She received glowing reviews for her performance as the doomed, adulterous title character. Faced with his wife's adultery, he refuses to cause a scandal believing that "no man should divorce a woman" and offers to give her grounds instead. The icing on the cake was Edward VII coming to dinner, in a 1972 episode, Guest of Honour, putting the family and staff in a dither and boosting US sales. The maternal grandson of a Dorset baronet, he was educated at the University of Cambridge and married Elizabeth in June 1908 or 1909. Upstairs Down stairs was the idea of two actress friends, Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins. Lady Marjorie continues to employ their under-parlour maid Sarah when she becomes pregnant and then miscarries the illegitimate child of James. 2011 -2022. This list includes all of the Upstairs, Downstairs main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Season 1; Season 2; Season 3; Season 4; Season 5 (1,030 . A former child actor, he is best known for his work as the footman Edward on the 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs, as Billy, For the fictional television character, see David Langton (General Hospital)David Muir Langton (born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds; 16 April 1912 25 April 1994) was a British actor who is best, Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick (born 8 June 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank, Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010. After Upstairs Downstairs her television work continued alongside her successful stage career, which included roles in J B Priestleys Dangerous Corner (1974) with Gerald Flood and Barbara Jefford, and Richard III (1989) in which she played the mother of Richard (Derek Jacobi). Upstairs Downstairs TV Series 2010-2012 TV-PG 1 h IMDb RATING 7.4 /10 6.4K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 2,864 129 Play trailer 1:48 11 Videos 51 Photos Drama A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936. Upstairs Downstairs, which followed the lives of the Bellamy family and their servants in the first 30 years of the last century, was a hit from the moment it first aired in 1971, running for. Casting now flies happily in the face of history and/or likelihood. Information given on-screen about the marital status of Mrs Bridges was contradictory. It was a glimpse of yesteryear that brought a lump to the throats of Brexiteers across the land. Known as "Roberts" upstairs and "Miss Roberts" downstairs, she is often fussy and suspicious of those around her, both upstairs and downstairs. The actor is also an accomplished theatre director, directing former co-star David inplay A Cold Supper Behind Harrods in 2012. How had the upper classes clung on for so long, with only a green baize door to protect them? They had two children, James and Elizabeth. Her performance as the doomed, adulterous title character earned glowing reviews. I need to buy this series in DVD. 50 years ago, in 1971, when they were casting the role of James Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs, I joined the queue of young actors. Richard has an older brother named Arthur (John Nettleton), who bullied Richard as a child. Blackmail for Lady Marjorie's affair later helps her chauffeur and Sarah in leaving service and purchasing their own business, a garage. Ms. Pagett remained busy onscreen, most notably in Anna Karenina (1977), a lush 10-part, eight-hour BBC production of Leo Tolstoys novel. then this list will help you answer those questions. Portrayed by Meg Wynn Owen, Hazel Bellamy (ne Hazel Patricia Forrest; circa 18831918) first appears in the episode "Miss Forrest" as secretary to Richard Bellamy; she is a middle class young woman who has been earning a living as a secretary for ten years, against her parents' wishes. Illiterate and inexperienced, she is sent to Eaton Place by an agency for domestic servants. In June 1927, Frederick and Lady Dolly Hale start an affair, and Frederick resigns to start a new life in films and as an escort. We had none of Downtons snappy exchanges or panoramic long shots. Created by Jean Marsh (who won an Outstanding Actress Emmy as the downstairs maid Rose) and Eileen Atkins, the series spans the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and the shifting fortunes of complex and colorful characters, some more privileged than others. In the final episode, she and Hudson are married and moved to open a seaside boarding house in Hastings. Portrayed by Lesley-Anne Down, Georgina, Marchioness of Stockbridge (ne Georgina Worsley, born 28 November 1895) is the step-daughter of Lady Marjorie's brother Hugo, her natural father having died in a hunting accident when she was six years old. PBS. I cant be cut or stopped or changed or lost.. Moray House 23/31 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 7PA. Her husband also had a brother and at least one nephew, who succeeded Hugo as Earl of Southwold in 1912 when he and his sister Lady Marjorie died in the sinking of the RMSTitanic. We had none of Downton 's snappy exchanges or panoramic long shots. When Lady Marjorie reveals the news about Emily, Mrs. Van Groeben is uncaring about what happened. Then she marries a charming poet (played by Ian Ogilvy) who shares her progressive social attitudes but not her physical desires. Rose says that, many times during her adult life, she wished she had never noticed the cart. Im sure wed all like to see Edward Fox pulling a pint in the Rovers Return or Penelope Keith milking a cow in Emmerdale. Company Credits He is sent off to a military post in India so that he would not be present when his illegitimate child with an underparlour maid is born; the child dies in childbirth. A later exchange of letters clears up the alleged rumour that he already had a wife. The period drama, which aired the final episode of its second series in the UK last month, struggled with low ratings and behind-the scenes setbacks. Ms. Pagett in her final screen role, in the British mini-series Up Rising (2000). In Theres a Girl in My Soup (1970), she was a radiant young bride ravished by a lecherous TV host (Peter Sellers) during her wedding reception. She had also hopes to be the one to marry the widowed Richard, having known him for many years, but even though she did not, remains a close family friend even though Richard is remarried later, to Virginia Hamilton. Nicola Mary Paget Scott was born on June 15, 1945, in Cairo, to British parents who had met in Egypt. Our access to working-class roles is unfairly declared to be absurd. Celebrate over 50 years of small-screen prestige by re-visiting some of the best dramatic series in TV history. Hudson originally came from Scotland, born to Ian and Margaret Hudson; he also has a brother Donald and a sister Fiona. Portrayed by Nicola Pagett, Miss Elizabeth Bellamy, later Elizabeth Kirbridge and then The Honourable Elizabeth Wallace after her father's elevation to the peerage (b. James is immediately attracted to her, and within two years they marry, after she initially declined his proposal, having been married before to a violent alcoholic named Patrick O'Connor. She preferred the stage, but she won praise for her work on television as the rebellious and thoroughly spoiled Elizabeth Bellamy, and later as Anna Karenina. Kate Hudson, ne Bridges (1858sometime after 1931) was the cook at 165, Eaton Place throughout the whole series. He has a series of relationships with women of inferior birth, and fails to launch himself as a responsible adult capable of managing a career, his money and relationships. There were plenty of poignant counterpoints for the camera: clog to satin slipper; tankard to crystal glass, Woodbine to cheroot etc. In rooms you live in, warmth and feeling underfoot are more important. Mrs. Van Groeben employs a young footman named William, whom she adopted from an orphanage (while she was still in South Africa) and appears to be overly fond of. At 17, she entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for a two-year program, then appeared in repertory productions and changed her name (including adding a T to Paget). Upstairs/Downstairs is the eighth episode of the third season of the television series Daredevil. Portrayed by Evin Crowley, the devout Catholic Irish kitchen maid Aoibhinn (pronunciation the same as the Anglicised version of the actress's name) is known in the house as Emily (18811907). She is married and has a daughter named Wilhelmina, who claims to be 'great, great friends' with Lady Prudence Fairfax's daughter, Agatha, even though they only just met the previous night. The early series reveals that Lady Prudence was married with a daughter in her late teens or early twenties named Agatha. After the war, and following Edward's departure, Frederick is hired by James as footman. Ms. Pagett was 26 when she was cast in the original Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-76), the prestigious, multi-award-winning British drama set in a spacious Belgravia townhouse during the first three decades of the 20th century. An update of the classic series, this edition of Upstairs, Downstairs isn't quite as riotous as the original, but it still outshines most of its contemporaries. Since the series ended, Marsh has maintained a very busy career in the theatre and on TV- including a starring role in the US sitcom 9 to 5 (1982) and films such as Return to Oz (1985) and Willow (1988). If Id learned anything at Harrow, it was how to put on a wing collar and be bloody-minded with servants itd be a shoo-in, surely. She spends the war years serving in France as a VAD Nurse, where her patients include her step-cousin James. In 1909 Arthur visits Richard, the two have a falling out and they never speak to each other again. In the name of diversity, audiences were herded towards gender and race blindness. I have always loved it immensely. A favorite of the playwright Harold Pinter, she played Helen when he directed Jean Giraudouxs The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1983). Kate was still alive and well in 1931 (Rose wrote to 'Mrs Hudson' that year according to the second TV Times Upstairs Downstairs special). At Christmas 1913 she gives Georgina a diamond filigree necklace that has been in the family for four generations. The possibility of Georgina going to 'her grandmother's hoise at Southwold is mentioned at the time of Hazel's death, so Lady Southwold was still alive in November 1918. She left for LA, bagging parts in Oceans Twelve, Entrapment and The Mask Of Zorro and as the vengeful pregnant wifeHelena in Traffic in 2000. Like many actors, Ms. Pagett preferred theater to film, especially after the movie Olivers Story (1978), the largely forgotten Love Story sequel, in which she played Ryan ONeals shy furniture-designer blind date. When the original Upstairs, Downstairs aired 40 years ago, theseries about life in Edwardian England was watched avidly by 300 million viewers in 50 countries and won five Emmy Awards in the United States. After the inquest, Georgina states that she never wants to see Lady Dolly again. Upstairs Downstairs, based on an original idea by actress friends Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, ran for 5 series and 68 episodes from 1971-1975 and featured a number of well-known or soon-to-be well known British actors.In addition to Marsh and now-Dame Eileen Atkins, the series jump-started the careers of Anthony Andrews, Gordon Jackson, Lesley-Anne Down and Pauline Collins. She was Ophelia in Hamlet, Masha in The Seagull and Regina in Ghosts.. Portrayed by Madeleine Cannon, Lady Dorothy "Dolly" Beatrice Louisa Hale is one of Georgina's closest friends and a fellow "Bright Young Thing". THE Darling Buds of May was one of the biggest dramas ITV ever aired - and launched Catherine Zeta-Jones on the world asMariette, the eldest child of the sprawling Larkin family. There were long dialogue scenes - always indoors. The upstairs floor of the Brain House is the Thinking Floor. Jeffrey, who has been married to actor wife Judy Buxton, joined Paul and Su Pollard in the Upstairs Downstairs-inspired sitcom You Rang M'Lord. The event occurs at a soiree in the Kirbridge home, but it does little to improve their marriage. Nothing more could have happened to me anyway, she told The Washington Post years later about her decision to leave the show. The downstairs staff Upstairs If by chance you meet a Lower Servant, you should walk past, leaving them un-noticed. Love Island fans' horror as axed Olivia handed power to destroy TWO other stars, Frogmore eviction shows King's drawn a line with Harry, Strictly star bags life-changing EastEnders role as part of new family, Baby's body found after huge search as cops quiz Constance Marten & lover, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. With the help of the drug lithium and more than one stay in a psychiatric hospital, she largely recovered, but she soon retired from acting. Portrayed by Anthony Andrews, Lord Robert Charles Algernon St. John Stockbridge, Marquess of Stockbridge (born 1901) is the son of the Duke and Duchess of Buckminster. Upstairs, Downstairs. Portrayed by Ian Ogilvy, socialist poet Lawrence Arthur Kirbridge (born 1879) is Elizabeth Wallace's first husband. 6. Portrayed by Pauline Collins, Sarah Moffat (born July 1882, also known as Clmence Dumas, Clmence Moffat, and Sarah Delice) claims to be the daughter of Albert Moffat and Marianne Dumas and the great-granddaughter of Alexandre Dumas. Sarah loses the baby and ultimately marries the Bellamys' chauffeur, Thomas Watkins, and they leave service. Two months later, Sarah, upset by James's half-hearted affections, leaves Eaton Place. This is an alphabetical list of characters from the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs, which aired from 1971 to 1975. After the outbreak of war, he becomes a sergeant in the ANZACs and fights at the Battle of Gallipoli. She was later escorted from her home by four men to be confined in a closed psychiatric unit, but has since been able to control her illness with medication and self-awareness. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Upstairs,_Downstairs_(1971_TV_series)_characters&oldid=1141820905, Richard Marson, "Inside UpDown The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs", Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2005, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 00:10. She returns early in the following year after the factory is destroyed in the Silvertown explosion. From left to right: Christopher Beeny (Edward), Jacqueline Tong (Daisy), Simon Williams (James), Pauline Collins (Sarah), John Alderton (Thomas), Jean Marsh (Rose/co-creator), Meg Wynn Owen (Hazel), Lesley-Anne Down (Georgina) and Jenny Tomasin (Ruby). Portrayed by Karen Dotrice, Lily Hawkins (born circa 1901 in Shoreditch, London) arrives at Eaton Place as under house parlour maid in January or May 1919 to replace Daisy, who has left for a new life with Edward. Recently, though, Ive observed that these roles are opening up to well, just about anyone. She was the mother of Lady Marjorie and grandmother of James and Elizabeth Bellamy. During the war years she also works as a conductress. When we began Upstairs, Downstairs, privilege was a dirty word and the writers, notably Fay Weldon, spiced up the scripts with political grit: toffs = snooty; servants = heroic. The CBS series ran for nine seasons a total of 210 episodes from September 1996 to May 2005. She had a brother, Charlie, who died young, and a sister named Sophia. After a brief period of harrumphing, people became oblivious to the anomalies: black could be white; male could be female get over it. View our online Press Pack. 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