Edward and Mrs Simpson
Rating: 6.8 · 1978 · Drama · United Kingdom · 1 sns
Description
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 intention to marry her.
Information
- Year
- 1978
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Seasons
- 1
- TMDB
- 6.8
- IMDb
- 6.8
Director
Cast
- Edward Fox — King Edward VIII
- Cynthia Harris — Wallis Warfield Simspon
- David Waller — Stanley Baldwin
- Andrew Ray — Duke of York
- Peggy Ashcroft — Queen Mary
- Nigel Hawthorne — Walter Monkton
- John Shrapnel — Major Alexander Hardinge
- Charles Keating — Ernest Simpson
- Peter Ellis — Osborne
- Jessie Matthews — Aunt Bessie Merryman
- Amanda Reiss — Duchess of York
- Gary Waldhorn — Chips Channon
- Patrick Troughton — Clement Atlee
- Patricia Hodge — Lady Diana Cooper
- Nuala Barrie — Queen Mary’s Lady in Waiting
- Elsie Randolph — Lady Colefax
- Wensley Pithey — Winston Churchill
- Rosanne Wickes — Princess Mary
- Gerald Sim — Theodore Goddard
- Geoffrey Lumsden — Geoffrey Dawson