''The Woman He Loved'' is a 1988 British
HTV made-for-television
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a Terrestr ...
romantic drama film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
for
ITV about the abdication of
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January ...
. Directed by
Charles Jarrott, it stars
Anthony Andrews,
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour (; 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was ...
and
Olivia de Havilland
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her tim ...
.
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour (; 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was ...
was nominated for a
at the
46th Golden Globe Awards and
Julie Harris 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
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
. This was
Olivia de Havilland
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her tim ...
's final acting role, before her death in 2020.
Cast
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Anthony Andrews as
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January ...
*
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour (; 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was ...
as
Wallis Simpson
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Olivia de Havilland
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her tim ...
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
Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) was an English actor who had a long career in theatre, film and television. He began his career as a classical actor and later earned widespread recognition for roles such as Siegf ...
as
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...
*
Phyllis Calvert as
Queen Mary
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Evelyn Laye as
Maud Cunard
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David Waller as
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (3 August 186714 December 1947), was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was prominent in the political leadership of the United Kingdom between the world wars. He was prime ministe ...
- 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
Margaretta Mary Winifred ScottBrian McFarlane, "Scott, Margaretta Mary Winifred (1912–2005)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 30 August 2020. (13 February 1912 – 15 Apr ...
as Lady Wigram
*
Richard Wilson as
Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
References
External links
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1988 films
1988 romantic drama films
1988 television films
1980s British films
1980s English-language films
British drama television films
British English-language television shows
British romantic drama films
Cultural depictions of the Edward VIII abdication crisis
Cultural depictions of Mary of Teck
Cultural depictions of Stanley Baldwin
Cultural depictions of Winston Churchill
English-language romantic drama films
Films directed by Charles Jarrott
ITV television dramas
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows produced by Harlech Television
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