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The Woman He Loved

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Genre
  
Romantic drama

Directed by
  
Charles Jarrott

Original language(s)
  
English

Written by
  
William Luce

Composer(s)
  
Allyn Ferguson

Executive producer(s)
  
Larry A. Thompson

The Woman He Loved is a 1988 HTV romantic drama television about the abdication of Edward VIII. Directed by Charles Jarrott, it stars Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Olivia de Havilland. Jane Seymour was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film at the 46th Golden Globe Awards and Olivia de Havilland was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Costume designer Robin Fraser-Paye was also nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special. It was partly shot at Shirenewton Hall in Monmouthshire.

Cast

  • Anthony Andrews as Prince of Wales
  • Jane Seymour as Wallis Simpson
  • Olivia de Havilland as Aunt Bessie Merryman
  • Lucy Gutteridge as Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness
  • Tom Wilkinson as Ernest Simpson
  • Julie Harris as Alice Warfield (Mrs Simpson's mother)
  • Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill
  • Phyllis Calvert as Queen Mary
  • Evelyn Laye as Maud Cunard
  • David Waller as Stanley Baldwin - He also appeared as Baldwin in ITV's Edward & Mrs Simpson (1978).
  • Rupert Frazer as Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (Equerry to the Prince of Wales)
  • Charlotte Mitchell as Lady Chatfield
  • Margaretta Scott as Lady Wigram
  • Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) as Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett

    • References

    The Woman He Loved Wikipedia
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