Only the housemaid Anna offers him any sympathy and friendship. 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. However, having bought the train ticket to London in York, he decided not to go through with the plan at the last minute, as he considered his actions would do far more harm than good, since he would certainly have been executed had he been convicted. Brown Findlay portrays Lady Sybil Crawley, Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Herbert "Bertie" Pelham, 7th Marquess of Hexham. Her child by him, a daughter named Marigold, was at first given to a family in Switzerland, where she gave birth. Sharon Small is a Scottish actress known for her work in film, radio, theatre, and television. Mason, still enamored with Mrs Patmore, agrees to surrender the farm lease to Daisy and Andy and go to live with her. [18] Jen Chaney of Vulture ranked O'Brien as the series' second most "despicable" character. Behind the scenes Portrayed by Sharon Small Marigold: "You know men." Anna: " And I know women, too. Through careful manipulation of both Thomas and Jimmy, O'Brien crafts a situation in which Thomas is caught publicly making a move on Jimmy, who reacts in fear and anger, as male homosexuality was still illegal in the 1920s. This all occurs when Matthew and his mother were away in France, in the trenches and field hospitals respectively. Left virtually penniless, he makes his way to England and settles in York, where he receives aid from a charity for migr Russian refugees. He also nearly weds Edith to Anthony Strallan before he jilts her at the altar (Travis and the Dowager discussed Strallan's first wife beforehand). Sharon Small. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. 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. Alfred Nugent (played by Matt Milne) was the new footman brought on to replace William Mason and is introduced in series three. Andy helps Mr Mason move into Yew Tree Farm with Mrs Patmore and Daisy. 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 tells him that she believed she was pregnant, but that she had miscarried, and that it had potentially happened twice before. After a confrontation with one of the Russian emigres, Count Rostov, which Rose witnesses, Atticus reveals his family had emigrated after being driven from Odessa in that city's 1859 and 1871 pogroms. Joe Burns (played by Bill Fellows) is a former suitor to Mrs Hughes. Richard Carlisle (played by Iain Glen) is the fianc of Lady Mary Crawley in series two. 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. 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. In the third series, she grows to like Alfred but resents Ivy, the new kitchen maid, who steals Alfred's attention. Who is Sharon Small in Inspector Lynley Mysteries? They agree to be friends forever. Cast during red carpet for the movie "Downton Abbey" for the third day of the Rome Film Fest. She is unhappy in her marriage, and seeks to end it. The toughs who lost the bet follow drunk Jimmy underneath a quiet bridge and jump him. Baxter is not telling the whole story, something Molesley is convinced of when he hears the same story from Barrow. However, Tom still feels he cannot fit in; during a house party at the beginning of series three, he finds conversations with the Crawley family's friends awkward, and his friendship with schoolteacher and fellow socialist Sarah Bunting (played by Daisy Lewis) causes tension with the Crawleys. [1] She was educated at Kinghorn Primary School, where she was the Kinghorn Gala Queen in her final year, and at Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy. This scheme fails, however, when he is sold worthless goods and is rendered penniless. She is especially bitter and resentful towards most of the other servants, perhaps due to her family circumstances; the animosity is common knowledge, even for the Crawleys. Bertie later encounters Edith in London and helps her with her all-night push to get her magazine to the printer. A distraught Bates along with Lady Mary is adamant that Anna will not be convicted or even go to trial. She also tells Bertie she is feeling unfulfilled in the role of marchioness. At the end of series one, William punches Barrow for his cruel remarks regarding Lady Grantham's miscarriage and the death of William's mother. The wife tells Cora that Marigold is Edith's illegitimate child, which shocks her. William had three brothers and a sister but all died at or shortly after birth, leaving him as the only child. When Barrow attempts suicide, it is Baxter who raises the alarm (based on Barrow's earlier behaviour that morning) and finds him in the bathroom in time to save his life. He also comes to Downton Abbey for dinner later that year. Bates is subsequently charged with murder. Occasionally her caring attitude may become even counterproductive, as when she advises that Daisy should not sacrifice that much of her spare time to try to self-educate herself, as she sees that hopes for that kind of lifestyle which would justify such efforts are set too high considering Daisy's chances to move in the social hierarchy of that era. Alfred's largest rival is fellow footman Jimmy Kent, who is shorter than Alfred, but quite handsome. 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. She begins to feel he is a sensible match for her. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. During the First World War with the men away fighting, Mr Drake needs help on his farm. Travis insults the Catholic faith and believes the Anglican Church is superior. They go to the Lotus night club, but Bullock gets drunk and leaves Rose on the dance floor. In series five, Mrs Hughes tells Mr Carson that O'Brien has left Lady Flintshire to serve as lady's maid to the wife of the new governor of the Bombay Presidency in British India. Encouraged by her family (excepting her father, who thought Gregson just wanted to take advantage of her title and wealth) she went to see him in London and accepted his offer. However, in episode 4 she begins to suffer severe cramps and fears she is suffering another miscarriage. In Downton Abbey: A New Era, newlyweds Daisy and Andy are sharing the farm with Mr Mason. When she feared what he might do next and knew what was about to happen, Anna hid in the dark, waiting for him with a knife. Michael Gregson (played by Charles Edwards) (d. around 8 November 1923) is a London editor for the society magazine The Sketch. Sharon Small (b. As Bates is left helpless, Anna is escorted away to the police station having been arrested on suspicion of Green's murder. Rose in The Bay is played by Scottish actress Sharon Small. She is very trustworthy, polite, and loyal to the Crawley family and her "downstairs" co-workers. When the war ends, Thomas tries to make a profit by taking advantage of the nationwide rationing by selling goods on the black market. After a long and somewhat secretive courtship she married Mr Bates in the end of the second series in a private ceremony at a registrar's office. 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. She is coerced by O'Brien into telling Edith, who writes to the Turkish Ambassador. The Dowager Countess learns of his situation and tells the doctor that William had an embarrassing skin condition in order to keep him from being drafted. The older Mr Mason later explains to Daisy that William was his only surviving child and he had realised that William married Daisy not just because he cared for her but so his father would have someone to keep company. Sharon Small was born on January 1, 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland. She is an actress, known for About a Boy (2002), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001) and Downton Abbey (2010). And now Sharon Small is starring as grieving widow Rose in re. By 1923, he still has not been found, but pieces of what happened to him are coming to light. He purposefully puts his hand in the line of fire in order to gain a blighty wound and be sent home. His peripheral involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal leads Martha to request that Lord Grantham appear before Congress to vouch for Harold's character late in series four he escapes with only a reprimand. Lord Merton is invited to dinner at Downton Abbey along with his family before Mary and Matthew's wedding. Isobel later receives a marriage proposal from Lord Merton, and despite a health scare and his sons' attempts to prevent the marriage, Isobel decides to marry him in the final series. Nellie Melba (Kiri Te Kanawa) gives an operatic performance at the Abbey in 1922, where Cora intervenes to ensure she is treated as a guest of the family rather than a member of staff. 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. Though Prince Kuragin was subsequently released, he learned that his wife had been exiled a year before. Eventually he returns to his post as Robert's valet, and he and Anna rekindle their romance. However, she eventually decides she does not want to marry any of them, providing a shock, especially for Tony. In the third episode of the fourth series, Anna is violently assaulted and raped by Lord Gillingham's valet while the rest of family members and staff are attending a concert above stairs in the house. 1886) is lady's maid to Lady Mary at Downton Abbey; previously she was first parlour maid and head housemaid. Following his father's premature death, George becomes heir to his grandfather Robert and the Downton estate. When Matthew returns from the First World War injured she refuses to leave him despite being told that he will never walk again and is impotent. She begins an affair with Major Charles Bryant (played by Daniel Pirrie) when he is being treated at Downton while it is a temporary convalescent home. Jimmy's whereabouts post-Downton are never revealed. 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. Carson is reluctant to go along with the servants' plan to overpower the royal staff and take over serving the royal family, but ultimately agrees under prodding from Mrs Hughes. Elsie May Carson (ne Hughes) (played by Phyllis Logan) (b. Rosamund is one of the more headstrong and outspoken members of the family. 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. John Drake (played by Fergus O'Donnell) is a tenant farmer on the estate of the Earl of Grantham. When Mary discovers that it was Green who assaulted Anna, she asks Tony to dismiss him, but says she cannot tell him why. Rose's society debut is in 1923, when Cora presents her before the king, queen, and Prince of Wales. He drugs Tom's drink so that he appears drunk. She also discusses with Charles Blake his feelings for Mary. Anna insists that they marry so that she will have legal rights if the worst happens. 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. Marigold Shore 1 episode, 2011 Julian Wadham . However, after James-Collier had filmed the first two episodes of the show the producers contacted his agent and asked if he would like to be optioned for the second and third series.[15]. After being told he would not make it, William proposes to Daisy and tells her that he wants to marry her, not just out of love, but also to secure her a widow's pension so that she would be taken care of. By series four the love triangle is getting nowhere until Alfred decides to leave after catching Ivy kissing Jimmy. Anna May Bates (ne Smith) (played by Joanne Froggatt) (b. In series four, the staff at Downton Abbey receive a letter from Gwen where she tells them she is married. 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. 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. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (20012008) British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley ( Nathaniel Parker ) and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers ( Sharon Small ). 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. Barrow succeeds him as butler, with Carson serving in a supervisory role. 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. James-Collier was born in Salford, . By the end of the final series, Robert's worsening health forces him to step down from running the estate, leaving the task to Tom and Mary. At the end of the series, Bates is livid as Inspector Vyner calls Anna into Scotland Yard as part of an identity parade. How to Market Your Business with Webinars. When a witness comes forward to claim Mr Green was murdered and the investigation reaches Downton, police question Bates and Anna on several occasions. "[17] Finneran believed that O'Brien "was great to play. Its actor Steven Robertson aka Sandy from BBC hit Shetland. Please help by adding reliable sources. The Crawleys and Rose succeed in retrieving the letter, after which the grateful prince unexpectedly arrives and opens Rose's debutante ball at their house, dancing with Rose. 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