Elizabeth McGovern’s Favorite DA Character

McGovern has always been a hag to the gays. Does no one remember she was the original Moira in Handmaids Tale the movie? I’m surprised it’s not a DL icon with Faye Dunaway as Serena Joy!

meh. The whole show was just a weak rehash of actual quality television

[quote]She fears another film sequel.

Go with your gut, girl!

Bring back Shirley!

What else is she going to say? If there had been a black character, she would have picked that one.

But Thomas really isn’t closeted. He was dancing in a gay bar that was raided.

Plus everyone in the house knows he's a cocksucker. That's why the old coot didn't approve of him being in one of the bedrooms with some young guy.

Wea-wee? She wikes Baa-woh?

Isn't McGovern's Cora voice spot-on for the time? I'm sure I read somewhere that rich American women were taught to speak quietly and softly in order to appear refined and better suited for European nobility marriages...

Lady Grantham is my favorite character.

Compare McGovern’s beautiful face - naturally aging and a gorgeous older version of her younger self to the plastic burn victim look of Ashley Judd or Nicole Kidman, Madonna, etc. So good to see - she looks incredible.

R2- I agree. Downton Abbey was never more than a mediocre show designed to please a 21st century audience. Upstairs Downstairs (1971-1975) was THE best drama about the Upper class and their servants.

Could you imagine Elizabeth Bellamy marrying Watkins The Chauffer - Lady Marjorie would have had a fit but on Downton Abbey they presented nonsensical storylines like that to please contemporary audiences.

She was separated at birth from Terry Farrell

[quote] Upstairs Downstairs (1971-1975) was THE best drama about the Upper class and their servants.

It’s amazing how much Julian Fellowes stole from Upstairs/Downstairs.

For example, a gay footman was in Upstairs/Downstairs.

There were some good characters on DA, but nobody matched Hudson, Mrs Bridges and Sarah the character Pauline Collins played.

R14- I couldn't remember who the gay footmen was at first. Not Edward, then I remembered Alfred the first footman who ran off with the pre Nazi Von Rimmer.

[quote]I couldn't remember who the gay footmen was at first. Not Edward, then I remembered Alfred the first footman who ran off with the pre Nazi Von Rimmer.

If I remember correctly, I think he was only in episode 2 or 3. A one episode character at the very beginning of the show. So he’s often forgotten. I have to go back and rewatch that episode and see if they actually said he was gay or if it was just implied.

R16- Von Rimmer was certainly gay because he seduced Alfred into having sex with him. Alfred capitulated but it's not clear that he was gay- but I bet he had tendencies because two seasons later he reappeared. He was on the run because he had murdered his older male lover and he was on the run from the police.

Facially & voice-wise she is a clone of my sweet next door neighbor. I’ve always liked her as an actress.

Von Rimmer. Tell me there was a gay influence on that show without telling me! 🤣

That's "oh, Wobert" R18.

I have always liked Elizabeth McGovern. She is a better actress than she is given credit for.

[quote] She is a better actress than she is given credit for.

Playing Evelyn Nesbitn she was quite good in Ragtime. Much better than Joan Collins' earlier version

R22- If I wasn't 100% GAY I would be turned on by her being topless.

"Did it hurt?"

I like McGovern. She was terrific in The Wings of the Dove as Susan Stringham. She keeps some of those pompous gits in line in DA.

I don't remember the name but the actor who played the husband who died in the car accident. I couldn't take my eyes off him. What he doing now, whatsisname? They should bring him back as ghost - yeah, good idea, writers?

[quote] I don't remember the name but the actor who played the husband who died in the car accident. I couldn't take my eyes off him. What he doing now, whatsisname? They should bring him back as ghost - yeah, good idea, writers?

He’s had so much plastic surgery, they could bring him back as a new character and nobody would notice.

I love her! I remember seeing her in Ordinary People and finding her enchanting. But as is often the case with beautiful girls, Hollywood didn’t know what to do with her. I’m glad she’s had an Act 2 due to DA.

She's gorgeous. It's wonderful to see a real aging gloriously face.

[quote] But as is often the case with beautiful girls, Hollywood didn’t know what to do with her.

It didn’t help that she was cock-eyed.

Cora is actually my favorite character, behind The Dowager Countess. I love McGovern’s enunciation. She always acts like a lady and when upset, whispers rather than shouts. I wish Cora had more screen time.

I always get her and Elizabeth Perkins mixed up.

At first, I hated how Elizabeth McGovern played Cora. It was really hard to watch & listen to her voice & the way she spoke. But I guess I got used to it.

The actress who played the lady's maid, Anna, said that her favorite character was Moseley.

My favorite characters were Anna and O'Brien, the two ladies' maids. I also did like Bates' first wife (the one who died). She was a great villain. And Mary. Edith was hard to watch, always crying and simpering. Ugh.