Advertisement'60s 'Dish' Maggie Smith Says, 'That Was Never Me'Play07:12Download AudioJanuary 12, 2016NPR StafffacebookEmailDame Maggie Smith plays Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in Downton Abbey, now entering its sixth and final season. Smith says that the enduring popularity of the period drama "took everybody by surprise." (Masterpiece)
