The Yorkshire-set series about the life of the landed gentry and their servants is to end with a film titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which will be released in September. McGovern, 64, plays Cora Crawley, who is married to Hugh Bonneville’s Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, who holds the title to the Downton Abbey estate. I’m ready to move on.”Downton Abbey star ready to move onDownton Abbey started as a TV series, which first aired on ITV in 2010, and ran for six series before the creation of films Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). The third film will be the first without veteran actress Dame Maggie Smith, who played Violet Crawley and died in September 2024 aged 89. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale will be released in cinemas on September 12.

Source: The Times August 26, 2025 16:02 UTC