Last night during the AFI Tribute to Shirley MacLaine, viewers got a teeny tiny preview of Downton Abbey Season 3, in which MacLaine plays Martha Levinson, Lady Cora's mother. In a clip, presented by Lady Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) herself, Martha meets the Dowager Countess, and the snide remarks start flying.
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Hold up - is Lady Cora Jewish? And her daughters? And the Dowager Countess is okay with that?