WOMAN HE LOVED, THE - (1988) - TV

Directed by Charles Jarrott
Writing credits (WGA): William Luce

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Credited Cast:

Anthony Andrews .... Prince of Wales
Jane Seymour .... Wallis Simpson
Olivia de Havilland .... Aunt Bessie
Lucy Gutteridge .... Thelma
Tom Wilkinson .... Ernest Simpson
Julie Harris .... Alice
Robert Hardy .... Winston Churchill
Phyllis Calvert .... Queen Mary
Mona Bruce .... Mrs. Baldwin
David Waller .... Stanley Baldwin
Richenda Carey .... Maud Kerr-Smiley
Elisabeth 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
William Roberts .... Herman Rogers
Margaretta Scott .... Lady Wigram
Amanda Walker .... Betty Lawson-Johnson
Paul Williamson .... Inspector Evans

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Plot Summary:

For the very first time, the inside story of the most controversial love affair of the century ... the enchanted royal romance between American divorcee, Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII. Jane Seymour stars as Mrs Simpson, the woman who won the heart of a King, the woman who England would never accept as their Queen. Anthony Andrews is the Monarch who would dare to put love before duty, the lonely King forced to abdicate the throne for ... The Woman He Loved.

Six years after "The Scarlet Pimpernel," Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews meet for a new confrontation; successful, once again. Jane plays her role with a sharpness and matchless spirit, demonstrating perfectly the oscillation and pleasure of a luxurious life with a man she likes and the fear of the disastrous consequences this relation will entail.