"was also changed, with Becky journeying to India with Joseph Sedley. The film had a budget of $23 million and originally was supposed to be in pre-production for 18 weeks. However, Reese Witherspoon became pregnant so it was necessary to speed up both pre-production and filming. ""Vanity Fair"" was shot in Bath, Kent, the Chatham Dockyard, and at Stanway House in Gloucestershire. Critics gave the film mixed reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 51% based on 167 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""A more likable"
"Vanity Fair (2004 film) Vanity Fair is a 2004 British-American historical drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name. The novel has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations, and Nair's version made notable changes in the development of main character Becky Sharp. The film was nominated for ""Golden Lion"" Award in 2004 Venice Film Festival. In 1802 England, Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of an impoverished painter, has just finished her studies at Miss Pinkerton's School for Girls and has been offered a position as governess to the"
"Olivia Cooke Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. She played Emma Decody in A&E's drama-thriller series ""Bates Motel from 2013 to 2017"", and in 2018 she starred as Becky Sharp in the miniseries, ""Vanity Fair"". Cooke has also starred in the horror films ""The Quiet Ones"" (2014) and ""Ouija"" (2014), the science fiction film ""The Signal"" (2014), the comedy-drama ""Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"" (2015), the horror-mystery ""The Limehouse Golem"" (2016), the thriller ""Thoroughbreds"" (2017), and the Steven Spielberg-directed science-fiction film ""Ready Player One"" (2018). Cooke was born and raised in Oldham, Greater"
"International Television Festival as well as a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role as well. Olivia Cooke played Sharp in a 2018 television series, screened on ITV over seven episodes. Becky Sharp Rebecca Sharp is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847–48 novel ""Vanity Fair"". She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men. This is in contrast with the clinging, dependent Amelia Sedley, her friend whom she befriends at school. Becky then uses Amelia as a stepping stone to gain social position. Sharp functions as a"
"Helen Gardner (actress) Helen Louise Gardner (September 2, 1884 – November 20, 1968) was an American stage and film actress, screenwriter, producer, editor and costume designer. Gardner was born in Binghamton, New York. An alumna of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gardner began her acting career as a stage actress. She became a Vitagraph Studios player in 1910 and earned critical acclaim for portraying Becky Sharp in the film version of the novel ""Vanity Fair"". In 1912, she became the first film actor, male or female, to form her own production company, the ""Helen Gardner Picture Players"" in Tappan,"
"Becky Sharp (film) Becky Sharp is a 1935 American historical drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins who was nominated for the Best Actress oscar. Other supporting cast were William Faversham, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray. The film is based on the play of the same name by Langdon Mitchell, which in turn is based on William Makepeace Thackeray's novel ""Vanity Fair"". The play was made famous in the late 1890s by actress Minnie Maddern Fiske. The screenplay was written by Francis Edward Faragoh. The film was considered a"
"movie"". Despite being panned by critics, the sequel took in over $39 million in its first five days in the U.S. box office charts and eventually grossed $90 million in the US. Witherspoon received a $15 million paycheck for the role—a starting point to make her consistently one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses from 2002 until 2010. In 2004, Witherspoon starred in ""Vanity Fair"", adapted from the 19th-century classic novel ""Vanity Fair"" and directed by Mira Nair. Her character, Becky Sharp, is a poor woman with a ruthless determination to find fortune and establish herself a position in society. Witherspoon was"
"book, see: ""Vanity Fair"" plot summary. This adaptation is now available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial) Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name broadcast in 1967 (the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC). It starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp, for which she received an Emmy Award in 1973. The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of ""Masterpiece Theatre"". The BBC would later produce another adaptation in 1987, and another in"
"Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial) Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name broadcast in 1967 (the first drama serial in colour produced by the BBC). It starred Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp, for which she received an Emmy Award in 1973. The serial was also broadcast in 1972 in the US on PBS television as part of ""Masterpiece Theatre"". The BBC would later produce another adaptation in 1987, and another in 1998. A previous version was transmitted on the BBC in 1956/7. For a full length summary of the"
"Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name broadcast in 1998. The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies. The BBC previously adapted the novel as a serial twice before, in 1967 and also in 1987. For a full length summary of the book see: ""Vanity Fair"" plot summary. Natasha Little as Becky Sharp (character)<br> Frances Grey as Amelia Sedley<br> David Ross as Mr. Sedley <br> Philip Glenister as William Dobbin<br> Michele Dotrice as Mrs. Sedley<br> Janine Duvitski as Mrs. Bute Crawley<br> Anton Lesser as Mr."
"Gerard Murphy as Lord Steyne<br> Robert Cole as Little Rawdon<br> Zohren Weiss as Little Georgey ""Winner"": ""Nominated"": Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name broadcast in 1998. The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies. The BBC previously adapted the novel as a serial twice before, in 1967 and also in 1987. For a full length summary of the book see: ""Vanity Fair"" plot summary. Natasha Little as Becky Sharp (character)<br> Frances Grey as Amelia Sedley<br> David Ross as Mr. Sedley <br> Philip Glenister as"
"One"", which was released in March 2018. She will also star alongside Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde and Samuel L. Jackson in Dan Fogelman's relationship drama film ""Life Itself"". Olivia Cooke played the lead character, Becky Sharp in the 2018 ITV production of ""Vanity Fair"". Cooke resides in New York City. Cooke is close friends with her ""Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"" co-star Thomas Mann, and her ""Bates Motel"" co-stars Freddie Highmore and Nicola Peltz. In 2014, Cooke supported the Save the Children campaign by appearing in Bulgari advertisements. Olivia Cooke Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is"
"Becky Sharp Rebecca Sharp is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847–48 novel ""Vanity Fair"". She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men. This is in contrast with the clinging, dependent Amelia Sedley, her friend whom she befriends at school. Becky then uses Amelia as a stepping stone to gain social position. Sharp functions as a ""picara""—a picaresque heroine—or by being a social outsider who is able to expose the manners of the upper gentry to ridicule. The book—and Sharp's career—begins in a traditional manner of Victorian fiction, that"
"that Becky was there. He invites her to come and live in India with him, and she delightedly accepts. The two depart to make a new life for themselves. The film adaptation of ""Vanity Fair"" had been in development for over 10 years, with writers Matthew Faulk and Mark Skeet working on the screenplay. Mira Nair became attached to the project in 2002 and scrapped most of the initial screenplay. She brought Julian Fellowes in to rewrite the film; he agreed with her that the character of Becky Sharp should be made more sympathetic than in the novel. The ending"
"Vanity Fair (2018 TV series) Vanity Fair is a 2018 ITV and Amazon Studios 7-part television series period drama based on the 1848 novel ""Vanity Fair"" by William Makepeace Thackeray. It was produced by Mammoth Screen. The series stars Olivia Cooke as Becky Sharp, Tom Bateman as Captain Rawdon Crawley and Michael Palin as the author William Makepeace Thackeray. A cottage on Chevening House Estate, Sevenoaks in Kent was used for filming and featured as Rawdons’ Cottage. Further filming took place in Sevenoaks at Squerryes Court for filming Miss Pinkertons’ (Suranne Jones) school interiors. A scene on the promenade, featuring"
"Although what Thackeray principally objected to was glorification of a criminal's deeds, his intent may have been to entrap the Victorian reader with their own prejudices and make them think the worst of Becky Sharp even when they have no proof of her actions. The book has inspired a number of adaptations: Vanity Fair (novel) Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying"
"Vanity Fair (1932 film) Vanity Fair is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle and Anthony Bushell. The film is modernized adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name with the original Regency-era story reset in Twentieth Century Britain. Three years later Thackeray's novel was adapted again as ""Becky Sharp"", the first three-strip technicolor film. This film adaptation's storyline begins around 1920 and concludes in 1933. In its opening scene a limousine is traveling down a road outside London. In the car are two passengers, Amelia Sedley (Barbara"
"Sharp. In 1899, Langdon Mitchell's production toured the United States with Minnie Maddern Fiske as Sharp, a role Fiske received critical praise for. The following year his production was plagiarised by Gertrude Coghlan's Delcher & Hennessy theatre company, with herself in the lead role, until Mitchell sued. The first film version of ""Vanity Fair"" was released in 1915. This was a silent movie directed by Charles Brabin and also starring Fiske in the main role. Another silent version was made and released in Britan seven years later. This was directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starred Kyrie Bellew. The following"
"took her role in ""The Novice"" at the last minute. She was originally contracted to star in the film ""Enigma"" (2001), but the role was subsequently given to the actress Kate Winslet, who had previously turned the part down due to her pregnancy, but changed her mind. Little was paid her full fee of £300,000 and appeared in ""The Novice"" at the Almeida Theatre instead. Little won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series at the 1999 Biarritz International Television Festival for her role as Becky Sharp in ""Vanity Fair"" and she also received a BAFTA nomination for"
"Kate Hamill Kate Hamill is an American actress and playwright. Hamill is known for her innovative, contemporary adaptations of classic novels for the stage. The Wall Street Journal named her ""Playwright of the Year"" in 2017. Hamill grew up in a farmhouse in Lansing, New York. Hamill's """"Sense and Sensibility"" premiered in a short run at New York City's Bedlam theater Company in November 2014. It had a longer run in 2016 directed by Eric Tucker, also at Bedlam. Hamill played Marianne Dashwood. ""Vanity Fair"" was produced by Manhattan's Pearl Theater in 2017, with Ms. Hamill playing Becky Sharp. Hamill's"
"Mabel Ballin Mabel Ballin (January 1, 1887 – July 24, 1958) was an American motion-picture actress of the silent film era. Born Mabel Croft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she originally studied painting. Her landscapes were noticed at an exhibition and led to an offer to appear in films. Ballin appeared in 28 films between 1917 and 1925. She achieved popularity during World War I. She is best known for her role in ""Riders of the Purple Sage"" (1925). Her other notable roles included ""The Glorious Adventure"" (1918), ""Jane Eyre"" (1921), and ""Vanity Fair"" (1923), in which she portrayed Becky Sharp. She"
"for her Hedda Gabler. Mrs. Fiske acted one of her most lauded roles, the conniving Becky Sharp, in 1899 in Mitchell's dramatization of Thackeray's ""Vanity Fair,"" and she starred seven years later in his most famous work, ""The New York Idea"", a play which had been written for her. (""The New York Idea"" is the only play by Mitchell to have survived his era and is occasionally performed in regional theaters. It was revived off-Broadway in New York in 1977, in a production starring Blythe Danner, and again in 2011, in an adaptation by David Auburn, the author of ""Proof."")"
"Lesley Sharp Lesley Sharp (born 3 April 1960) is an English stage, film and television actress whose roles on British television include ""Clocking Off"" (2000–01), ""Bob & Rose"" (2001) and ""Afterlife"" (2005–06). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1997 film ""The Full Monty"". Her other film appearances include ""Rita, Sue and Bob Too"" (1986), ""Naked"" (1993), ""Priest"" (1994), ""From Hell"" (2001) and ""Vera Drake"" (2004). Between 2011 and 2016, she starred as Janet Scott in the ITV drama ""Scott & Bailey"". Sharp was born in Manchester, England with the name"
"was made in 1911 with Helen Gardner. A British feature appeared in 1922 and in 1923 Goldwyn Pictures made ""Vanity Fair"". The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Vanity Fair (1915 film) Vanity Fair is a 1915 silent film drama directed by Eugene Nowland and Charles Brabin and starring Mrs. Fiske, a renowned Broadway stage actress. The Edison Company produced and released the film. Mrs. Fiske had starred in the 1899 hit Broadway play ""Becky Sharp"" based on William Thackeray's ""Vanity Fair"". Here she recreates the role for Edison's cameras. This film marks Mrs. Fiske's second feature"
"in ""Resurrected"" (1989), and appeared in ""A Sense of Guilt"". She later was cast in ""The Object of Beauty"" (1991) alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell which received a lukewarm reception from critics, and the 1995 film ""Frankie Starlight"". Davies has retired from acting and keeps out of the public eye. She is married to actor and writer Mick Ford. Rudi Davies Ruth Emmanuella Davies (born 24 March 1965), known professionally as Rudi Davies, is an English actress, the daughter of Alan Sharp (1934-2013) and the writer, Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010). Davies began her acting career as Penny Lewis in"
"model for the Becky Sharp character was the 18th-century French courtesan, Madame du Barry. Sharp has been portrayed on stage and in films multiple times between 1911 and 2004 and has been the subject of much scholarly debate on issues ranging from 19th-century social history, Victorian fashions, female psychology and gendered fiction. Thackeray wished to demonstrate the impossibility of Victorian England's closely held belief that it was impossible for women to create a fashionable self-image. Set in high regency society at the time of the Waterloo Campaign, it is a ""vast satirical panorama of materialist society"" and an early work"
"Thackeray's ""Vanity Fair (1847),"" Becky Sharp, exceptionally gifted with mimicry, is looked upon with much suspicion. Her talents of mimesis lend themselves to ""a calculated deceptiveness"" and ""systematic concealment of her true intentions"" that is unbecoming of any British woman. An editorial in ""The Era"", quoted a contemporary writer outlining the history of the divergence of Church and Stage following the Middle Ages, and arguing that the conflict was unnecessary: In the second half of the 19th century, Evangelical Christians established many societies for the relief of poverty. Some were created to help working women, particularly those whose occupation placed"
"Vanity Fair (novel) Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, reflecting both its satirisation of early 19th-century British society and the many illustrations drawn by Thackeray to accompany the text. It was published as a single volume in 1848 with the subtitle A Novel without a Hero, reflecting Thackeray's interest in deconstructing his"
"Vanity Fair (1915 film) Vanity Fair is a 1915 silent film drama directed by Eugene Nowland and Charles Brabin and starring Mrs. Fiske, a renowned Broadway stage actress. The Edison Company produced and released the film. Mrs. Fiske had starred in the 1899 hit Broadway play ""Becky Sharp"" based on William Thackeray's ""Vanity Fair"". Here she recreates the role for Edison's cameras. This film marks Mrs. Fiske's second feature film as she had starred in ""Tess of the d'Urbervilles"" for Adolph Zukor in 1913. Despite the popularity of ""Vanity Fair"", Mrs. Fiske never made another motion picture. An earlier version"
"play ""A Taste of Honey"", continuing in the role when the play moved to the West End and Broadway. Between runs of ""A Taste of Honey"" she appeared in several plays at the Royal Court Theatre, including ""Endgame"" and ""Live Like Pigs"". In 1963 she played Becky Sharp in the musical ""Vanity Fair"", alongside George Baker and Sybil Thorndike. Cuka then moved into television. Her subsequent television roles included ""Adam Adamant Lives"", ""Hammer House of Horror"" (the episode ""Charlie Boy""), ""The Champions"" and ""Minder"". She also appeared as Doll Tearsheet in a BBC TV version of ""Henry IV, Part II""."
"Becky Wu Becky Wu is an American actress of film, television and the stage. She plays the recurring character Amy Yamada on multiple episodes of ""Desperate Housewives"", and Jan Carnes on ""Greek"". She has also appeared on TV shows such as ""The Young and the Restless"", ""Eleventh Hour"", ""Dollhouse"", ""Ghost Whisperer"", ""Hawthorne"" (as Nurse Becky), ""All My Children"", ""General Hospital"", ""Love That Girl!"" (as Zoe Chung) and more. She has also appeared in various independent film projects, such as Julia on the web series ""KTown Cowboys"", Directed by Daniel DPD Park, as Florence Ung in Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic"
"landmark in cinema as the first feature film to use the newly developed three-strip Technicolor production throughout, opening the way for a growing number of color films to be made in Britain and the United States in the years leading up to World War II. The film recounts the tale of a lower-class girl who insinuates herself into an upper-class family, only to see her life and the lives of those around her destroyed. Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins), a socially ambitious English young lady, manages to survive during the background years of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. The poor and low"
"term dates to the social climber Becky Sharp, protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel ""Vanity Fair"" (1848) and the 2004 film of the same name. In Mark Twain's novel ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" (1876), Tom Sawyer falls in love with Becky Thatcher, with her ""yellow hair plaited into two long tails"". Daphne du Maurier's novel ""Rebecca"" (1938) features another woman ""who will always be in a man's head"", Kelly wrote. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot used the term in ""Baby Got Back"" (1992): ""Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt"", while Plies sang: ""Becky, do you love me? Are you"