The maternal grandson of a Dorset baronet, he was educated at the University of Cambridge and marries Elizabeth in June 1908 or 1909. In the final episode, she and Hudson were married and moved to open a seaside boarding house in Hastings. Upstairs, Downstairs è un britannico televisiva drammatica serie prodotta da London Weekend Television (LWT) per ITV. Following Lady Marjorie's death, he marries Virginia Hamilton, a war widow, in 1919. The possibility of Georgina going to 'her grandmother's at Southwold' was mentioned at the time of Hazel's death, so Lady Southwold was still alive in November 1918. Portrayed by Gareth Hunt, Frederick Norton (1885–?) To further his influence, Karekin buys the lease on 165 Eaton Place when it is put up for sale upon Lord Southwold's death, subsequently giving the deed to Elizabeth to help save her parents from eviction. 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 (1881–1907). Virginia returns about a year later, when her seventeen-year-old son Michael (who is at that time serving as a midshipman aboard a British Navy Coastal Patrol Boat) is court-martialled for cowardice. In later life she outwardly appeared to be a tyrannical and harsh battleaxe, particularly to the awkward scullery-maid, Emily, but she genuinely was a kind and affectionate woman and regarded Emily as the daughter she never had. Portrayed by Simon Williams, Major The Honourable James H. Bellamy MC (1881 – October 1929) is the son of Richard and Lady Marjorie Bellamy and the brother of Elizabeth. Richard works on a biography, and Lady Marjorie leaves for America on the Titanic. She can be gossipy and frivolous, but she remains a close and trusted family friend until the end of the show's run. Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series 1971–1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Upstairs, Downstairs is one of the most successful television programmes ever made in the UK. After the war, and following a short period in which he and Daisy leave service, he becomes chauffeur and under butler to the Bellamys, and in 1930 becomes butler to Lord and Lady Stockbridge. S01E01 On Trial October 10, 1971; ITV1; November 1903: Clemence, young and inexperienced, is hired on a trial basis by Lady Marjorie, who decides Clemence is not an appropriate name for someone in … She made her first appearance in Series 1, episode 5 "A Suitable Marriage". She meets Richard when she asks for help to establish a fund for the children of naval officers killed in battle, and they initially dislike each other. At the age of 13 she entered service. (03 Mar 1974). At the following inquest, Lady Dolly, who takes cocaine, gives evidence which harms Georgina's case. James and Elizabeth were their grown children. She is a very kind, if awkward, girl who is frequently scolded by Mrs Bridges. While on leave in London 1916, he seeks out Rose and they agree to marry when the war ends; later there is a brief mention that they will marry on his next leave in London. Veteran actress Cathleen Nesbitt portrayed Lady Mabel Talbot-Carey, Countess of Southwold. Lady Marjorie came from a wealthy background, while Richard most certainly did not. Edward is a witness in a scandalous divorce case. A British sheep farmer living in Australia, he has socialist views. In the early months of 1914 Hazel suffers a miscarriage which sends her into an extended depression. My Movies & TV Shows, Part VIII: 1970-1979. Kate Hudson, née Bridges (1858–sometime after 1931) was the cook at 165, Eaton Place throughout the whole series. Upstairs, Downstairs est une série de 5 saisons et 68 épisodes 10.0/10. Miss Forrest takes over the running of the house – which the servants resent. Upstairs, Downstairs Season Three abandons the idea of keeping the series within the reign of Edward VII and jumps forward two years to cover the pre-war period 1912-14. An Object of Value His first loyalty is to the Talbot-Careys, but he often proves helpful to the Bellamys as well. When Watkins refuses to tell him the identity of the visitor or explain why he was there, he reports it to Mr. Bellamy. In June 1904, Richard Bellamy commissions Guthrie Scone to paint his wife. Série Terminée Débute en 1971 5 saisons 68 épisodes. She is completely lost without William, and when he cruelly ignores her on his next visit to the house and returns her love letter unopened, Emily is so upset she commits suicide. Use the HTML below. Check out our favorite stills from shows you can stream now on Paramount +. 51 mins. 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. When Lady Marjorie reveals the news about Emily, Mrs. Van Groeben is uncaring about what happened. Hazel is particularly close to Richard, Georgina and Rose, but Hudson never truly accepts her, a middle class woman, as mistress of the house. Lady Marjorie and Richard Bellamy were the heads of the household. She is given the name Sarah by Lady Marjorie. He commits suicide after losing his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. When William cruelly drops Emily like a stone, Emily is so devastated that she hangs herself. Goodwill to all men. It’s autumn 1908. It didn't work. 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. The eldest daughter of the eccentric 12th Earl Towyn, Lady Agnes was reared in a very damp castle in Wales. Lady Marjorie's father Lord Southwold has died and her mother, Lady Southwold, comes to stay at 165 Eaton Place with her companion Miss Hodges. She is a fellow feminist and Fabian Socialist who takes Elizabeth in when she runs away from her family after an altercation. In 1905 he is forced to flee in disgrace after being caught in a sexual situation with an upstairs guest, Baron Klaus von Rimmer. Mrs. Bridges's conscience over the suicide is not assuaged until Sarah, an under-parlour maid who has worked for a carnival, leads a fake seance in which Sarah relays Emily's forgiveness to Mrs. Bridges. He uses her to further his career and contacts, and gives Elizabeth a hat shop in Mayfair's Brook Street and successfully manages the stocks she inherited from a recently deceased great-aunt. When the mystery of the missing brooch turns out to be nothing more than a misunderstanding, ill-feeling lingers. During the war years she also works as a conductress. She married Walter Hugo Talbot-Carey, large landowner and influential Conservative politician, sometime in the early 1860s; by this marriage she had two children – Lady Marjorie and Hugo, Lord Ashby and later Earl of Southwold. Lady Marjorie, having been treated kindly by her husband in connection with the affair, in turn continues to employ their under-parlour maid Sarah when she is pregnant and miscarries the illegitimate child of Lady Marjorie's son James. Title: He attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and served as an officer in the Life Guards of the British Household Cavalry until 1919. She was often accompanied by her useful but snobbish lady's companion Miss Hodges, a clergyman's daughter from Cromer. According to Series One, they married in 1909. Kate was still alive and well in 1931 (Rose wrote to 'Mrs Hudson' that year according to the second TV Times Upstairs Downstairs special). Portrayed by Meg Wynn Owen, Hazel Bellamy (née Hazel Patricia Forrest; circa 1883–1918) first appears in the episode "Miss Forrest" as secretary to Richard Bellamy, a middle class young woman who has been earning a living as a secretary for ten years, against her parents' wishes. Richard is a p… At Hazel's urging, Richard asks family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon to help. 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. Ruby first comes to Eaton Place in 1908 or 1909, just after Elizabeth's marriage to Lawrence, but leaves in 1915 to become a munitionette at Silvertown. Looking for something new to add to your Watchlist? When the Kirbridge marriage ends, Thomas becomes chauffeur to the Bellamys at Eaton Place where he ultimately blackmails Richard and Lady Marjorie and leaves service to marry Sarah and to set up a garage business together. Sarah loses the baby and ultimately marries the Bellamys' chauffeur Thomas Watkins, and they leave service. She was not, however, referred to again in any way, so just how long the Dowager Countess lived is unknown. As a young man he won a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he excelled. 10. "Upstairs, Downstairs," a British TV series depicting a London household from 1903 to 1930, first aired in the United Kingdom and the U.S. in the 1970s, and has appeared in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries, providing millions of people with among the most intense TV experiences of their lives - a sweeping, novelistic perusal of fascinating people and times. A House Divided. He leaves Rose £1200 in his will; Rose keeps the money as a talisman of their relationship until losing it in the 1929 stock market crash, her investment being advised by Captain James. Portrayed by George Innes, Alfred Harris (1868–1913) is the original footman at Eaton Place from 1895. He was sent off to a military post in India so that he would not be present when his illegitimate child with an underparlour maid dies in childbirth. Movies. At about the same time, she starts an affair with James Bellamy and falls pregnant, resulting in James's being sent to India. Menu. During an afternoon tea in the servant's hall she reveals a little about herself to the other servants stating that as a young woman her father had caught her dating a young man. Her mother and step-father die along with Lady Marjorie in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, after which she moves into 165 Eaton Place. He was played by veteran actor Gordon Jackson. When Mrs. Van Groeben discovers the relationship, she becomes jealous and forbids William from ever having any more to do with Emily, and bribes him with a new uniform and a promotion. The household is led by Lady Marjorie Bellamy (née Talbot-Carey), daughter of the Earl and Countess of Southwold, and her husband Richard Bellamy MP, the son of a country parson. In 1927, while visiting Georgina, Lady Dolly meets Frederick, the Bellamy's footman, and they soon start an affair. This is an alphabetical list of characters from the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs, which aired from 1971 to 1975. Rachel Gurney as Lady Marjorie Bellamy. Portrayed by Ian Ogilvy, socialist poet Lawrence Arthur Kirbridge (born 1879) is Elizabeth Wallace's first husband. Previously on Upstairs Downstairs: The Bellamys hired a housemaid, Sarah, who turned out to be something of a sociopath and compulsive liar.She had a flirtation with James, and then decided she was too good for servant-ing. LADY MARJORIE BELLAMY (born Marjorie Helen Sybil Talbot-Carey) was a character in the 1970s UK period drama, Upstairs, Downstairs. Hodges reports that she had seen Miss Roberts just outside Lady Southwold's room and Richard Bellamy orders Hudson to question all of the servants before calling in the police. ... Lady Southwold and her imperious companion, Miss Hodges, come directly to Eaton Place from Westminster Abbey, where a memorial service was held for the late Lord Southwold. Subsequent series refer to an aging husband named Archie who dies off screen leaving her a widow; she attends Elizabeth's 1909 wedding with Agatha (her only appearance during the entire run, but with no dialog). Two months later, Sarah, upset by James's half-hearted affections, leaves Eaton Place. But no-one (except for Rose) really understands how much in love Emily is. When three months later Elizabeth seeks an annulment, the affair and a surprise pregnancy come to light, and to avoid scandal Lawrence is given an allowance and sent abroad, to return only for the sake of appearances at the baby's christening, where he accepts paternity. Lady Southwold and her granddaughter arrive at Eaton Place for the festive season. Something of a crisis erupts when Lady Southwold's butterfly brooch is nowhere to be found. Lady Marjorie was born on 6 May 1860, or according to another episode 12 July 1864, at Southwold, Wiltshire in the home of her wealthy parents, Walter Talbot-Carey, 12th Earl of Southwold and Mabel, the Countess of Southwold. Covering a span of 27 years (1903-1930), Upstairs, Downstairs follows the lives of the wealthy Bellamy family residing upstairs at 165 Eaton Place, London, as well as the lives of those employed in their service living downstairs. Elizabeth takes up with a very savvy, opportunistic, wealthy businessman who uses her to gain access to her father and his government connections and then gives Elizabeth a hat shop. Richard returns home and Lady Marj immediately asks him about how he plans to vote for an upcoming education bill. At Christmas 1913 she gave Georgina a diamond filigree necklace that had been in the family for four generations. After a week being listed as missing Miss Roberts shows up at 165, to the astonishment of the household, having not been registered on the Carpathia's manifest of survivors. A meek, quiet, and decent man known to his friends as Bunny, he marries Lady Diana Russell in 1912 having inherited his title and estates the year previous. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Upstairs,_Downstairs_(1971_TV_series)_characters&oldid=1010432315, Lists of British television series characters, Articles needing additional references from January 2020, All articles needing additional references, Articles to be expanded from January 2020, Articles with empty sections from January 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Robert, Marquis of Stockbridge, husband of Georgina, Diana Newbury, wife of 'Bunny' Newbury and mistress of James Bellamy, Lady Prudence Fairfax, a good friend of Richard and Marjorie, Georgina Stockbridge, Marchioness of Stockbridge (née Worsley), Virginia Bellamy, Viscountess Bellamy (previously Hamilton), Richard's 2nd wife, Lady Southwold, Lady Marjorie's widowed mother, Daisy Barnes (née Peel), under house-parlourmaid, later head house-parlourmaid, Richard Marson, "Inside UpDown – The Story of Upstairs, Downstairs", Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2005, This page was last edited on 5 March 2021, at 12:39. Towards the end of World War I the old lady insisted on a private ambulance being used to bring her wounded grandson James back from France. Something of a crisis erupts when Lady Southwold's butterfly brooch is nowhere to be found. He also has a brief, steamy affair with a Vienna-born French Countess de Ternay, which ends on wistfully friendly terms when they both realize neither has the wealth that their public appearances imply. Unwilling to accept marital responsibilities and unable to consummate the marriage, he encourages his publisher to seduce Elizabeth instead. Upstairs, Downstairs follows the rich Bellamy family and their servants at their luxurious house in London. Blackmail for Lady Marjorie's affair later assists her chauffeur and Sarah in leaving service and purchasing their own business, a garage. It ran for 68 episodes divided into five series on ITV from 1971 to 1975. It features five series, which can be divided into three groups based upon who is mistress of the household. Rose Buck (born 1873) was born to a gamekeeper and his wife on the Southwold estate where Lady Marjorie was born and raised. Elizabeth moves to New York and marries Dana J. Wallace in about 1911, and never again appears in the series, remaining in America. In the spring of 1924, Lily and Hudson start to spend their time off together and Hudson expresses a desire to marry her. Their lives after leaving Eaton Place are portrayed in the spinoff series Thomas & Sarah. Diana's plans are thwarted and a divorce scandal looms; James offers to marry her but confesses that the war destroyed the man she once knew and that he cannot 'get on' with life, content instead to watch it go by. Portrayed by Margaretta Scott, Lady Southwold's sister, Lady Katherine "Kate" Castleton (died 1921), was to have presented Elizabeth to King Edward VII at a Londonderry House ball in 1905. This conflict gives the viewer a rare view of the interior of her parents' middle-class home: one of the few locations other than the Bellamys' home. first appears as James Bellamy's Army batman Trooper Norton when he arrives at Eaton Place to return some of James's belongings when James is believed killed in October 1917. It's a disagreeable task and Miss Roberts is horrified at the mere suggestion that she is under suspicion. He and Georgina fall in love, but his parents insist that he be sent on a long trip around the world without her before they will give him their permission to marry, which they do in the summer of 1930. Edward is a high-spirited, honest and happy fellow and the source of happy banter, but suffers from severe shell shock after returning from the front. Southwold - Wikipedia Portrayed by Pauline Collins, Sarah Moffat (born July 1882, also known as Clémence Dumas, Clémence Moffat, and Sarah Delice) claims to be the daughter of Albert Moffat and Marianne Dumas and the great-granddaughter of Alexandre Dumas. She leaves Eaton Place without telling anyone and goes to live with her widowed mother in Banbury. At a weekend hunting party at Somerby Park in 1913, Diana, jealous and contemptuous of James' middle-class wife Hazel, secretly switches horses on her nearly causing a disastrous accident. This FAQ is empty. is known as "Hudson" to the Bellamys, and as "Mr. Hudson" to the servants. The character appeared throughout the show until the very last episode, meaning that if the timeline were to be accurate, Dillon was still practising law at the age of 92. Portrayed by Christopher Beeny, Edward Barnes (born 24 January 1889) replaces Alfred as footman in 1906, and stays until he leaves to go to war in 1915, having just married Daisy. The fictional Southwold Estate, seat of the equally fictional Earls of Southwold, is the country estate of the family of Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV British drama Upstairs, Downstairs. When Watkins refuses to tell him the identity of the visitor or explain why he was there, he reports it to Mr. Bellamy. 2. Hudson originally came from Scotland, born to Ian and Margaret Hudson; he also has a brother Donald and a sister Fiona. Lily is a quiet, hardworking and caring girl. Home / Series / Upstairs, Downstairs / Aired Order / All Seasons. Directed by Raymond Menmuir. Mrs. Van Groeben is an acquaintance of Lady Marjorie, Lady Prudence and Lady Templeton who works with them on a domestic servants aid committee, but her snobbery and condescending attitude result in her being deeply disliked by all three women, especially Lady Templeton. 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. She was preceded by Doris, Nellie, and Emily. In 1908, Sarah returns to Eaton Place but leaves again soon after when she is accused of theft. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Elizabeth is sent to finishing school in Germany and upon her return to London, finds the upper class life of the Bellamys claustrophobic. After the episode, she is mentioned only once more when Lady Marjorie states how much she liked a dinner that Mrs. Bridges had made. Elizabeth fails to read her true situation, seeing the gift as loving support of her new-found equality: meanwhile, the businessman uses his new connections to court a Marchioness. 49 mins. She wasn't mentioned in the 2010 continuation, presumably having died in the interim between the two incarnations of the show. Portrayed by Madeleine Cannon, Lady Dorothy "Dolly" Beatrice Louisa Hale is one of Georgina's closest friends and a fellow "Bright Young Thing". She had one brother, Hugo, Viscount Ashby, who later became 13th Earl of Southwold. She was played by the late UK actress Rachel Gurney. During a visit to the House of the Bellamys they allegedly lost a valuable brooch, and the suspicion of theft, to the staff. Rose says that, many times during her adult life, she wished she'd never noticed that cart. In April 1912, Miss Roberts survives the sinking of the RMS Titanic while travelling to America with Lady Marjorie, who perishes. 1887), is the daughter of Richard and Lady Marjorie Bellamy and the sister of James. A Cartier jeweller later arrived at the house stating that she left the item at the shop to have a loose stone reset. Rose says that the "Bellamys" gave her the silver teapot; she left service before 1936, yet mentions both of them, meaning Richard was dead by 1936 but alive when Rose left. Portrayed by Donald Burton, Julius Karekin (born 1875) is a wealthy social climber and a very knowledgeable and talented stockbroker of Armenian descent, who has an affair with the recently separated Elizabeth Kirbridge. Elizabeth is sent to finishing school in Germany and upon her return to London, finds the upper class life of the Bellamys claustrophobic. Portrayed by Celia Bannerman, Diana, Marchioness of Newbury (née Lady Diana Russell 1883-) is a childhood friend and love interest of James who, taking her mother's advice to 'marry well', weds his wealthy best friend Bunny instead. When Emily committed suicide after her suitor coldly rejected her, Mrs. Bridges felt terrible guilt for constantly nagging and scolding Emily. Played by actress Cathleen Nesbitt: Lady Southwold Mabel was the mother of Lady Marjorie and grandmother of James and Elizabeth Bellamy. Lady Dolly then secretly arranges for Georgina and Frederick to have to kiss in a film that they are both starring in. As well as this, she had a paternal aunt and uncle and cousin, who succeeded Hugo as Earl of Southwold. Lady Southwold and her granddaughter arrive at Eaton Place for the festive season. Marjorie was the daughter and eldest child of the 12th Earl of Southwold and Lady Mabel Southwold. She is informally called "Pru", and James calls her Aunt Pru, although she is not related to the Bellamys. He identifies himself to Richard Bellamy as "chapel", an expression used for members of independent or nonconformist places of worship: and he certainly is an independent thinker. After Lady Marjorie died, Lady Prudence periodically visited 165 Eaton Place to see how Richard Bellamy and son James were coping. Portrayed by Lesley-Anne Down, Georgina, Marchioness of Stockbridge (née 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. She had also hoped to be the one to marry Richard, having known him for many years, but even though she didn't, she still remained a close family friend even though Richard had remarried later to Virginia Hamilton. What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? View production, box office, & company info. Upstairs Downstairs: Goodwill to All Men. Upstairs, Downstairs Season Two. 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 RMS Titanic. According to the narrative, Pearce does not like newfangled motor cars, and returns to his previous position as head groom to Lady Wanborough tending to her stables. Portrayed by Patsy Smart, Maude Roberts (1850–?) Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV.
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