briony
- n a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
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- 'Downton Abbey' Star's Wife Killed by Train in Apparent Suicide
Actress Briony McRoberts, wife of “Downton Abbey” star David Robb, was killed by a train in London last week in an apparent suicide.
July 22, 2013 - Extra TV - 'Downton Abbey' star David Robb's wife Briony McRoberts dead from apparent suicide
Briony McRoberts, a Scottish actress who was married to "Downton Abbey" star David Robb, has taken her own life at the age of 56
July 20, 2013 - Zap2It
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- Ian McEwan in Bloomberg
She's a kind of alter ego,McEwan said. "I gave her some of my own childhood. I was a rather private, inward little boy, very much a daydreamer. I liked secrets and kept notebooks. Like Briony, I wish I had more secrets to keep and was very... - Christopher Hampton in Washington Post
I had been trying to find a formula whereby the same actress could play the young Briony and the (slightly older) Briony,Hampton explains. "That idea would have involved casting a 15-year-old actress who could have gone both ways. And I am...