The Woman He Loved

The Woman He Loved (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Jarrott

Written By:
William Luce

Actors:
Anthony Andrews ..... Prince of Wales
Jane Seymour ..... Wallis Simpson
Olivia de Havilland ..... Aunt Bessie Merryman
Lucy Gutteridge ..... Thelma
Tom Wilkinson ..... Ernest Simpson
Julie Harris ..... Alice
Robert Hardy ..... Winston Churchill
Phyllis Calvert ..... Queen Mary
Mona Bruce ..... Mrs. Baldwin
Richenda Carey ..... Maud Kerr-Smiley
Elizabeth Counsell ..... Katherine Rogers
Susan Denaker ..... Connie Thaw
Rupert Frazer ..... Lord Perry Brownlow
Peter Graves ..... Lord Reith
John Horsley ..... Justice Sir John Hawke
Helen Horton ..... Martha
Evelyn Laye ..... Lady Cunard
Vincent Marzello ..... Benny Thaw
Charlotte Mitchell ..... Lady Chatfield
Claire Parker ..... Rosemary
William Roberts ..... Herman Rogers
Margaretta Scott ..... Lady Wigram
Amanda Walker ..... Betty Lawson-Johnson
David Waller ..... Stanley Baldwin
Paul Williamson ..... Inspector Evans

Synopsis:

As indicated by the title, The Woman He Loved is the story of the romance between Britain's King Edward VII (Anthony Andrews) and American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson (Jane Seymour). Forbidden by the Church of England and Royal Protocol to wed Mrs. Simpson, Edward abdicates in 1936, spending the rest of his life with his beloved Wallis as the world's most visible non-paying guest. Told in flashback (Wallis, preparing for Edward's funeral in 1972, reflects on their life together), this made-for-TV movie manages to sidestep the pricklier aspects of Edward's post-monarch existence, notably his heavy drinking, his flirtation with Nazism his attempts to avoid military service during World War II. Olivia De Havilland, Julie Harris, Robert Hardy, Lucy Gutteridge and Phyllis Calvert are among the familiar faces dotting the supporting cast. The Woman He Loved was first telecast April 3, 1988.

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