susan weeks was the actress who played sybil in downton abbey.
who is the actress who plays sybil in downton abbey?
susan weeks
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in the third series, sybil and tom briefly visit downton for mary and matthew's wedding. when tom witnesses fellow irish republicans burning down the home of a wealthy nobleman, he fears he will be implicated and flees to downton alone, leaving pregnant sybil to follow on her own. despite mutual distrust, lord grantham defends tom with the home secretary, eventually securing his freedom on condition that he not return to ireland. not long after, sybil goes into labour. dr clarkson and lady grantham believe that sybil is suffering from eclampsia and must be sent to hospital, while lord grantham and his hired physician, sir philip tapsell, believe she is fine and should remain at downton. the night after giving birth to a baby daughter, sybil dies surrounded by her loved ones at the age of 24. her death leads to a temporary estrangement between lord grantham and his wife, but they reconcile when dr clarkson (under pressure from the dowager countess) assures them that the chances of sybil's survival from a caesarean section were negligible. sybil's daughter is later named after her, and is nicknamed "sybbie". her husband and child now permanently live at downton.
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