"to the original 1968 version of the film. The most obvious is the casting of Faye Dunaway as Crown's psychiatrist; Dunaway portrayed insurance investigator Vicki Anderson in the original. In the remake, ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" plays during the ballroom scene, as background music in a couple other scenes, and during the credits at the end; the song earned an Oscar for the original film. Both films share a nearly identical scene with Crown playing high-stakes golf, and in both films Crown pilots a glider for recreation. Filming took place in several parts of New York City, including Central"
"of ""The Crown"". Anne Lambton Lady Anne Mary Gabrielle Lambton (born 4 July 1954) is a British actress. Lambton is a younger daughter of Antony Lambton (formerly 6th Earl of Durham) and his wife Bindy ""née"" Blew-Jones. Her older sister is Lucinda Lambton, the British writer, photographer and broadcaster. One of her first roles was as Linda in ""Sid and Nancy"" (1986) and then as a witch in the 1990 film, ""The Witches"". Lambton's recent appearances include ""Brothers of the Head"" and ""Mrs. Henderson Presents"" (both 2005) and ""The Edge of Love"" (2008) as well as the reporter Gloria in"
"during World War II. James' father, James Thomson, died from cancer in 2008. She took her father's given name as her stage name when she learnt there was already an actress named Lily Thomson. Lily James Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her acting career in the British television series ""Just William"" (2010). Following her supporting role as Lady Rose MacClare in the period drama series ""Downton Abbey"" (2012–2015), James had her film breakthrough playing the eponymous role"
"Diana Davies (actress) Diana Davies (born 20 July 1936 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for playing roles in two long-running ITV soap operas; Norma Ford in ""Coronation Street"" and Caroline Bates in ""Emmerdale Farm"" between 1984 and 1999. Amongst her roles prior to becoming a regular in ""Emmerdale Farm"", Davies portrayed three different characters in the retrospective educational drama ""How We Used To Live"" between 1969 and 1981; her characters being Mama (1969), Alice Boothroyd (1976) and Mabel Hodgkins (1981). She also appeared in the Liver Birds as Jenny. Davies divorced her husband, Peter, in 1979,"
"Margaret Tyzack Margaret Maud Tyzack (9 September 193125 June 2011) was an English actress. Her television roles included ""The Forsyte Saga"" (1967) and ""I, Claudius"" (1976). She won the 1970 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC serial ""The First Churchills"", and the 1990 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for ""Lettice and Lovage"", opposite Maggie Smith. She also won two Olivier Awards. Her film appearances included """" (1968), ""A Clockwork Orange"" (1971), ""Prick Up Your Ears"" (1987) and ""Match Point"" (2005). Tyzack was born in Essex, England, the daughter of Doris (née Moseley) and"
"in 1963 to the birth of Prince Edward in 1964. The third season will continue from 1964, covering Harold Wilson's two periods as prime minister until 1976, while the fourth will include Margaret Thatcher's premiership and introduce Lady Diana Spencer. ""The Crown"" evolved out of Morgan's 2006 film ""The Queen"" and 2013 stage play ""The Audience"". The series is intended to last 60 episodes over six seasons, with 10 one-hour episodes per season, covering Elizabeth's life from her younger years to her reign, and with new actors being cast every two seasons. Claire Foy portrays the Queen in the first"
"Essie Davis Esther Davis (born 7 January 1970), better known by the stage name Essie Davis, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in ""Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries"" and Amelia Vanek in ""The Babadook"". Other major work has included a recurring role as actress Lady Crane in season six of the television series ""Game of Thrones"", and the role of Elizabeth Woodville in the television series ""The White Princess"", an adaptation of Philippa Gregory's historical novel. Davis was brought up on the outskirts of Hobart. She is the daughter of local artist George"
"in 1993 and 1994 and the Film BAFTA for Best Leading Actress for ""The Queen"" in 2007. She was the sixth of seven people to have won the British Triple Crown of Acting, with Peggy Ashcroft, Judi Dench, Nigel Hawthorne, Albert Finney and Julie Walters all preceding her to the honour and Mark Rylance succeeding her. American actress Frances McDormand (born 1957) completed the triple crown in 2015. She is a 5-time Oscar (2), 2-time Tony (1), and 2-time (1) acting Emmy nominee, for a total of nine TC nominations. McDormand has won four awards. American actress Jessica Lange (born"
"Carolyn Jones (British actress) Carolyn Phyllis Jones (18 April 1941 – 25 July 2018) was a British actress, best known for playing the ""amorous motel garage secretary"" Sharon Metcalfe in the ITV soap ""Crossroads"". Jones was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Reg Jones, a journalist, and Jean Jones (nee Staniforth), a secretary, and educated at Vancouver High School. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ""EastEnders"" as Joy. From 2016 to 2018, Jones played Ursula Titchener on BBC Radio 4's long-running soap ""The Archers"". In 1969, she married Jeremy Mason, son of scriptwriter Edward J. Mason, and"
"the organisation’s 25th anniversary in 2015 Penrose is a Director of ""Simply Luxury Travel"" , which specialises in luxury holidays, and also ""Adlington Memorial Park"" which is England’s largest private natural burial ground in Adlington, Cheshire, (in the grounds of the historic Adlington Hall estate) Tricia Penrose Patricia ""Tricia"" Penrose (born 9 April 1970) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 1960s drama ""Heartbeat"", a role she played continuously for 17 years from 1993 to 2010. She has also appeared on ""The Royal"", ""Coronation Street"", ""Emmerdale"", ""Boon"", ""Justice"","
"they divorced in 1981. Carolyn Jones (British actress) Carolyn Phyllis Jones (18 April 1941 – 25 July 2018) was a British actress, best known for playing the ""amorous motel garage secretary"" Sharon Metcalfe in the ITV soap ""Crossroads"". Jones was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Reg Jones, a journalist, and Jean Jones (nee Staniforth), a secretary, and educated at Vancouver High School. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ""EastEnders"" as Joy. From 2016 to 2018, Jones played Ursula Titchener on BBC Radio 4's long-running soap ""The Archers"". In 1969, she married Jeremy Mason, son of scriptwriter"
"with whom she had a son, Stephen. She moved to Torquay in 2004 to live with her sister, Jill Barton. Diana Davies (actress) Diana Davies (born 20 July 1936 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for playing roles in two long-running ITV soap operas; Norma Ford in ""Coronation Street"" and Caroline Bates in ""Emmerdale Farm"" between 1984 and 1999. Amongst her roles prior to becoming a regular in ""Emmerdale Farm"", Davies portrayed three different characters in the retrospective educational drama ""How We Used To Live"" between 1969 and 1981; her characters being Mama (1969), Alice Boothroyd (1976)"
"Tamara Dobson Tamara Janice Dobson (May 14, 1947 – October 2, 2006) was an American actress and fashion model. Beginning her career in modeling during the late 1960s, Dobson became best known for her title role as government agent Cleopatra ""Cleo"" Jones the 1973 Blaxploitation film ""Cleopatra Jones"" and its 1975 sequel ""Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold"". Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Dobson was the second of four children born to Melvin and Evelyn Dobson (née Russell). Dobson started as a beautician. Dobson started her modeling career doing fashion shows at her school, Maryland Institute College of Art, where"
"Rosemary Leach Rosemary Anne Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress. She won the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for ""84, Charing Cross Road"" and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her roles in the films ""That'll Be the Day"" (1973) and ""A Room with a View"" (1986). She appeared in several TV mini-series, including ""Germinal"" (1970), ""The Jewel in the Crown"" (1984), ""The Charmer"" (1987), ""The Buccaneers"" (1995) and ""Berkeley Square"" (1998), and had a recurring role"
"role before a long retirement. Whilst in the cast for ""The Dress"", it won a BAFTA award in 1984. Elisabeth Croft Elisabeth Croft (22 September 1907 – 13 January 2003) was an English actress, known for playing Edith Tatum in the ITV soap opera ""Crossroads"". Croft was born on 22 September 1907 in Windermere. Withdrawn as a child, she nonetheless chose to be an actress. In the 1930s she landed roles in repertory theatre and co-starred with Seymour Hicks in ""Vintage Wine"" in the Daly's Theatre, 1934. She was married and had a son and a daughter. Croft died on"
"of Diane Linkletter in 1969. Carol Wayne Carol Wayne (September 6, 1942 – January 13, 1985) was an American television and film actress. She made numerous appearances on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" as the Matinee Lady in the ""Art Fern's Tea Time Movie"" sketches. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Wayne began her show business career as a teenage figure skater in the Ice Capades along with her younger sister, Nina Wayne. The Wayne Sisters later became showgirls of the Folies Bergère at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Carol followed Nina to Hollywood in the mid-1960s and"
"UK's Diversity In Media Awards (DIMAS) Her sister is the actress Matilda Thorpe. Harriet Thorpe Harriet Amelia Thorpe (born 8 June 1957) is an English actress. She trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. She is known for her roles in the British sitcoms, ""The Brittas Empire"" (1991–97) and ""Absolutely Fabulous"" (1992–2012). She has also starred in the West End musicals, ""Cabaret"" (2006), ""Wicked"" (2008) and ""Mamma Mia!"" (2010). She appeared in the mid-to-late 1990s British television sitcom ""The Brittas Empire"", playing Carole Parkinson, the receptionist who was prone to depression and fits of emotion who permanently kept"
"""The Crown"" was praised for its acting, directing, writing, cinematography, production values, and the relatively accurate historical account of Queen Elizabeth's reign. It has received several accolades, including winning Best Actress and Best Actor at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards for Foy and Lithgow, respectively, in addition to receiving a total of 26 nominations for its first two seasons at the Primetime Emmy Awards, including twice for Outstanding Drama Series. ""The Crown"" traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the present day. The first season, in which Claire Foy portrays the Queen"
"before moving to New York City and attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts on an acting scholarship. Her first film appearance was in 2010 in Sarah's Key. In 2011, she appeared as Kate Middleton in the Hallmark Channel TV movie ""William & Catherine: A Royal Romance"". In 2014, she played Flora Marshall in the BBC television drama series ""The Crimson Field"". Alice St Clair Lady Alice St Clair-Erskine (born 1988), also known by her stage name Alice St Clair, is an English actress known for playing Kate Middleton in """" and Flora Marshall in ""The Crimson Field"". St"
"Katherine Justice Katherine Justice (born October 28, 1942) is an American actress with many television guest star roles in the 1960s on through the 1980s and a few major film roles. She had a leading role in the made-for-TV movie, ""Columbo: Prescription Murder"" (1968), which later became the popular television mystery series ""Columbo"". She played the recurring role of Sheila Hogan in ""Falcon Crest"" starting in 1982. She portrayed Rita Jones in the syndicated drama ""Dangerous Women"" (1991). Katherine ""Kathy"" Justice was born and grew up in Ohio. She briefly was the 1960 Miss Ohio Universe, but wasn't able to"
"of Speech and Drama. Drysdale is a regular inspirational speaker at the London contemporary arts academy, '""Acting etc.""<nowiki>'</nowiki> Drysdale lives in London. Kathryn Drysdale Kathryn Drysdale (born 1 December 1981) is an English actress known for her role as Grace Shelley in The West End show ""The Ruling Class"" opposite James Mcavoy, as Taylor in the movie ""St Trinian's"", Rhoda Swartz in Mira Nair's Vanity Fair, and Louise Brooks in the BBC comedy series ""Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps"" from 2001 until her departure from the show in 2009. She has also starred in the fourth"
"wreath. Lady Mountbatten is portrayed by Gillian Anderson in Gurinder Chadha's historical drama film ""Viceroy's House"" (2017). She was portrayed by Janet Suzman in the 1986 television docudrama """". She was portrayed by Lucy Russell in Season 2 of ""The Crown"" (2017). Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, (""née"" Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960) was an English heiress, socialite, relief worker and the last Vicereine of India as wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. She was born in 1901, the elder daughter of Wilfred William Ashley,"
"Lily James Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her acting career in the British television series ""Just William"" (2010). Following her supporting role as Lady Rose MacClare in the period drama series ""Downton Abbey"" (2012–2015), James had her film breakthrough playing the eponymous role in the fantasy film ""Cinderella"" (2015). James went on to play Countess Natasha Rostova in the period television series ""War & Peace"" (2016). In 2017, she starred in the action crime film ""Baby Driver"""
"later in Southport Hospital. Jean Alexander Jean Mavis Hodgkinson (11 October 1926 – 14 October 2016), known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to television viewers for her long running role of Hilda Ogden in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"" from 1988 to 2010. For her role in ""Coronation Street"", she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination"
"Nehru, the future Prime Minister of India, were deeply in love, ""the relationship remained platonic"". In 2012, she published the second volume of her memoirs titled ""Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten"", chronicling her childhood, her time in India, and her time as lady-in-waiting to the Queen. In 2016, she was portrayed in the first season of ""The Crown"". She is portrayed by Lily Travers in the 2017 film ""Viceroy's House"". Lady Pamela Hicks Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (""née"" Mountbatten; born 19 April 1929) is a British aristocrat. She is the younger daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten"
"is the sublime Jessie Wallace playing 60s megastar Pat Phoenix, who played Corrie's Elsie Tanner."" Jane Simon of the ""Daily Mirror"" stated the programme was ""a triumph on every level"". ""The Road to Coronation Street"" was awarded Best Single Drama at the 2011 British Academy Television Awards. Additionally, Jessie Wallace and Lynda Baron were both nominated in the Best Supporting Actress Category for their performances as Pat Phoenix and Violet Carson, respectively, however, Lauren Socha won the award for her role in the E4 series ""Misfits"". The Road to Coronation Street The Road to Coronation Street is a British drama"
"the importance they attached to her bank balance"". Gillian Lewis Gillian Lewis was an English character actress who, after a varied stage career in the 1950s and early '60s, appeared in a number of television drama series until the late 1970s. Her best known roles were probably as the runaway heiress Geraldine Melford in the original London production of Slade and Reynolds' musical ""Free as Air"" and, on television, as Drusilla Lamb, secretary to Mr. Rose in the detective series of that name. Gillian Lewis was born in Tisbury, Wiltshire. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and"
"Samantha Baines Samantha Louise Baines (born 28 November 1987 in Southwark, London) is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for her appearances in ""Magic Mike Live London"", ""The Crown"" (Netflix), ""Lee Nelson's Well Funny People"" (BBC3), ""Hank Zipzer"" (CBBC) and A Royal Night Out . Baines grew up in Bromley, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre. She studied drama at Exeter University and trained in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Since 2010, Baines has been a member of all female sketch group"
"Celia Imrie Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is an English actress. She is known for her television roles with Victoria Wood, including in the spoof soap opera sketches ""Acorn Antiques"" (1985–87) and the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"" (1998–2000). She won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for reprising her role in """" Described in 2003 as ""one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades"", Imrie's film appearances include ""Hilary and Jackie"" (1998), ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (2001), ""Calendar Girls"" (2003) and ""The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"" (2012). Her other television credits include the"
"not have a ticket. McClure lives in Nottingham with director Jonny Owen. On 25 December 2017, they announced their engagement. Vicky McClure Vicky Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is a BAFTA award winning English actress best known for her role as Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows’s film ""This is England"" (2006) and its Channel 4 spin-off mini-series’ ""This is England '86"" (2010), ""This Is England '88"" (2011) and ""This Is England '90"" (2015). Before ""This is England"" she appeared in another of Shane Meadows’ films- ""A Room for Romeo Brass"" (1999) where she played the title characters sister Ladine."
"Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (born 9 May 1936) is a British actress and former Labour Party politician. She is among the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. As a professional actress from the late 1950s, she spent four years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, being particularly associated with the work of director Peter Brook. During her film career, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for ""Women in Love"" (1970) and ""A Touch of Class"" (1973). Other award-winning performances include Alex in the film ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" (1971) and the"
"Carol Leader Carol Leader (born 10 November 1950 in Colchester, Essex) is an English theatrical and television actress. She played Sadie Tomkins in ""Casualty"" from 1988 to 1989, Barbara Charlton in ""Young at Heart"" from 1980 to 1981 and has also been in ""Flambards"", ""First and Last"", ""Safe"", ""Peak Practice"" and 1992 TV series ""Kevin and Co"". She has also appeared in UK television series including ""The Bill"", ""Tales of the Unexpected"" and ""The Knock"". She is perhaps best known, however, to those who were young children in the 1970s and 1980s as a presenter of long running UK children's"
"Jean Alexander Jean Mavis Hodgkinson (11 October 1926 – 14 October 2016), known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to television viewers for her long running role of Hilda Ogden in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"" from 1988 to 2010. For her role in ""Coronation Street"", she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress. Alexander"