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Violet's death comes toward the end of the film, after a storyline about her past that brings some of the family to the South of France. As she dies, Violet's loved ones, including her on-again-off-again rival Isobel (Penelope Wilton), gather around her bed to say goodbye.
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is a British actress. She is better known as Maggie Smith. She made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 70 years.
The film begins in 1928. Assuming Violet was 77 at the beginning [of the TV series], she's now in her 90s. And I think that's enough, really, Fellowes said.
As an autoimmune condition, the body mistakenly attacks your thyroid which causes it to become overactive in the first place. Graves' disease can affect anyone, but particularly women below the age of 40. This is precisely what happened to Dame Maggie when the condition worsened 1988 at the age of 33.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (b. 1842 - 1928), was the matriarch of the Crawley Family by her marriage to the late Earl of Grantham and a relative of the MacClare Family via her niece and goddaughter, Susan MacClare, Marchioness of Flintshire.