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Downton Abbey - Season 3 - Shirley MacLaine Joins Cast

Jan 30, 2012

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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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12 comments:

  1. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    Will she be part of the american family?

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  2. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    I reply myself: yes!!! I need to finish reading before commenting!

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  3. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    Wow, good news for ITV, that's quite a catch :D

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  4. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    They keep adding some great actors as guest stars!

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  5. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 8:30 PM

    Whoa! Cora's mum? Nice!!!! Though not a very good visual fit.

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  6. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    I love "Downton Abbey," but I don't much care for Shirley McLaine. She's tends to overact like mad, and for a production as classy and subtle as "Downton Abbey," she's going to stick out like a sore thumb. Who thought casting her was a good idea, I wonder?

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  7. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    Finally we will meet the other grandmother!! And she is so wonderful...

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  8. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    Maybe the want some contrast in behavior between the "English people" and the "American people"...

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  9. DarkUFOJanuary 30, 2012 at 10:29 PM

    Umm! she will definately ruffle some feathers!!

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  10. DarkUFOJanuary 31, 2012 at 1:59 AM

    There are many American people who don't overact.

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  11. DarkUFOJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    Sorry, I didn't meen to offend anybody! I was just answering with a little bit of sarcasm... maybe too much...

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  12. DarthLocke4February 15, 2012 at 3:01 PM

    I was excited to read this. Thanks! Love Downton Abbey!

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