Producers of the show have described Martha as "a wonderful combatant for Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess".

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We are still dying to know who the Dowager Countess will sass in this episode and why?

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Maggie Smith, who played the Dowager Countess of Grantham, won for best supporting actress, the miniseries' only acting award.

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For example, throughout this third season of the PBS's "Downton Abbey, " my husband and I were constantly cranking up the volume or rewinding the recorded show to catch the dowager countess's zingers.

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The current building, which is believed still to have sections from Queen Anne's time, is used as the home of the Dowager Countess Grantham, played by Dame Maggie Smith in ITV's Downton.

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