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.

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).

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK: The 2015 International Emmy Founders Award will be presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to Julian Fellowes, the writer and creator of Downton Abbey. Fellowes ...

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 ...