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[emilyB]

Drama at Downton Abbey as Dame Maggie Smith looks set to quit the show


She is the formidable and witty matriarch who is beloved by the tens of millions of fans of Downton Abbey.
But Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Dowager Countess of Grantham, has panicked the bosses of the popular period drama by not signing a new contract.
Dame Maggie, 77, has yet to put pen to paper to secure her future on the show which is currently filming its third series.
Read more of the upcoming season...............lots of info:
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2110826/Dame-Maggie-Smith-looks-set-quit-Downton-Abbey.html

[captain_kook]

In baseball that's called holding out for a better contract.
 
 

[emilyB]

Precisely..............she's an old hand at it!