death in Paradise. She now realises the 10-month trip to Switzerland was a farce. It is impossible to recognise Major Gordon as Patrick Crawley because his face was severely burned during the Battle of Passchendaele. He also insists that Ethel cannot prove that Charlie is Major Bryant's child. The king is later heard in a radio broadcast, voiced by Jon Glover. William had three brothers and a sister but all died at or shortly after birth, leaving him as the only child. Carson is mortified when he suffers severe chest pains while serving the family dinner and as a consequence is forced to accept help from the female staff. 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. Though he tries, Edith tells him she doesn't care that he is married, and agrees to be his secret mistress in the future. Violet hopes to persuade him to allow the Downton village hospital to remain under the control of the Crawley family, instead of having it merge with a major hospital in York. Violet, portrayed as a matriarchal figure and quick of wit despite her age, symbolises the "old world" and order of the preFirst World War days. 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. She says they do not have enough in common, and Violet later says it is because Tony was not clever enough for her. He finds it difficult to reconcile the traditionalist, aristocratic lifestyle of Downton with his middle-class upbringing, but he is eventually accepted into the family and becomes something of a surrogate son to Lord Grantham. She experiences multiple disappointments in her romantic relationships: she is jilted at the altar by Sir Anthony Strallan in the third series, and her second fianc Michael Gregson is killed by Nazis while staying in Germany. Through a series of notes and letters, all of which Jimmy desperately begs Thomas for advice on, the audience learns that Jimmy's former position with Lady Anstruther included a sexual aspect. Mabel Lane-Fox returns and begins pursuing him again, but he is still convinced that it would be dishonorable not to marry Mary after their affair. She was forced to leave school at the age of 11. Robert very reluctantly agrees, and feels sorry that Edith is a "spinster" with no boyfriend or prospects in sight. Small then studied drama at Kirkcaldy College of Technology (now Fife College),[1] and continued her study at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Determined to prove him innocent, Anna and Robert try to appeal the decision and are successful in reducing Bates's sentence from execution to life imprisonment. Going back to the very first episode from 2010, the . She might be a familiar face to viewers, as her acting CV includes parts in Death in Paradise and Downton Abbey. 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. Matters are made much worse when Murray confirms that her history, of which the police are now aware, would look convincingly to the police like Anna was capable of violence. Jimmy Kent (played by Ed Speleers) was one of two new footmen introduced in series three, after the end of World War I. He meets Lady Rose MacClare one stormy day in York in the spring of 1924, while she is leaving a pastry shop, and helps her with her packages. She tells Anna that she remembers Vera had dried food under her fingernails, meaning that Vera made the pie herself knowing that her husband would be implicated for murder. Her father dies shortly after and Matthew honours his deathbed wish for his ashes to be placed in Lavinia's grave. Prince Igor Kuragin (Russian: ; played by Rade Sherbedgia) is a former Russian nobleman forced into exile as a result of the 1917 Revolution. During the Great War, after William is brought back to Downton mortally wounded, the Dowager Countess summons him to wed William and Daisy before William dies. 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. However, she eventually decides she does not want to marry any of them, providing a shock, especially for Tony. Andy tries to break ties with Thomas, on account of Mr Carson, Mrs Hughes, and Mrs Patmore informing him that Thomas is a homosexual. 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. While in England he makes the acquaintance of the Hon. Unlike Carson, she privately views Lady Mary as a silly girl whose misfortune comes mostly from her own mistakes; her attitudes have likely softened over the years. His son Larry, who was once keen on Sybil, treats her husband Tom with rudeness and disrespect. Publicity Listings He also reveals that Bates is no longer a suspect, as the person seen talking to Green appeared to be shorter than him. In the first film, she is seven years old and continues to be raised with her first cousins George and Caroline, at the estate. When Vera learns that her husband has a larger than expected inheritance after his mother's death, she arrives at Downton Abbey. During the Great War she learns that her nephew Archibald "Archie" Philpotts deserted and was shot for cowardice at the front. 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. Thomas is quickly drawn to Jimmy, whose flirty and vague behaviour leads him to believe that Jimmy might be interested in sharing a homosexual relationship. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. At the beginning of series six Anna is in a dark place as the case of Green's death lingers over her and Bates as she's still out on bail. Anna and Bates both visit Scotland Yard where Anna is forced to be part of an identity parade to which Bates is outraged. 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. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Henry Cavill: Best Role Leading or Supporting. See full bio 1 nomination. When they return, Bates knows that it was she, not Mary that had the medical emergency; however, this time she tells him that the news is happy and that she is in fact pregnant, to which Bates is overjoyed. Inspector Vyner of Scotland Yard returns to Downton and informs Anna and Bates that they have discovered that Green attacked several women. He goes with her to the church of St. Mary Magdalene, where Rose helps care for exiled Russians. Anna was the member of staff who helped Lady Mary and her mother Cora carry the corpse of Kemal Pamuk out of Lady Mary's bedroom and was the only one who openly welcomed valet John Bates to the household, despite everyone else's initial prejudice against him on account of his limp. At that time, it is inferred that Jimmy has kept up appearances by teasing Thomas and giving him a very clear cold shoulder that even Alfred notices is extreme. Andy helps Mr Mason move into Yew Tree Farm with Mrs Patmore and Daisy. Determined to find any way to legally marry Edith, he learns if he becomes a German citizen he can divorce Lizzy. He later opens the ball at Grantham House and dances with Rose. In series three, she has a breast cancer scare; the lump is eventually diagnosed as benign. She is an actress, known for About a Boy (2002), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001) and Downton Abbey (2010). Bertie later encounters Edith in London and helps her with her all-night push to get her magazine to the printer. After spending the weekend together, he talks of their engagement, but she realises he is not the man for her. Sharon Small (* 1. The show is a chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants in the post-Edwardian era, and the effects the great events of the time have on their lives and on the British . A loyal servant, he volunteers his service at the earl's mansion. A pub owner confirms that Bates was indeed in York and would swear to it, which clears him. Tony later calls off his engagement to Mabel, because of his interest in Mary. A wealthy American heiress, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. 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."). The Marchioness's lady's maid tells Vera about Lady Mary's liaison with Kemal Pamuk. In the final series, after losing his tenancy at a neighbouring estate, he is offered the tenancy of Yew Tree Farm in Downton, thanks to the unflagging efforts of Daisy. Despite misgivings, Mrs Crawley agrees with the plan, although Ethel seems unwilling to accept any position aside from one close to Charlie's new home. Finneran stated that the character "is a thoroughly despicable human being",[16] and that "People actually love that shes a nasty piece of work. 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. After being informed that this story was untrue by Isobel Crawley, the doctor corrected the report to the War Department, and William is drafted shortly thereafter. Mary tells the Bateses that their newborn son is welcome to stay at Downton's nursery during the day, as Anna wants to continue working at Downton, and that soon their son will be joined by a child of her own, as Mary is now pregnant. Sharon Small was born on January 1, 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland. 1886) is lady's maid to Lady Mary at Downton Abbey; previously she was first parlour maid and head housemaid. He tells Anna he knows what has happened, and reassures her that he still loves her. Biography Sharon Small was born on January 1, 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. They love to dislike her. 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. Small is perhaps best known for her appearances in the Inspector Lynley series. Sharon Small. His last name remains unknown. Lord Grantham sends Thomas after Lady Edith, and Thomas can only watch in horror, unable to protect Jimmy this one last time. After struggling with infertility, Mary becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, George, at the end of the third series. He has been widowed since the death of his wife Maud. He has worked at Downton since he was a young man, when his grandfather was its Head Groom. In 1913, Mason's wife dies of a heart attack leaving him on his own on their farm. Jane Moorsum (played by Clare Calbraith) was a maid at Downton Abbey and Ethel's replacement. Though Isobel is concerned about marrying Lord Merton when his sons do not approve of her, Violet insists she should not let them ruin her future. For her explosion of anger, she almost loses her job, but Cora, who understands her frustration and anger, talks Carson into letting her stay. Matthew and Mary fall in love, but circumstances separate them, and Matthew becomes engaged to Lavinia Swire. However, relatively quickly, the mystery is solved as another of Green's victims comes forward and confesses to his murder. 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. He tries to convince her that despite wanting children, she alone is enough for him, which she has trouble accepting. George V's wife, Queen Mary (Valerie Dane), appears with her husband at the debutante ball. Wear comfortable shoes. From the start it is clear that Lord Grantham finds Jane attractive and he takes a great interest in the education of her twelve-year-old son, Freddie. He returns to Downton as first footman although, as always, he plans to move up to a higher position in the house staff. As Anna returns to Downton, Bates is still missing, leaving her miserable. Bertie asks Edith to marry him the night of Charlie Rogers' death. In episode 6 Anna begins to experience uncomfortable pains again and Bates insists he pay for her to see Ryder again. Despite his questions, he does so. When Elsie turns his proposal down he later married Ivy (died 1910) and had one son Peter, who joined the army. 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. More is revealed about Anna's past. 1862) is the housekeeper at Downton Abbey. Bates goes to York for the day but does not reveal the reason for going and Mr Green dies in Piccadilly after "falling into the road". For his part, Mason knows how he is affecting them and tries to give them as much space as possible. Daisy admits she loved Alfred, but that is gone and they need to go their separate ways. In a journey to the highlands it is revealed that Dr Clarkson has developed romantic feelings for Isobel Crawley. 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. 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. 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. Thomas is a closeted gay man. Edith accepts him, and they marry on New Year's Eve 1925. After the fire, Lord Grantham tells Carson that Jimmy has to go, but with a good reference. Read more: Recognise Mark Bradwell in The Bay? Anna is promoted from head housemaid to Lady's Maid to Mary during Bates's incarceration. Eventually Mary breaks off the engagement to him after the pair argue with increased frequency, and after Lord Grantham discovers the truth from Lady Grantham and advises Mary not to be unhappy with someone she does not love. 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. In the end, when Alfred does leave, Molesley seeks the job but Carson refuses, citing his great reluctance. Sharon Small was born on January 1, 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland. Downton Abbey Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. However, Anthony jilts Edith at the altar, devastating her. But the next day, we learn that Vera Bates is dead. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. 1891) is the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham and arguably the centre of interest of all the family story arcs in the series. 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 later tells Mrs Patmore that she is ready to start planning her wedding to Andy. He is caught by Alfred, who walks in on this scene and eventually tells Mr Carson at O'Brien's insistence. Birthday Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom She volunteers with a charity in Leeds to help Russian refugees who have resettled in England. 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.". 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. 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 the First World War with the men away fighting, Mr Drake needs help on his farm. In 1996, Julian Fellowes learned that, according to a friend's great aunt's diary, around 1890 a diplomat did die in the bed of a single woman; the woman and a matron carried the diplomat's corpse to his guest bed, where a valet later found him; the secret was kept for a century.[22]. And now Sharon Small is starring as grieving widow Rose in re. Hugh Bonneville and his character of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, look very similar except, of course, for their clothing choices. 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. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. Mason, still enamored with Mrs Patmore, agrees to surrender the farm lease to Daisy and Andy and go to live with her. Richard Clarkson (played by David Robb) is the Crawley family doctor. When she is older, she affectionately nicknames Robert "Donk" (much to his consternation) after playing a game of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" with him. He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. Plot - Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century on the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey between 1912 and 1926. She is convinced that he may take her back and they can get married, but he gently tells her that he is too old for her and that he doesn't want her to waste away her life caring for him. He is the son of Bill Molesley, the winner of the best bloom at the Downton Flower Show in 1913. Cora instantly takes a liking to him, whereas Mary and Robert do not. Sharon Small (1 January, 1967; Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland - 15 June, 2020; Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland) appears in a cameo role as Marigold Shore, ladies maid to Rosamund Painswick in the 2011 Christmas Special of Downton Abbey . Mrs Hughes discovers a round-trip ticket stub from York to London in an article of Bates's clothing that Anna donates to charity. That show ran for six seasons, between 2001 and 2007. 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