Academy president and CEO Bruce L Paisner said: "People everywhere know, follow and are passionate about Downton Abbey, and the Academy is thrilled to honour its writer and creator Julian Fellowes.

Downton Abbey went home empty handed at the People's Choice Awards last night after the hit British period drama failed to win the award it was nominated for. Up against Pretty Little Liars, The ...

LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of ...

The chronicles of the Crawley family have come to a close with the new movie, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, hitting theaters on Sept. 12. To celebrate the legacy of the beloved period drama, the ...

Winners of the 19th Annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards were announced on Sunday, January 27, 2013 by the Screen Actor's Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

Dame Maggie Smith, the British actress who starred in Harry Potter films, the wildly popular Downton Abbey series and scores of other movies, TV shows, West End and Broadway productions in a career ...

While the most famous collaboration between Smith and Fellowes may have been on the plush, award-winning period drama series, on which Smith notably played the the acid-tongued Dowager Countess, the ...

Downton Abbey and Human Planet have been honoured at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards. The programmes both picked up two prizes at the ceremony, which was held yesterday. Downton Abbey won awards for ...

It looks like we have learned our lesson to some degree. We have the period piece in fifth place in our odds for Best Drama Series and we are predicting a fifth consecutive nomination for Carter. And ...

Maggie Smith played the Countess of Granthan in the Downton Abbey (above) television series and had a career in stage, film, and television that spanned decades. Screen capture via YouTube. Maggie ...