Who is Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey?
The Dowager Countess — what is a week-end? · The Crawleys
Violet Crawley (The Dowager Countess — what is a week-end?) is a character in Downton Abbey, part of The Crawleys. Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, has outlived a husband, a century's manners and most of her rivals, and intends to outlast modernity itself armed with a cane, a lorgnette-stare and the best lines ever written for English television. She fights every change at Downton — and quietly engineers half the solutions, because beneath the Bordeaux-dry wit is the family's shrewdest operator and fiercest protector. Principles, for Violet, are negotiable; family is not. What is a week-end, anyway?
When does Violet Crawley first appear?
Violet Crawley first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 of Downton Abbey (2010–2015, ITV).
Who is Violet Crawley connected to?
Relationships already established when Violet Crawley first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- Robert Crawley — The Dowager and her heir
Which group does Violet Crawley belong to?
By the time Violet Crawley appears, The Crawleys also includes Robert Crawley, Cora Crawley, Mary Crawley, Edith Crawley, Sybil Crawley.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- Robert Crawley — The Earl holding the estate against the century
- Cora Crawley — The American countess who bends, not breaks
- Mary Crawley — The eldest — cold front, deep water
- Edith Crawley — The middle sister, perpetually overlooked — until
- Sybil Crawley — The youngest — trousers, politics, the chauffeur
- Charles Carson — The butler — standards are the last wall standing
- Elsie Hughes — The housekeeper with the keys and the conscience
- John Bates — The valet with the limp and the locked past
- Anna Bates — The head housemaid the house leans on
- Thomas Barrow — The schemer the house slowly learns to keep
- Sarah O'Brien — Her ladyship's maid, with a bar of soap
- Daisy Mason — From scullery to her own opinions
- Beryl Patmore — The cook — steam, shrapnel wit, soft centre
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