The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.
Credits
Bertie and Elizabeth Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Corin Redgrave
He was 62, 70 years old when he died
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as General Montgomery |
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Eileen Atkins
She was 68, now 90 years old
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as Queen Mary |
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Paul Brooke
He was 57, now 80 years old
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as Tommy Lascelles |
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James Wilby
He was 44, now 66 years old
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as King George VI, aka 'Bertie' |
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Alan Bates
He was 68, 69 years old when he died
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as King George V |
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt
She was 66, now 89 years old
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as Lady Mabel Airlie |
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Robert Hardy
He was 76, 91 years old when he died
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as President Roosevelt |
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Denis Lill
He was 60, now 82 years old
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as Clement Attlee |
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Oliver Ford Davies
He was 62, now 85 years old
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as Archbishop Lang |
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Jeremy Swift
He was 42, now 64 years old
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as Royal Page |
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Dolly Wells
She was 30, now 52 years old
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as Princess Mary |
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David Ryall
He was 67, 79 years old when he died
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as Winston Churchill |
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Joanna Hole
She was 47, now 69 years old
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as East End woman |
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Jack Whitehall
He was 14, now 36 years old
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as Little boy (uncredited) |
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Juliet Aubrey
She was 35, now 58 years old
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as Queen Elizabeth |
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Helen Ryan
She was 64, now 86 years old
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as Queen Wilhelmina |
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Amber Sealey
She was 26, now 49 years old
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as Wallis Simpson |
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Charles Edwards
He was 32, now 55 years old
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as David |
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Jeremy Child
He was 57, now 80 years old
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as Sir Samuel Hoare |
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Michael Elwyn
He was 59, now 82 years old
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as Lionel Logue |
Bertie and Elizabeth Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Giles Foster as Director. He was 52 (now 74) years old
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Directing |
