Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley | Downton Abbey

Cora Crawley is remembered as a strong and dynamic woman who embraces the changes to society in 1922. And probably, Cora is the character who has suffered the most... The pain of losing a child never goes away...
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[@guyvanarsdall7686]

I've always loved Cora's character, for the way she tries to get things done in a quiet, civil manner. The restaurant scene with Mr and Mrs Bates is a prime example.

[@deborafernandes1026]

The only thing i dont like about cora is for not stop the bullying that mary did to Edith for years(sorry for my bad English )

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

Or sacking nanny west without listening to any justification or excuses she might give

[@estherjohannes9785]

@@KoiYakultGreenTea there was no excuse for nanny west

[@alexcooper4974]

@@KoiYakultGreenTea nanny west called her granddaughter a half breed. What possible excuse is there for that?

[@emeraldgoddess1399]

She is so beguiling, charming and elegant. She’s always playing the gracious hostess, so sensitive to people’s feelings and concerns. And I love her soft voice.

[@kk-fl4pb]

I always thought they should do a prequel to Downton with a young rich Cora in the US and a house poor Robert in the UK

[@lapernice6978]

Ber P. I don‘t agree, and generally speaking the Gilded Aera in the US is quite fascinating, too!

[@disoriented1]

@Ber P. Agreed!...one of my favorite lines in the series was when someone, while speaking with the dowager, mentions the 'weekend'...she replies.."what is that?"!! :)

[@lapernice6978]

Ber P. I didn’t mean area but era, as you could easily imagine😉

[@christya2488]

I would definitely watch that.

[@kk-fl4pb]

@Ber P. That's your opinion, I still stand by my opinion that it would be interesting to see a young version of her and Robert. Especially seeing Robert in the US wooing Cora and Cora trying to fit in the UK after marriage. Having the Dowager as a mother in law would be intimidating!

[@sheilaburns8977]

Elizabeth McGovern was riveting and heartbreaking in the scene when Sybil died. I've re-watched the series and every time I see it, I cry as if it's family. Elizabeth M. and Allen Leech were heartbreaking in that scene.

[@khayanaeva8174]

Same! I watched that scene the first two or three times, but every time I've watched the show after that, I skip that scene, sometimes that whole episode. The emotions are just too overwhelming. Sybil was my favourite character, and her death scene was one of the most powerfully acted of anything I've ever watched. Even in this KZbin clip, I have to fast-forward through that part. It seems like everyone else was more upset by Matthew's death, but for me, Sybil's death was FAR more upsetting.

[@jehannethompson1432]

Khaya Naeva Matthews death was more upsetting bc no one saw it coming. They spent a whole episode on Sybil and just a few minutes after Matthew meets his son he dies is a car crash. To me that’s why it’s more tragic

[@fl3661]

Same!!! That episode was very real!

[@yveqeshy]

When Allen said please don't leave me when Sybil died, it was so heartbreaking

[@carollund8251]

My daughter has epilepsy and when she has a seizure there is always what seems like an eternity when she doesn't breathe. I am.always terrified and scream things at her like "please breathe! " that she can't hear anyway, just like in this scene. It is done extremely well. When Sybil suddenly stiffens and her head tilts back like that, my God it is exactly like my daughter. Lots of times in tv series they show seizures in a ridiculous way that have nothing to do with what it is really like. Too hard for me to watch again though, it is just too scary.

[@dothejive]

Cora's pain when Sybil died was truly painful! She truly portrayed the sadness a mother feels when they outlive their child.

[@kimquinn7728]

I just love when the art historian has had a nice evening and asks Cora if they may do so again and she replies, with a sweet smile, "I doubt it." She knows exactly who she is. She is not coy. She had a nice time but she has absolute integrity. She is an honorable lady.

[@aidennewell4034]

Greeting to you Kim, How are you doing?

[@thebiz2678]

Eh, but after that she blows off what Robert says and let’s it go on until the man literally comes in her room, Pamuk style.

[@ruthrudnik3214]

This summary refers to him as a handsome art historian. He was physically unattractive and quite pushy. His appreciation of her might have soothed her sore ego but he was a little to creepy for a romantic attraction.

[@redbluebae4397]

@@aidennewell4034creep

[@282828lisa]

Every time I watch a snippet of Downton it feels like I visit home for a little while.

[@utubefreshie]

Haha. Me too! I also love how it's entertaining without being sensational or gratuitous not like a lot of new shows these days.

[@raraavis7782]

Lisa Dowdle And now I want to watch the whole series...again. I just love those characters so very much, I don’t care, that I already know, what happened 😄

[@metadietz8606]

Well said! :)

[@WyntorbearRayne]

@@raraavis7782 I actually feel like Downton has become a form of ASMR or something, I have literally watched through the series no less than 10 times now! Some people play a favorite song while they go about their chores, I listen to Downton Abbey🤷🏻‍♀️

[@shivapejman8155]

@@WyntorbearRayne hilarious! Me too. When I was recovering from spine surgery, for 4 months I put it on tv and laid around watching it and recovering.

[@glitter-lk5dz]

I adore her soothing voice. Remember when she asked the Dowager Countess, "Is there ANYTHING worse than losing one's maid?"

[@SuperKabulgirl]

I love how calmly and coherently Cora speaks. I like when she scolds Robert for not dinning with the singer and then Robert to Carson, ‘I blame you’ 😂😂 absolute gold.

[@nazihahhalemi4309]

I love Cora. She had a strong character yet a gentle lady that really cares about other people around her even her maids. She made all of us love this family so much. I can't imagine Downton without her.

[@misskat7437]

I think Cora is underrated. I relate a lot to Cora. The way she distresses situations and maintains friendly boundaries with everyone. She really has the ability to be sort of chameleon like in a way to connect with people and help them believe their potential. That's a good leader!

[@SRose-vp6ew]

Her boundaries are really healthy, until she passes into secretiveness or not hearing others out. In real life not everyone feels distressed in a situation if the person does what Cora does. Often avoidance, distraction, and even secrets. She seems so controlled but it can slip into her being controlling. I have seen people with this personality type push others into segregation or echo chambers by trying to be Switzerland but really, they are a Paul Joseph Goebbels. True peacemakers know how to allow for disagreement and actually bring the peace, maybe you're doing that. However, it's self-harming or even harming to those around the "peacemaker" if they feel they can't talk. Again, that's not peace. It's good that she often does listen and try to see both perspectives and talk in a more productive way and at a more productive time. I have actually never seen that in real life. Even her and her husband keep secrets from each other due to avoidance issues. That's not healthy. Two become on flesh. However, it does take all kinds of leaders to bring balance, but all kinds of leaders can be good leaders or bad leaders. Likely the type of person Cora needs most in her life is the type she, secretly, can't stand. I personally, can't stand Cora when a real conversation is trying to be had and she tries to CONTROL the tone and conversation with distraction and avoidance. She likely struggles with those who value opinions, truth, and transparency above all else. I find her bossy in the oddest sort of way. There are prose and conns to her personality type. Just like any personality type.

[@katestevens86]

@@SRose-vp6ew It's a cable television series. What you see is what you get. There's no reason to get into some sort of psychoanalysis of it. Sheesh.

[@katestevens86]

@@SRose-vp6ew And I think you both mean de-stresses not distresses, which has an entirely different meaning.

[@ellie-tk4jy]

@kate stevens stop being creepy and weird. You absolutely can psychoanalyse tv, we did it in film class. Please be quiet.

[@roxitajames5298]

I loved it when, after Robert had lost all her money and he felt utterly useless and humiliated when confessing the news to Cora, and she just said "Don't worry. I'm American. Have gun, will travel!"

[@chrisp0315]

I loved that, too!

[@wideangleforum3497]

totally correct

[@KS-cl8br]

I thought that was an example of her being a doormat. He blew her money without asking her.

[@kfcadvocate7583]

@@KS-cl8br I didn't think it as that. i felt like money didn't have much weight to sway her feelings against her husband

[@parsarazi8811]

@@KS-cl8br I just think Cora didn’t think there was much point in being livid with her husband. The money was gone. Instead she thought to focus on moving forward with positivity and hope. Doesn’t seem like a push over. She’s courageous and strong.

[@carlingnugent]

Elizabeth McGovern's real life accent is so.... Kennedy esque. She's perfect!

[@dublinjazz1]

LOL, I just posted a comment about her accent. I like her real life accent, but hated her character's. It was like nails on a chalkboard for m.

[@basiliskbones5102]

It's almost as if when she's speaking she is being torn between two eras. It's honestly mesmerizing.

[@dublinjazz1]

@samantha smith Nothing cringier to an Irish person's ear than a fake Irish accent, for sure.

[@dublinjazz1]

@samantha smith You're a strange little person.

[@MegDoesStuff0]

@@basiliskbones5102 in the show she even sounds like she’s torn between American and English, that’s why it sounds so bad, it sounds like a bad imitation of one accent imitating another (either way round, American doing bad English or English doing bad American)

[@nobbynobbs5319]

Cora is really one of my favourite character.

[@naznimation]

She’s always been the sweetest and most caring character. The actress is also absolutely gorgeous.

[@CajunLady333]

"Do you really think she would have been happy with a fortune hunter?" "She might have been. I was."

[@lynns8057]

I love how she can understand the servants, and their lot in life while still remaining the "mistress of the house." Grace and charm - in spades.

[@kerjaassignment9924]

maybe because shes american thats why

[@thelotrogeek1085]

Cora is one of my favorite characters. I think she gets overshadowed by the more flamboyant personalities, but her subtle steadiness is what's so admirable about her. She doesn't need all the attention, she is gracious and supportive and empathetic to the 'lower classes' as well as her peers. She is a perfect hostess.

[@LeenaStark]

Cora is the *epitome* of a true lady who is the *glue* that holds the family + the household staff together - in stark contrast to her American mother ( _Shirley Maclaine_ ) who is crass + no holds barred; but I do love the onscreen _verbal antagonism_ between Maclaine + Maggie Smith's character - it's like watching two _cats_ getting ready to pounce at each other's throats! The acting on this series is beyond spectacular, I am so sad that it ended - so.... I am binge-watching the entire series AGAIN!

[@TheGeekMonster]

The scene where Shirley sings "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" to Maggie is hysterical! Maggie looks shocked, confused, then completely horrified and embarrassed, which Shirley just eats up, going so far as to grab Maggie's hand and kiss it LOL. American vs British, right there!

[@vechnovoblakach9642]

The idea that Cora should be american is pure genius. So simple, but brings in something special

[@meeeka]

Vechno Voblakach good for marketing as well...

[@MoRiley9]

It was not uncommon in that era for cash poor British men to marry rich Americans. Winston Churchill’s mother was American and Uber-rich.

[@AJBeals1212]

At the same time as Downton is set, the 5th Earl's wife was an American woman and Jewish. Almina Herbert was the daughter of Alfred de Rothschild. The Earl was also famous for being with Carter in Egypt when King Tut was found.

[@Amethyzts]

@@MoRiley9 they literally have a term, dollar princess.

[@RobinPM86]

This idea is true to life. At Highclere, the place in England where "Downton Abbey" was filmed, the earl did marry an American socialite for her fortune, and the castle was used as a hospital in WWI.

[@jilllogan1288]

She is a pillar of grace, strength warmth and compassion, I love her.

[@nazgullord3198]

Happy to see one of my favorite Cora moments here... when she gives Robert an earful for not wanting to dine with the opera singer 😁

[@kristihardin-smith3515]

And he looks at Carson, who was a singer in his pre-Downton life. No irony there.😂😂😂

[@nazgullord3198]

@Kuchi Kopi I have the impression that they tended to look down on artists in general. I seem to remember that whenever the subject was brought up that someone in the aristocracy was a poet or a writer or a painter, they remarked on how odd it was, and how they prefered "sporty" things like hunting and riding. Not to mention that they barely seemed to know anything about the beautiful artwork in their own home!

[@lowesonia8551]

Which turns out wonderfully she being a wine expert.

[@andresuston7692]

It was ALWAYS strange how they looked down on people with a real education and learned skills. Matthew was a lawyer and they frowned on that, Spratt did the same thing with Dr. Clarkson who saved lives, and he was a frigging butler.

[@bobbidazzler1343]

@@andresuston7692 Hahahahahaha!!!! 🤣

[@AnitaAnneLloyd]

She is definitely one of the most loved characters of all time.

[@mayln163]

Cora was one of my favorite characters. The scene where she tells Mrs Hughes that she will be taken care of if she’s ill was so sweet.

[@Rwdsklr]

Amazing actress; never was a moment in the entire Downton abbey series that you remembered she was acting. She brought this character to life.

[@marcosgarcia2643]

Her English is so clear as the midday sunlight. Well pronounced, impecable vocabular.

[@msmarycrawley4303]

Marcos Garcia I think so too! So many people don’t like her accent and I don’t get it

[@disoriented1]

@@msmarycrawley4303 ....Ms. McGovern is a native of my neighboring state of Illinois; I fail to detect the 'accent'!!! LOL :)

[@misshavisham3220]

Accent? She is an American and plays an American on the show. No accent required . . .

[@amandabrowning8516]

Miss Havisham Americans have accents too. Just like when I traveled to Germany they talked about my American accent. Saying “no accent required” makes no sense. She has an American accent naturally. You make it sound like an accent is speaking differently than your natural voice.

[@benu_bird]

@@misshavisham3220I’m American. I have a Boston accent. We all have accents. Every region has its own.

[@felipeestopado2346]

*"Being tested only makes you stronger"* *-Cora to Edith*

[@elizabethpoulianakis8404]

Yes - either you crumble or. You pull up your bootstraps - go girl(girls)

[@robinlillian9471]

It could also weaken you, so that the next test kills you. Everyone's strength has limits.

[@taroman7100]

The corniest line ever.

[@felipeestopado2346]

@@taroman7100 not for me hun ..

[@phroggkwean9926]

Elizabeth was an excellent casting decision. She embodies and embraces the character of Cora in her own way that may not have been accomplished had it been another actress in that role. Gillian Anderson turned down the role, but it would be very difficult now to see her as Cora Crawley.

[@gnostic268]

I didn't know that Gillian Anderson had turned down the role! I agree that Elizabeth really has made the role of Cora her own. I couldn't imagine anyone else being Cora.

[@sandraallisonhatcher270]

I can't imagine GA emitting the warmth the EM does as Cora.

[@gordonhall752]

I think she was the only poor choice in casting.

[@corryjookit7818]

@@gordonhall752 Nonsense !

[@gordonhall752]

@@corryjookit7818 A cream cheese member of the brat pack playing an expat American in that role? She stinks. She's annoyingly saccharin.

[@michellemyer482]

As an American, I’ve always had a special fondness for Cora. She is a great example of independence and free spiritedness that Americans celebrate while also being poised and gracious. Cora’s awesome 😊

[@AGEuro]

I'm American, have gun will travel

[@Miniver765]

@Release us from the Matrix What does "white" have to do with anything?

[@Miniver765]

@Release us from the Matrix You really have your head full of victim garbage. Release whatever you're using as a brain from the Matrix.

[@Shrek-pu8uu]

@@Miniver765 That made no sense at all.

[@Miniver765]

@@Shrek-pu8uu Your inability to comprehend the immediately obvious makes no sense. Good luck with that my intellectually challenged friend.

[@sheilaburns8977]

I love Cora's character, but just couldn't understand how blind she was to O'Brien, who was such a horrible character.

[@internetpeople6113]

I hated O'Brien also but she started to come around at the end.

[@vascor.3267]

I think this was part of her character too. Seeing light in every person ^^ (however, I do believe O'Brien was evil xD)

[@csa7910]

One of my favorite parts of Downton was the show was very faithful to showing that everyone has many faces. Who they are depends on who's on the other end. And the show was always consistent in showing that Cora may be wonderful and the progressive standard bearer in some situations, but a bit snobbish and sheltered and expectant of the kowtowing deference O'Brien showed in others.

[@jpaxonreyes]

No one was pure anything... except Sybil. She was the bee's knees.

[@carlairving]

And yet she treated Msr Hughes horribly, after she spent decades of loyal services to the family, hours before her wedding. I'm still angry about that scene, and the contrast with the way she sees and treats O'Brien is mind blowing.

[@hollisjo4023]

Robert and coras relationship is probably one of my favorite representations of a good marriage. There were times where Robert seemed more loyal to his home than his wife and times where Cora played too innocent, however; They were aware of there problems, aware that they were both imperfect and aware of there and each others obstacles and stubbornness. And when they could work through there problems, there anger, and realize why they married, it was beautiful to see them turn young and in love again with each other, even if they couldnt really be young or as free as they were. And it was beautiful.

[@bluemercy297]

The lady that plays Cora oh my how lovely she is herself just as in the series.

[@averagejoe845]

Cora, my favorite character on Downton. She brings the American concept of no person is more special than another. She helped transition Tom into the family.

[@JRobbySh]

Wish they had cast someone else as her mother.

[@zamaz99]

@@JRobbySh - I've actually known a couple mother-daughter pairs like this, where the mother is unbearable, self-centered, rude, and pushy and yet the daughter turns out to be charming, gracious, and skilled at social interactions.

[@MARIOLANZO]

Cora is one of my favourite characters from the series. I love her emotional intelligence and awareness, especially toward the people who work for her.

[@choirkitty]

I absolutely adore Cora :) you couldn't ask for a more perfect blend of wit, beauty and love

[@felipeestopado2346]

*2:51** Carsons reaction is priceless ! 😂😂😂*

[@rocketmom60]

I got the impression that Carson really resented taking orders from Cora. He was a snob and she didn't measure up in his opinion.

[@DaisyOh]

I adore Cora, she's such a wonderful character! Those severe looks of hers are Everything.

[@susel_vazquez_acuna]

My favorite character. So well written. A woman of substance as Robert said 👏👏👏👏

[@lillianlyons3395]

Cora is always a class act. The way she handles family crisis never ceases to amaze me. She never loses her cool, supports her family no matter what and always finds a way to solve the problem whether its acceptable or not. The closest she came to losing it was when she heard the horrible nanny berate her Sybbie and even in that situation she handled it with class. Love Cora sometimes I think she is the most underrated character but in my opinion she is the strongest and by far the smartest

[@MandyJMaddison]

I love Elizabeth McGovern's analysis of her character.

[@marigeobrien]

When I first found Downton Abbey I was so enchanted that Elizabeth McGovern was in the cast. She, Maggie Smith and Brendon Coyle were the reasons I took an interest. And for you young whipper-snappers, this lady is not only a great beauty today, she was a stunning beauty (who, by no coincidence, also played the beauty of her time, Evelyn Nesbit, in a movie called Ragtime) in her youth. If you haven't seen it, do. It -- and she -- will take your breath away.

[@thesteve120]

The "snob" scene is actually quite a good one. Cora knows she has to ask the question of Anna as she has to call Mr Bates "Bates" and it gives the game away, she can call Anna "Anna" and keep up the pretense.

[@alltrixnotreat]

@@tainabobby9527 6:06

[@frisco21]

Good observation. I missed that.

[@estherhinds6314]

I noticed that! They would react if she called him "John" or even "Mr". She's clever and so kind

[@carinahuber5656]

Great video! Elizabeth McGovern is a fantastic actress. Cora is definately one of my favorite characters!❤

[@Самира-с2э2н]

Must beautiful woman in this film Cora. She is charming, sweet, but can sweetly, but firmly put a person in his place. She is a real lady.

[@incisivecommenter5974]

Shame that none of the girls took after Cora. Edit: I take that back, Sybil was the closest one.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

Too bad Sybil died :(

[@karishmakrishnakumar4657]

Edith isn’t so bad either!

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@karishmakrishnakumar4657 Edith ruined people's lives. At least when Mary causes problems, she fixes them herself without help from half the family.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@mystique592 I don't like Mary either. Weird of you to assume that.

[@gideonjoshua5599]

My favourite character and the true heart of Downton.

[@galdjlajfaljaljdfladjfla3205]

Lovely Elizabeth. She’s been in the UK so long, she cops some Brit vowels now. Charming.

[@classicaldeb]

As would I!

[@galdjlajfaljaljdfladjfla3205]

I’m from Maine. I sound like a drunk Liverpudlian. ;) All good!

[@classicaldeb]

@@galdjlajfaljaljdfladjfla3205 ha! Massachusetts here.

[@galdjlajfaljaljdfladjfla3205]

deborah colageo Hey Chummy! Represent. 👏👏👏 I love New England and yet I’m not an Anglophile. Go figure? 🤔But Elizabeth is abs faboosh, for sure!

[@classicaldeb]

@@galdjlajfaljaljdfladjfla3205 kool.

[@bobbidazzler1343]

I waan't keen on Cora to start with but really grew to love her. She behaves like a real lady always and I loved when she stood up to the Dowager. 🥰

[@MegaSusy100]

I always felt that none of her family truly loved her they all spoke down to her and dismissed her too much. I love Cora such a beautiful dignified genteel lady

[@heinmadsen-leipoldt2341]

Elizabeth you were a jewel on downton Abbey, you were a true support Pillar and one wonderful mother and granny

[@Scirocco1982]

My wife and I have just finished all six seasons in just a couple of weeks...I'm looking at this video and crying again... I loved Cora to the Moon and back. She was my favourite.

[@starlingswallow]

When I watched "She's Having a Baby" back in the 80's....I had no idea that Elizabeth would end up in one of the most amazing shows of this era! ❤️💕

[@haumea6166]

Elizabeth McGovern is my favorite actress ... and is such graceful and intelligent person

[@aidennewell4034]

Hello, How are you?

[@ManjulaD]

Watching the right now. Love her character. Her smile and eyes show so much love.

[@csa7910]

An underrated actress and an underrated character! The episodes with the art historian were wonderful, almost a bottle episode. They also shed light on where Edith gets her artistic sensibilities, in the most subtle way. Wonderful

[@lianesplace26]

I love Downton abbey! I cant wait for the movie.

[@lowesonia8551]

Not I. The excerpt I saw. Was insipid . Cast as the Queen is Imelda Staunton . Does not fit the role at all.

[@DragonLuver44]

@@lowesonia8551 I thought Geraldine James was the Queen.

[@corryjookit7818]

@@lowesonia8551 So what's your problem ?

[@camillemarsanne4029]

This woman is amazing 👸🏻

Thank you for the splendid retrospective of Cora's many roles in Downton Abbey. Nicely edited! 👍☺💕

[@luis_zuniga]

One of my favorite characters in the show

[@voxnocturne]

Oh I love this line in the interview - in any household, you do take advantage of the people that you love in the sense that you cease to see them as interesting people, but you love them.

[@sarahcrooks6780]

A spin-off that shows us Robert and Cora's courtship and how he eventually fell in love with her would be nice!

[@clarisahernandez5280]

She was so smart. Not just money and looks. She was perfectly cast.

[@makeittrue]

I have ALWAYS loved Elizabeth McGovern since I saw her in Ragtime as Evelyn Nesbitt.

[@DesertSingerAZ]

I've loved her since Ordinary People ❤

[@DaphneHarridge]

I love when she says to Robert, after discussing the band that played for his birthday, “Come to bed, and dream of ragtime.” 😍

[@LC72457]

Elizabeth, you are Cora! Love your amazing talent. Thank you for taking this role.

[@msmarycrawley4303]

Thank you so much for this... Cora is one of my favorite characters! She’s amazing and so underrated ❤️

[@me2525]

For those of us with American accents I love how you can hear that she has spent a long time in the UK. She has a way of putting emphasis on words that sounds like she has a hint of a British accent. While still trying to hold on to her American.

[@gryffindore7]

2:25 basicly my mom when it comes to seating arangements at dinner when everyones visiting Me: i dont want to sit with her Mom: youll sit with her and youll like it 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nadeemnabi7044]

Downtown Abbey......wow Very addictive💯 Should not had an end 💖☺️💖 Will always be the part of my memory 🥰 Want to see again and again💕 Cora's character is extremely wonderful 👏

[@eughanbadli5269]

This video reveals so much about Cora and it makes me like her even more!

[@danielsparrow3701]

Cora and Elizabeth - both so underrated!!

[@judyvalencia3257]

Elizabeth McGovern has such a cute face! She looks like a doll.

[@yassinchafik5385]

All I can say is that Cora is my favourite character. 🤩😌

[@jackjones3657]

This seems like a situation where the actress' personality genuinely appears to reflect that of the character.

[@christya2488]

Umm... It seems they forgot to mention Robert's near affair with the house maid. He kissed her, and probably would have slept with her, if his guilt over Cora nearly dying hadn't kicked in.

[@nospam-hn7xm]

This was about Cora, not Robert.

[@andresuston7692]

@Dojocho What was Cora gonna do divorce him, she didn't have any money because it was "in the estate".

[@andresuston7692]

@Alika Fifi arafiah She could leave yes, but she couldn't take the money with her. It was a part of the estate, and Robert was in charge of it AND the money.

[@glitter-lk5dz]

@Alika Fifi * Downton

[@allisgoodallisbad]

Elizabeth has the most beautiful blue eyes...

[@МаркШейко-б5п]

Personally I prefer MacGovern's Candice!

[@бронза.вафля.конус]

I don't think her eyes are beautiful because of the color, rather the shape of them

[@mmr7484]

CORA: the problem solver with a heart

[@musingsofmine141]

"You're being tested. And you know what they say my darling? Being tested only makes you stronger". - One of my favorite lines of Corra.

[@peasantofschwarzburg-rudol7537]

"Edith is the most lost of the three girls." That's rather a very kind way of putting it.

[@flowersndaisys3219]

I love Cora’s relationships with her daughters and the downstairs staff, she was so compassionate to them all

[@Clutching.My.Pearls]

This will always remain for me and truly brilliant, well written, relatable, fun, sad, charming, and truly British saga.

[@CeltycSparrow]

Personally, I love Lady Cora's compassion. For example, when she discovered the servants feeding the soldiers, with THEIR food, she didn't get angry and rebuke them....she rolled up her own sleeves and helped their cause. When Carson and Mrs. Hughes were getting married, she LISTENED to what Mrs. Hughes wanted for her special day and even gave her a beautiful coat to wear to make her wedding special. When Mrs. Hughes was sick, Cora was the one to reassure this good lady that the family would take care of her. She's truly a beautiful and noble Queen of the castle.

[@hp8087]

Cora and Sybil are like mirrors of each other. ❤️ Mother and daughter indeed. Mary is like her grandmama Violet. Probably Edith is more like Robert/aunt Rosamond in some way.

[@wisuvi]

I always felt drawn to the 20s, 30, and 40s. I loved her style and looked forward to the clothes she wore.

[@wvevie7612]

I've followed her career since "Ordinary People" in 1980. Fantastic actress at a very young age.

[@ClaudiaRPost]

Yes she is/was!

[@Eiamii]

I love Cora and Elizabeth McGovern is a fantastic actress!

[@parsarazi8811]

Cora is the epitome of love and grace. She’s lovely and I adore how she stands her ground, but in a gentle manner. I just love her character. So much credit to the actress who brought Cora to life. ❤️

[@donniebrasco99]

Such a glamorous and charming woman. I loved her character so much.

[@interestedbystander196]

That look at 13:10 encapsulates Cora entirely. Class, gentility, steel.

[@lindae5937]

Amazing - enjoyed it all so much - watching it over again, extremely well done.

[@brendadrew834]

Elizabeth is wonderful as Cora. This whole fabulous series as well as the recent movie has been one big healthy addiction for me as well as for many others! The Brit in me was always running for another cup of tea every time they mentioned tea! Beware, you may also end up with one of their "stiff upper lips"! Thanks for sharing~

[@JesseJo95]

She is my favourite character by far. Classy and a true lady!

[@hayleysmith5077]

This serie is simply perfection ⚜️🙏🏻💝 blessings

[@le_monde_de_rayon]

Cora is one or maybe the SWEETEST AND NICEST character in the whole series

[@GaymingAndStuff]

How can anyone downvote this? Cora is truly the heart and soul of this show… Abs Ms. McGovern is an amazing actress! Cora was the reason why I fell in love with this show. Reminds me of my own mother. The hundred-ish people who downvoted are idiots.

[@mzivanovic677]

11:52 I know Cora is supposed to be angry here, but she is just adorable 🥰

[@1whitetailnut1]

Thanks for all this ❤️🥰

[@geraldfrank1630]

Liz McGovern has always been way underrated for 40+ years! 👌👏👌👏👏❤️

[@mateus4456]

best series ever made

[@kellsbells341]

Is anyone else in tears watching this? What a touching show.

[@cicelybrown4466]

Cora I love her when Sybil died Elizabeth's performance was exceptional she deserved every award !!

[@ChristinWilsey]

Cora was such an amazing character. After watching Downton, the name quickly shot to the top of my hypothetical baby name list!