Top 10 SAVAGE Dowager Countess of Grantham Moments

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Burns have never been so politely worded. For this list, we’ll be going over the sly insults and putdowns delivered by the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet Crawley, on “Downton Abbey.” Our list includes “Avoiding People,” “Reforming Zeal,” “Better Than Nothing,” “Virtues of the English,” “Put That in Your Pipe,” and more! Join MsMojo as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Most Savage Lady Violet Moments on Downton Abbey.
10. The Haircut Review
9. Making Branson Behave
8. “Avoiding People”
7. Telephonic Torture
6. An Unfamiliar Sensation
5. “Put That in Your Pipe”
4. “Virtues of the English”
3, 2 & 1???
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[@adampalmer7387]

Teara

[@missyadams]

your narrator is witty and informative. 😀

[@michaelwilson6935]

The commentary is superiorly annoying and unnecessary.

[@dabooser1048]

I cant even finish watching, the narration is too much and irritating.

[@laurellane1721]

I would have enjoyed this a lot more if the narrator hadn't spoken the lines before we got to hear the countess herself say them. Shouldn't it have been the other way around? Let Violet speak, then explain the scene.

[@valentinwinter5248]

EXACTLY my thoughts.

[@g.chatterjee2296]

Better still, don't explain the scene at all. We have all seen the bloody show right ?

[@olly2027]

G. Chatterjee no

[@carlozabbia1157]

Absolutely correct. The Dowager, and Dame Maggie, need neither an introduction nor an explanation. Let us simply enjoy the moment.

[@mrmrssmith9648]

Laurel Lane We rarely watch msMojo precisely because she is in love with her own, shrill, never-ending tirade! We can almost hear Maggie Smith go “Thank you, dear, for ruining these 3 minutes for us all. I believe we all were perfectly happy until you were introduced to us.Tell me, do you ever feel the need to keep quiet for just a minute? I must assume that silence is a novelty concept to you.”

[@tanyam5471]

All her lines are brilliant. I would add to this list another Violet's quote "No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else’s house.”

[@tc2334]

Tanya M “Especially someone they didn’t even know!”

[@ytKadente]

It was her best quote of all others, undeniably... and it was not even haha, mentioned it in honorable mentions... looks like mojo has lost its mojo 😁

[@Zeb1245]

One of the most underrated scene would be the broken vase in the living room when Matthew and the annoying "Sir Newspaper" broke during the fight. She was happy that it was broken bc it was a gift that she hated from a FRIGHTFUL aunt on her wedding day! LOL

[@MonarchPoolPlaster]

@@Zeb1245 5 decades

[@FillipeMLima]

Hahahahahah that was amazing

[@hatsumomotravel5022]

"Do you promise?" EPIC LINE XD

[@kateysandon]

“Do you Promise?” That out of all of those “put downs and one liners is my absolute favorite.! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dame Maggie Smith is a Brilliant actress. I love her wit

[@zxaddictxz]

The video is the proof that one can kill any joke by explaining it.

[@Cordelia0704p]

She must love the sound of her own voice

[@TheNyteScrybe]

Why couldn't we have just let the dowager speak for herself? The narration is annoying.

[@laurenhahn101]

Definitely! There's no reason to explain her witticisms. The narrator actually spoils the fun.

[@blueskyz8097]

Now WE GET A MOVIE

[@misterhoeflak]

Agreed. The narration is mostly unnecessary, adds nothing and is far too long.

[@sharonspaghetti815]

Exactly

[@chrisball1657]

Why complain on a channel that is all about narration? If you don't want narration, then just type a search for eg. Lady Dowager moments. Problem solved.

[@girlschoice4583]

This would've been more enjoyable had the narrator not given away the lines...

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

COMPLETELY AGREE

[@Nadia7474]

Or if their No narrator at all

[@dianalynnelizabeth780]

Yes totally agree. No offense mojo, but we clicked on this to hear a great compilation of the incredible Dame Maggie Smith, not you people. And besides, I would bet everyone who has wanted to watch this compilation has seen downtown abbey, so the narration in this situation just kinda killed the entire point of the compilation. Give your audience more credit, as an actress myself, I just found the narration seriously annoying. If you’re any bit of an artistic person, you pick up on the wonderful little artistic acting nuances and the narration just killed this compilation. Sorry 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@dianalynnelizabeth780]

@ohthatpete agreed, I had to turn it off

[@drafter3412]

Violet: "You are quite wonderful the way you see room for improvement wherever you look. I never knew such reforming zeal." Isobel: "I take that as a compliment." Violet: "I must have said it wrong."

[@bpe9578]

@drafter3412:🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@moviesrocks2]

All time best line

[@jacquil6718]

One of my favorite DC lines is, "A lack of compassion is just as Vulgar as an excess of tears."

[@bobbidazzler1343]

My favourite is her mistaking Robert for a waiter. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@catcauldron217]

Mine too!!! 😂😂😂

[@jenparianos]

Oh mine too… it never gets old

[@carlozabbia1157]

It's not just the line, it's the delivery, and Dame Maggie is spot on every time.

[@LucienSabre]

Maggie Smith is the actual queen of sass - look at all her characters, they deliver some of the sassiest lines in cinema history. 😍👍😄

[@AmberLynBigelow]

"Potter is a boy, not a piece of meat!" "Not at all....Dolores."

[@kimfurnell7902]

“Why is it ALWAYS you three?”

[@tomsautocadstudio6446]

" "I've always wanted to use that spell."

[@madabbafan]

Best one is the story Kenneth Williams used to tell (it was confirmed as true by Maggie) when in Fortnam and Masons, Maggies asked for a certain type of bra and the shop assistant told her that they cost 8 guinneas. To which Maggie responded "8 guinneas for a bra? Cheaper to have your tits off'" Wheather she bought one ot not is unknown

[@NxTTxT]

"I'm leaving and you're never going to see me again." "... Do you promise?" - It was a critical hit! -

[@bobbidazzler1343]

I love the relationship between Violet and Isobel, particularly when they start to get on better. 🥰

[@starpointstudios]

While I LOVE every one of these scenes I agree with the sentiment that the narrator needs to stop talking for a good 90% of it!

[@alexanderjones9572]

As the Dowager herself said about Martha Levinson ( Cora's mother) 'Doesn't she ever stop talking? It's like a runaway train...'

[@zeljkameznaric6047]

For EVER! ...not just 90% of this! I have never heard more anoying way of interpretation. And WHY/HOW on earth would anyone DARE to be so vain to "interpret" Maggy??? She is a legend and stands on her own. Go to signing school for the deaf if so eager to interpret...

[@tjwash5118]

If you watch her head tilt when she delivers the zinger she nails it every time, perfect body language of superiority.

[@vladimirprostran1896]

This is a nice collection, but there was really no need for the narrator to speak the lines or explain anything. Don't underestimate intelligence of your viewers.

[@Lady_dromeda]

No one but Maggie Smith could play Violet Crawley

[@vivianedepaula693]

Andy Dawn oh dear,,here is one nice gal: Hellen Mirren ..would be perfectly up to the task

[@MandieTerrier]

The Dowager was written specifically for Maggie Smith

[@andrew_4747]

Your endless commentary RUINS the clips.

[@austinmcmahon254]

Yeah Watch Mojo is f-ing annoying ....They need to stfu

[@naylaalkhaja7535]

I stopped watching because of the commentary.

[@danielmirica1240]

Countess Grantham must meet Lady Olenna 🥰🥰🥰

[@its_cassiej]

This would be so epic!!!

[@pichchoco7866]

I can’t choose between her and oleana in games of throne...literally! Lady violet throw shade in such a polite way[ vulgarity is no substitute for wit ]that you don’t even know you’ve got burned... you’ve got to be smart enough to know that you’ve been stabbed in the back by her...

[@eliselestrange-lannister1156]

I literally just thought of this connection as well omg

[@eggsykingsman4777]

Hell yeah! 😂

[@EmmyV2002]

Are idiots still think that throwing shade is cool? Insulting and putting down others, which is the slang meaning of shade is not polite and they are no right ways to do it so why would a fictional old hag want to do it?

[@nataliacoelho1063]

@@EmmyV2002 ZzzzzZZZzzZzzzzz

[@peterlbaldwin511]

Some lovely reminders of the formidable Dowager Countess's Wit and quick tongue, but two that really should have been included must be "No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house" and her definitive reply when meeting Isabel for the first time, " Well why don't we start with Mrs. Crawley and Your Ladyship..?"

[@taiana2323]

Unnecessary narration

[@lizzabbott]

LOVE Maggie Smith ! Can’t wait for the Downton Abbey Movie ! Wish I could see it with my Mom ( R.I.P.) , who was British & had adored this legendary actress since the 1970s!!

[@muttnjeff9030]

"Do you promise" has always been my favorite!

[@soulstrength]

Just let the Dowager speak...

[@ccole742]

The FBI agent who watches me must have told you I’m binging Downton Abbey again 🤔

[@ewanoxborrow1024]

“I doubt we’ll meet again” *Do you promise?* IM HOWLING

[@007Julie]

I LOVE Downton Abbey but this is so annoying, I clicked to see the dowager deliver the lines NOT the narrator. Shame on me for clicking on a MsMojo video, I should've known better.

[@glamp63]

EXACTLY how I feel!

[@morbius109]

The Dowager Countrss is a marvelous Victorian battle axe if ever there was one. High class and elegant, but she’s sassy as all get out and doesn’t throw shade - she heaves it with a trebuchet. Dame Maggie Smith was the perfect - the only - actress for the role.

[@meawwow]

On one occasion she says to Isobel, doesn't it get rather lonely on the moral high ground😂😂

[@artflorez1568]

I'm surprised they left out the line when Violet was talking to Larry Grey's fiancée Amelia about her true reasons for wanting Isobel to marry Lord Merton. As things started to get heated Amelia said. "I shall forget you said that, but you should go now. Much more and we may feel awkward when we meet, which we are bound to do." to which Violet responded. "I think not, Miss Cruikshank. Not if I see you first." Personally, I feel that is more savage than "Do you promise".

[@johnkrueger3287]

Earlier in that same scene, she tells Amelia, “You’re a cool little miss, aren’t you? I’d fell sorry for Larry if I didn’t dislike him so much.”

[@artflorez1568]

@@johnkrueger3287 LOL YES!!! that was great too!

[@ChristinBlueSky]

My all time favourite will always be "You've been reading those communist newspapers again" in response to Isobel :D

[@manuelramos3588]

Maggie Smith is a National Treasure! If they were to ever make actions figures of this show, hers would be the first I buy..😆😁

[@connieweisman4497]

She is truly a wonderful actor...i love her work.

[@blueskyz8097]

Now WE GET HER AGAIN IN THE MOVIE

[@Dave_L913]

Wow, a list of funny comments would be funny if you didn't spend 80% of the list explaining the joke

[@leonh.kalayjian6556]

Great moment is when the other grandmother sang let me call you sweetheart to violet... Should have won an award.

[@snoopybrown2438]

I’m suppose to be enjoying this short video of Dowager Violet Crawley but the narrator did a fantastic job of putting me off!

[@tonyhancock8479]

Here Here

[@lukeskywalker6775]

Dear MsMojo, please, tell me, do you ever feel the need to keep quiet for just a minute?

[@georgeprchal3924]

When they don't bother to change for dinner. Isobel: After all it's only us. Violet: And who are we to merit any courtesy?

[@arden961]

I love the dowager countess, partly because she’s just as sarcastic as me lol

[@Name260812]

Are we so dumb that the narrator needs to spend her time explaining every scene. Most people here would have already seen the series and are here for a repeat fun.

[@madijayne2]

How about just showing the clip instead of all the commentary attacking my senses.

[@n.w.414]

We don't really need your chatting. We understand without it. Thanks.

[@brianbennett1746]

Politely throwing someone out of your home by ringing the bell. That’s hilarious 😂

[@gpg9516]

The best shade thrown in six seasons is the dressing down Violet unleashes on Amelia Crookshank, Lord Merton’s soon-to-be daughter in law.

[@DanielGarrett0123]

COMPLETELY ruined by the narrator. Go away, Ms Mojo.

[@gp5773]

I doubt we'lll meet again.. Do you promise? Awesome! 😂😂😂

[@ivorytower99]

The video wojuld have improved by 100% without the American narrator.

[@becdaffy1574]

I’m so happy that this exists. She is hands down the best character

[@dariusanderton3760]

the are lots of videos of the Dowager without all this annoying Mojo narration. No would should be happy about these mojo channels

[@tombstonerforever9374]

@@dariusanderton3760 I am.

[@bichonmomr]

fav quote was Dowager at ediths first wedding. he looks as hes awaiting a whipping from the headmaster.

[@Delfire]

love this list, but wish the narrator would say the line and then have the scene play out

[@perfectlyinhuman]

here’s a witticism i came up with “that takes me back” “too bad it didn’t take you back far enough” and here’s something i said to my sister one time, i texted my mom saying i want pasta and she asked if she can makes home or have sis make it and give her the directions, i went with the sis idea and my sis got pissed and said “why didn’t you just ask me plain and simple to make it” “because i knew it would upset you”

[@phantomlogic6940]

11:14 How to completely and utterly decimate someone in three words or less.

[@Grumpy63uk]

I just love Maggie smith even in Harry Potter she is just pure class 😍😍🥳🥳

[@madabbafan]

Best line by Maggie herself is the story Kenneth Williams used to tell (it was apparently confirmed as true by Maggie in an interview) when in Fortnam and Masons, Maggies asked for a certain type of bra and the shop assistant told her that they cost 8 guinneas. To which Maggie responded "8 guinneas for a bra? Cheaper to have your tits off'" Wheather she bought one ot not is unknown

[@Ananenina]

she's like the great great great grandma of Blair Waldorf

[@madampluto3092]

She more like the early 20th century Blair Waldorf.

[@Romcom356]

It would have more impact if you just showed the clips. We are able to work out what is going on but your incessant voice has made me cut this off at just gone 3 minutes in. Please...just be quiet.

[@samarahbutler2537]

I'm gonna be like her when I'm old. She is old lady goals

[@darthyiu]

That narrater goes on and on and on... can the Dowager Countess shut her up?

[@jackyjackymack1033]

American accent narrator is herself a fight with an American for Maggie

[@Robert08010]

The best advice I got form all of Downton Abbey came from the dowager herself, Lady Violet: "Seems a pity to waster a good pudding." I have tried to live my life by that.

[@nuliknax7407]

Would appreciate watching the scenes without the exposition narrative in between. A lot of us aren’t American and don’t need to be led to a punch line.

[@GiovanaSimmer]

^ This line could have come from The Dowager herself... 😂

[@markmh835]

Nuli -- Ouch! Burn! Giovana nailed it!

[@sharonspaghetti815]

How rude! Where do you come off with a comment like that...a little full of yourself perhaps? Do not underestimate North American wit.

[@nonesuch27]

@@sharonspaghetti815 Please. Most Americans who've ever opened a book would rather be European.

[@xdemmons]

I am American and don't need to be led to a punch line. I agree that she spoiled the priceless lines with her commentary.

[@dhruboahmed7602]

Violet reminds me of my grandmom as a matter of fact! xDDD

[@johnkrueger3287]

Joseph Molesley: I've got Erysipelas, Your Ladyship. Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Ooh... oh, I am sorry. Dr. Clarkson: Mrs. Crawley tells me she's recommended nitrate of silver and tincture of steel. Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Well, is she making a suit of armor?

[@elinanderzon2922]

Maggie Smith is an icon it doesn’t matter if she’s a witch or a noble woman she’s simple the best

[@missquinn6325]

Lady violet and Carson are my fav two characters

[@sweetbitter2]

First! Lady Violet is my spirit animal.

[@jimrich6887]

5:40. “That is all I have to say on the subject”. Hand goes up. Bell is rung. Her most savage moment 😂

[@stevebird7265]

Maggie is a national treasure!

[@g_l_e_e_k15]

Love the dowager 😌

[@leonh.kalayjian6556]

You have to give it up to writer julian fellowes. The man is a genius for writing the lines.

[@barbaracurtis3801]

I agree with you on number one. that one made me cheer when she said it.

[@Janet7144]

Narration was so annoying I turned it off half way!

[@cartoons981]

sounds like conversation isn't possible without offending politely .

[@mcsquare4439]

Lady Grantham would say, "all these explanations..how tiring."

[@frostedicepharoah7723]

What’s it look like Ollie? -Lady’s old!

[@josephgarner94]

“I’m not familiar with the sensation” 😅

[@williamhaffelder7032]

11 minutes of voice over and 42 seconds of actual video.

[@margaretlouise6200]

The Dowager's past days as the acting Countess of Downton would have begun in the 1860's. Can you see her in hoop skirts???

[@dariusanderton3760]

somewhere in the series she says that when she was younger , ladies wore bustles and leg of mutton sleeves

[@abevillanueva1974]

I just LOVE the Dowager!! The one-liners ala Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles!

[@mikeadellic]

This sounds like a show Stewie would watch

[@heathermetz6576]

5:10 “I wonder you don’t just set fire to the Abbey and dance around it!”

[@Steacy783NUTS]

This is such gobble gobble gobble my opinion gobble gobble gobble Ms Mojo !!! TWEENS !!!

[@michaeltutty1540]

I love the Dowager Countess. Always the correct word or phrase to chop someone off at the knees. A great many of these snappy remarks are phrases I remember my grandparents using and that trip off my tongue regularly. I've had explain more then a few. I have some friends who do not dare message with me while they are at work. They have received too many weird looks because they suddenly burst out laughing.

[@phookadooable]

part of the fun watching the show for me was what was the Dowerager was going to say next

[@Robert08010]

"In this video, we'll be leaving out the line that we are showing you now." Too late.

[@Rosethornwitch20]

I can't wait for the movie to come out in September !

[@specterpaine2694]

I do believe that MsMojo is in love with her own voice!

[@wholeNwon]

Would have been enjoyable without the very annoying narration.

[@glamp63]

Wow, posted my earlier comment before reading all the others. Seems to be a consensus on the unnecessary narration. Get the point Ms Mojo??!!

[@billiewhyers2823]

My husband had a granny just like her , but she was all-American country.

[@totisantiago1]

this resulted into TWO EMMYS AND ONE GOLDEN GLOBE!

[@snuffysmif9801]

I get it, that some think MsMojo's narration is overkill. However, for fans like me who haven't watched in a great while, and therefore may not exactly recall the context of some of Lady Grantham's many zingers, or, those who may not be fans but are curious, or who simply enjoy 'list' videos, may find it necessary. Because short of context many of these wouldn't prove as amusing.

[@Bzrking_hound]

She is the reason most people watch this show! Perfect comic timing, this shows the calibre of acting. The dowager countess has to be the most hilarious character ever, not just in Downton, but in any show! I can't imagine Downton without her in it, so if she does in fact die, how is the next movie gonna fare? Great casting for this character, no one but Maggie Smith could've played Violet, I just wish that she didn't have to die 🙄

[@jeffreysantos7327]

Superb the duo of dowager and isabel

[@LouiseAndersen1991]

I didnt even knew I wanted this.

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Maggie Smith's a legend. I almost want to watch the show now to see more.

[@melly9204]

It's a really good series, and there will be loads of sass from the Dowager Countess of Grantham! 😂

[@dariusanderton3760]

watch the show ! Its great :)

[@ariana_selena_myvisa]

The show is wonderful! You won't regret watching it!

[@WelshmanSudios]

Better than nothing is my fave, and the swivel chair scene