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‘Downton Abbey’ Didn’t Create the Character of Cora To Attract American Viewers

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, grew up in America unlike the rest of her family on 'Downton Abbey'. She married into the Crawley family bringing with her millions of dollars. While some fans speculated her American background stemmed from an interest in attracting viewers in the U.S., the show's creator once said "we weren't thinking in those terms about foreign sales."