Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine will join the cast of Downton Abbey for its third season, which is set to premiere on ITV in the U.K. this fall and will air on PBS' Masterpiece Classic early next year. Shooting on the Julian Fellowes-created period drama is set to resume next month, and MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) is set to join the cast of the multiple Emmy and Golden Globes Awards-winner, where she will play a new character, Martha Levinson, the mother of American-born Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern). "My late grandfather directed Shirley MacLaine in Gambit in 1966 so it is a delight for me that she will be joining us on Downton Abbey," said executive producer Gareth Neame in an official statement. In the U.S., Downton Abbey's second season, which is up 30 percent in the ratings, is slated to wrap its run on February 19.
Source: The Daily Beast
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