Shirley MacLaine Joins Emmy/Golden Globe Award-Winning Series Downton Abbey!

Looks like this Emmy/Golden Globe award-winning series now has another OSCAR winning actress!
We've just learned that Shirley MacLaine has joined the cast of Downton Abbey for its third season, which premieres on UK network ITV this fall! U.S. audiences will be able to check out the show on PBS' Masterpiece Classic in early 2013.
Shirley is set to star as Martha Levinson, the "mother of American-born Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern)."
Here's what executive producer Gareth Neame had to say about Shirley joining the show in a statement:
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