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The Woman He Loved (1988) (TV)
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Writer (WGA):
William Luce (written by)
Release Date:
3 April 1988 (USA)
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 2 nominations
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Stale version of the famous love affair stiffly acted...
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Cast
(Credited cast)| 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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| 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 | |
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USA:100 min
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Last film role of Margaretta Scott.
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Anachronisms: In one funeral scene flashback set in 1972 the coffin is carried in, correctly, with the Duke of Windsor's flag, but the trumpeters have the "GR" cipher of George V, last used in 1936
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One would think that with all the lavish care and expense that went into this made-for-TV movie, it would reflect something of the taste and manners of the upper class couple--Wallis Simpson and the Prince of Wales--instead of being a mawkish, unappetizing historical romance.
Nor is it helped by the fact that JANE SEYMOUR and ANTHONY ANDREWS give stiff, rather uncomfortable to watch performances in which the events move much too slowly to hold attention.
It's hard to understand why a star of OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND's caliber would wish to play the supporting role of Aunt Bessie since the role is so colorless she just about fades out of sight. At this stage in her career, Olivia was appearing in so many "nobility" roles requiring a regal presence but nothing more.
A trivial movie best left forgotten among all the made-for-TV movies of that era.