Movie Description
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
(1978)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Waris Hussein
- Producer : Andrew Brown
- Writer : Simon Raven,Frances Donaldson
- Editor : Beryl Wilkins
- Cast : Edward Fox,Cynthia Harris,David Waller,Peggy Ashcroft,Nigel Hawthorne,John Shrapnel,Andrew Ray,Jessie Matthews,Charles Keating,Peter Ellis,Amanda Reiss,T.R. Bowen,Patricia Hodge,Elsie Randolph,Gary Waldhorn,Nuala Barrie,Rosanne Wickes,Patrick Troughton,Wensley Pithey,Marius Goring,Maurice Denham,Edward Jewesbury,Simon Cadell,Hugh Fraser,Robert Flemyng,Gerald Sim,Ed Devereaux,Geoffrey Lumsden,William Hoyland,Michael Stroud,Kika Markham,Cherie Lunghi,Jeremy Child,Caroline Embling,Bessie Love
Cast
King Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Stanley Baldwin
Queen Mary
Walter Monkton
Maj. Alexander Hardinge
Duke of York
Aunt Bessie Merryman
Ernest Simpson
Osborne
Duchess of York
Duff Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Colefax
Chips Channon
Queen Mary's Lady in Waiting
Princess Mary
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
King George V
Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Dawson
Maj. John Aird
Anthony Eden
Sir Donald Somervell
Theodore Goddard
Lord Beaverbrook
Geoffrey Dawson
Lord Perry Brownlow
Esmond Harmsworth
Freda Dudley Ward
Lady Thelma Furness
Piers Leigh
Angie
Lady Cunard
Posters
Recommendations
Facts
Original TitleEdward & Mrs. Simpson
Status Released
Release Information
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1978-11-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 05h 50m
Production CompaniesThames Television
Genres
- TV Movie
- Drama
- Romance
