Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.
Director: Waris Hussein
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Edward Fox as King Edward VIII |
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Cynthia Harris as Wallis Warfield Simpson |
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David Waller as Stanley Baldwin |
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Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Mary |
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Nigel Hawthorne as Walter Monkton |
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John Shrapnel as Maj. Alexander Hardinge |
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Andrew Ray as Duke of York |
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Jessie Matthews as Aunt Bessie Merryman |
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Charles Keating as Ernest Simpson |
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Peter Ellis as Osborne |
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Amanda Reiss as Duchess of York |
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T.R. Bowen as Duff Cooper |
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Patricia Hodge as Lady Diana Cooper |
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Elsie Randolph as Lady Colefax |
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Gary Waldhorn as Chips Channon |
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Nuala Barrie as Queen Mary's Lady in Waiting |
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Rosanne Wickes as Princess Mary |
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Patrick Troughton as Clement Attlee |
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Wensley Pithey as Winston Churchill |
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Marius Goring as King George V |
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Maurice Denham as Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury |
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Edward Jewesbury as Lord Dawson |
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Simon Cadell as Maj. John Aird |
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Hugh Fraser as Anthony Eden |
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Robert Flemyng as Sir Donald Somervell |
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Gerald Sim as Theodore Goddard |
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Ed Devereaux as Lord Beaverbrook |
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Geoffrey Lumsden as Geoffrey Dawson |
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William Hoyland as Lord Perry Brownlow |
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Michael Stroud as Esmond Harmsworth |
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Kika Markham as Freda Dudley Ward |
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Cherie Lunghi as Lady Thelma Furness |
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Jeremy Child as Piers Leigh |
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Caroline Embling as Angie |
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Bessie Love as Lady Cunard |
| Directing | Waris Hussein | Director |
| Writing | Simon Raven | Writer |
| Writing | Frances Donaldson | Writer |
| Production | David Graham | Casting |
| Sound | Ron Grainer | Music |
| Art | Martyn Hebert | Production Design |
| Editing | Beryl Wilkins | Editor |
| Production | Joyce Gallie | Casting |
| Art | Allan Cameron | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Thurley | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sally Thorpe | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Seyfang | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennie Tate | Costume Design |
| Production | Andrew Brown | Producer |
