The Woman He Loved

The Woman He Loved
Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews
Genre	Romantic drama
Written by	William Luce
Directed by	Charles Jarrott
Composer(s)	Allyn Ferguson
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Larry A. Thompson
Producer(s)	William Hill
Editor(s)	Terry Maisey
Cinematography	Brian Morgan
Running time	100 minutes
Production company(s)	Larry A. Thompson Productions
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	Harlech Television (HTV)
Original release	April 3, 1988 (1988-04-03)

The Woman He Loved is a 1988 HTV romantic drama television about the abdication of Edward VIII. Directed by Charles Jarrott, it stars Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Olivia de Havilland. Jane Seymour was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film at the 46th Golden Globe Awards and Olivia de Havilland was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.^[1]^[2] Costume designer Robin Fraser-Paye was also nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special. It was partly shot at Shirenewton Hall in Monmouthshire.

Cast

Anthony Andrews as Prince of Wales
Jane Seymour as Wallis Simpson
Olivia de Havilland as Aunt Bessie Merryman
Lucy Gutteridge as Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness
Tom Wilkinson as Ernest Simpson
Julie Harris as Alice Warfield (Mrs Simpson's mother)
Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill
Phyllis Calvert as Queen Mary
Evelyn Laye as Maud Cunard
David Waller as Stanley Baldwin - He also appeared as Baldwin in ITV's Edward & Mrs Simpson (1978).
Rupert Frazer as Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (Equerry to the Prince of Wales)
Charlotte Mitchell as Lady Chatfield
Margaretta Scott as Lady Wigram
Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) as Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett

References

↑ Bubbeo, Daniel (2002). The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies : with Filmographies for Each. McFarland. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7864-1137-5. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ Orange Coast Magazine. Emmis Communications. January 1990. p. 69. ISSN 0279-0483. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

External links

The Woman He Loved at the Internet Movie Database

Edward VIII abdication crisis

Edward VIII Wallis Simpson

Prince Albert (Edward VIII's brother, later George VI) Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Alfred Blunt (Bishop of Bradford) John Theodore Goddard (Mrs. Simpson's solicitor) Alec Hardinge (Edward VIII's private secretary) J. B. M. Hertzog (Prime Minister of South Africa) Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury) Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister of Australia) William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada) Queen Mary (Edward VIII's mother) Walter Monckton (advisor to Edward VIII) Michael Joseph Savage (Prime Minister of New Zealand) Ernest Simpson (Mrs. Simpson's husband) Éamon de Valera (President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State)

Legal documents	Succession to the Throne Act 1937 (Canada) Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 (Ireland) His Majesty King Edward the Eighth's Abdication Act, 1937 (South Africa) His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 (United Kingdom)

Cultural depictions	Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) The Woman He Loved (1988) Wallis & Edward (2005) The King's Speech (2010) W.E. (2012)

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