The Best Moments of Mrs Levinson | Downton Abbey 

I love that line, "Mary, you must tell me all of your wedding plans, and I'll see what I can do to improve them," pre gold.

The only woman who could truly render the dowager countess speechless!

At 5:59. This is why I liked Martha Levinson. She was not delusional, she knew precisely who she was and what people thought about her, and she was not going to be bowled over or impressed by British aristocrats and their titles. She knew where she stood, and she knew her likes and dislikes very well. That type of self-knowledge and confidence is very commendable and not uniquely American.

"Violet, forgive me, and I don't mean to be offensive, but are you always this stuck-up?" Martha Levinson was the only true match for The Dowager Countess in a battle of wits. LOL

How on earth did Shirley McClain and Dame Maggie Smith shoot the scene of Mrs. Levinson singing to the Dowager Countess and not Absolutely burst out laughing?!? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

"Harold, Harold... we've came 3000 miles to change the subject."

I LOVE the “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” serenade to Violet!! SO funny!! Adore Violet’s ‘I’m barely tolerating this’ expression!!

She represented the American sense of humour quite well. Waiting for the Gilded Age to see how well Julian Fellows portrayed the American Aristocracy.

"Harold, No! We came Three and a Half thousand miles so we could change the subject." I love Martha 🤣

I love Mrs. Levinson's solution to Lord Asgarth. She will rustle up lonely, rich widows who want a title more than she does. That is exactly what Lord Asgarth was after. A lonely old lady with money who want a title.. Mrs. Levinson is wealthy, but I highly doubt she is lonely and she has no use for a title .

Mrs Levinson is the only one who can read Violet to filth. the look of Violet in the end is priceless.

‘Well you’ve got to spend it something!’ The way she looks and says that line is just the best

I love how her presence and comments irked the family & staff. She was not afraid to speak her mind.

Mrs Levinson was a force to be reckoned with. And the Crowleys , never understood exactly what to do with her. That's an exceptional part of the storyline

I give Mrs. Levinson so much credit for when it comes to having something to say she comes out and says it.

The Dowager Countess dozing off and then being greeted by music. Sounds like the biggest nightmare while in an online class 😂

Rivals on screen, but behind the scenes Maggie and Shirley got along great! Shirley MacLaine was the only one Julian Fellows could see playing Mrs Levinson and having as much stage presence and wits as Maggie Smith. To their delight, she accepted!😃

The Dowager Countess vs Martha Levinson Showdowns are better than any MMA fight 😂

"Violet! Whenever I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is not afraid of the future. My world is coming nearer while your world is slipping further and further away." Which just goes to show, not even the Dowager Countess can win them all 😆

Two legends. Watch them acting together is exquisite

Game, set & match to Mrs. Levinson. That last line was honestly brutal and true. Loved every single engagement between those 2 titans.

I absolutely adored Ms. MacLaine in this role. I also think it was very smart to have a character like her in the series. She underscores the stark contrast between a dying, antiquated way of life and modernity.

I will always laugh myself silly over Mrs. Levinson catching the Dowager napping in the middle of the drawing room. Violet's darting eyes at 4:35 reveal that she's completely flummoxed, and she was not one to be caught off guard. I think I liked her scenes with Martha even more than her scenes with Isobel. Martha was the real bad... in the show. There was just enough of her saltiness to improve every scene she was in. Perfect!

I love how Martha come in and give the old fashion family a kick. even Violet couldn't comeback with that.

Mrs Levinson: You two look like you're dressed for a barbeque. Troy: WHAT KIND OF BARBECUES DO YOU ATTEND!?

It doesn't get enough discussion but Martha @2:20 taking charge and saving the party is brilliant. For all her being at once snarky and seemingly flighty here she shows how cunning she is.

7:08 “Well, that’s very sensible. A woman your age needs her rest.” When I tell you I SCREAMED

It's spooky that as she kissed the pregnant Sibyl she told her they do deliveries much better in the states.

I love it when she serenades Violet!! 😂

shame she wasnt in more episodes as she gave so much life to the series

I love how ugly they made her look with that hairdoo. And when she says "Well, youve got to spend it on sumpthin'" the stunned look on Violet's face is priceless.

0:55 “Dearest Mary, now you tell me all of your wedding plans and I’ll see what I can do to improve them!”

The Dowager and Martha Levinson, the original clash of the Titans.

I’m an American and Mrs. Levinson is honest to goodness.

I wish Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti would have came back in later seasons and episodes. I definitely wish they would have showed up at the ending of Downton Abbey. Also I wish at least Shirley MacLaine would have came back for Edith's second wedding. Also I would have loved to have seen if Harold relationship with Madeleine went anywhere.

The scene with kissing Violet's hand killed me😆😆😆😅😅😅😅Added so much humour, awesome acting😃.Loved the character!.A character with a mind, honesty and humour.And Harold was superb!

I couldn’t stand Martha Levinson, at first. Gradually, as I watched her, she became marvellous. Wealth certainly gives confidence to deal with the Dowager, who is also, by the way, absolutely marvellous.

Mrs Levinson is such a fresh breeze for that time

3:25 I love how Cora says "Hello Harold." You can really hear her American accent come through which makes sense. You're hearing all the history she's had with her brother back to the days when they were kids.

Last comment, I promise 🤞🏾but it's been said multiple times and allow me to be one of the First to say this in 2022...We desperately need a Downton Abbey prequel. Set in the 1850s leading up to the marriage of Robert and Cora.

Wow. To bear witness to something timeless. Thank you Shirley. Shirley. Shirley. Love you Shirley!

LOVE LOVE LOVE her character!!!

ADORED ALL of these exchanges. 🥰

Shirley made the day !

I like how she reminded them that the time of the aristocracy was coming to an end

Truly this is one of the best of the Downton Abbey compilations. Congratulations! That being said, as an American, it seems obvious to me that this crisp dialogue was written by an English playwright with assumptions of how an American of that era might think and speak. No American writer would write as such. Still, marvelously entertaining! 😁👍❤

Shirley McLaine - simply genius casting!

Shirley McLaine as the American arm of the English Crawley ‘s was fantastic!

Martha Levinson is my spirit animal.

That's exactly what I needed right now! ^^

Oh the shade … the shade … the shaaaayyyde !!

O my Golly, Is That Paul Giamatti? My goodness, This Show is Fantastic!!

Oh Martha!!!😍😍😍 This video is the best New year gift!✨🎉

Every time I see this portion of the tale I think how fortunate for Robert and Cora that the mothers-in-law live on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

The best "cut down to size moment is 5:50 when Martha Levinson is introduced to the haughty Mrs. Dudley Ward, paramour to Edward VIII, the future Duke of Windsor. Mrs. Dudley Ward "Have met?" Mrs. Levinson "No, I've read about you in the American newspapers-gossip really. Nothing to worry about-but never give them a real story". The look on Mrs. Dudley Ward's face is priceless as she is hiding the secret that a love note sent to her by Edward VIII was stolen and almost sold by an unscrupulous card sharp.

"Tell me all of your wedding plans. And I'll see what I can do to improve them." Bahahahahahaha. Burn! 🔥

Love her character.

Granny vs. Grandmama!😂😂 A regular Western quick Draw!!!😂😂😂❤❤

Such a great character.

I was not expecting cora's mother like this but I enjoyed her character very much

I love Harold. Deep voice, charming, and a warm heart underneath all that confidence.

You tell me all your wedding plans and I’ll see what I can do to improve them 🤣🤣

Awesome!!!👏🍾👏🍾

Mrs L : Robert aren’t you going to kiss me? Robert: With the greatest of enthusiasm! 😂 They really need her money again! 🤣

I never thought it was possible tp loathe the glorious shirley maclaine... But she is THAT good!

"Nah, you gotta spend it on something."

Everyone just looked at her with such love and respect……and she went head to head with Maggie Smith. Lolololololo

Brilliant!

4:25 Violet takes me out every time!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

What an artist the red-haired Shirley!

I was SO excited when I heard Shirley MacLaine was going to join this cast- My two all-time favourite actors: MacLaine and Dame Smith. (MacLaine's a 'dame'too, tho not one endowed by the former Queen. Time to re-watch this series.

I love her!

Cora: 'Come quick, Robert, the ovens have broken down' Robert: 'They can't have done, what does that mean??'. Lol. It only just stuck me, after watching this scene for probably the 5th time or so over the years, how well crafted (by the scriptwriters) his reply was. It nicely mirrors how absolut the division of responsibilities and labor was at that time. As an aristocrat and man, he would literally not know anything about what was going on in the kitchens or laundry room, no matter how important it was to the running of the estate. Whereas Cora and her mother both immediately grasp what the consequences of a malfunctioning oven are - even though they rarely even set foot in the kitchen and aren't really involved in running it, either. It's as much a comment on the society back then as the fact, that Mrs. Levinson, 'the American' came up with a practical solution, while everyone else was just standing around thunderstruck.

¡Just a wonderful spectacle!

I LOVE HER! 😆

"We travelled 3500 miles to change the subject" amazing.

When you're fabulously rich, you can trash talk a whole lot of people.

Lol I love that part with being introduced to Mrs. Dudley Ward @ 5:44.

Gotta love her tenacity.....🤭😆

Amazing Shirley Maclein ❤

GREAT

You’ve got to spend it on something! I love her.

Violet's expression as she wakes up to Martha's singing to her just has me in stitches 😂😂she looks like kermit the frog 😂😂😂

Downton Abby is one of my favored Vidio show on Netflix If ben watching several times, and love all players , they are such good acters,

I have a strong feeling when Cora was younger she reprimanded the union and how Robert is a “miner” and she can do better 😂 i really hope to see a prequel centered on Cora’s struggle to fit in and be accepted as a dollar princess

7:04 - there is a quota in Brazil that says "exchanged poison doesn't kill". That what the 2 women did. hahahahaha

I wish they did a few episodes of them going to America, NYC would have been cool to see in this era.

Everyone a gem

"This is Mrs. Dudley-Ward" "Of course you are" I don't know why but that cracks me up 😂

Shirley McClain and Maggie Smith. Doesn't get any better.

So true.

Как я обожаю этих актрис!!! ❤🎉🎉🎉

She was so good

I remember when the casting of Shirley MacLaine was announced and thinking "wow, they literally could not have made a better choice" and couldn't wait to see the exchanges with Maggie Smith. And their scenes lived up to every bit of the hype

" I don't even know what that means but its sound almost as peculiar as your look" 🤣

Not a big fan of Shirley but she certainly nailed it in this part.

slay girrrrrl!

- I have no wish to be a great lady... - Clever decision, that must be reinforced whenever you look in a glass. A - ma - zing. 😂

Love her! Not enough of Shirley McLaine!

Best character according to me ❤