his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged French maid Genoux (Eileen Way), who has served her faithfully for a lifetime, Lady Slane deals with a succession of advice from her large flock of middle-aged children. The family is chagrined by, but honors, her choice to live a modest country retirement at some distance, in Hampstead Heath. Lady Slane competently comes to terms to lease and restore a crumbling house, aided by an aging land agent Gervase Bucktrout (Maurice Denham). Once settled, an acquaintance from 50 years past, Mr. Fitzgeorge (Harry Andrews), visits the cottage to rekindle memories of their brief, deep, but unfulfilled brush as soul-mates in colonial India when Lady Slane was a devoted young wife and mother. Great-granddaughter Deborah (Jane Snowden), who has been trapped by a socially desirable but passionless engagement, regularly visits to confide and seek wisdom.
Credits
All Passion Spent Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Wendy Hiller
She was 74, 90 years old when she died
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as Lady Slane |
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Maurice Denham
He was 76, 92 years old when he died
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as Gervase Bucktrout |
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Graham Crowden
He was 64, 87 years old when he died
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as Herbert |
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Phyllis Calvert
She was 71, 87 years old when she died
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as Carrie |
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John Franklyn-Robbins
He was 61, 84 years old when he died
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as Kay |
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Hilary Mason
She was 69, 89 years old when she died
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as Edith |
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Geoffrey Bayldon
He was 62, 93 years old when he died
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as William |
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Harry Andrews
He was 75, 77 years old when he died
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as Mr. Fitzgeorge |
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Patrick Barlow
He was 39, now 77 years old
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as Foljam - Assistant curator |
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Faith Brook
She was 64, 90 years old when she died
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as Lavinia |
All Passion Spent Crew
