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Dec 1, 1991 · She's Been Away: Directed by Peter Hall. With Peggy Ashcroft, Geraldine James, James Fox, Jackson Kyle. Locked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.
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- Peter Hall
- Wisewebwoman
- Peggy Ashcroft, Geraldine James, James Fox
"She's Been Away" is a 1989 British television film written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Sir Peter Hall. [1] [2] In her final appearance it starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft , who won two awards at the Venice International Film Festival for her performance, as did Geraldine James .
- Series 1, Episode 5
- Kenith Trodd
She's Been Away. As the mental ward where patient Lillian Huckle (Peggy Ashcroft) has lived for more than 50 years is about to close, the elderly woman faces a return to the outside world....
- Drama
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Peter Hall
Written by Stephen Poliakoff and Directed by Peter Hall. The film is set during a time when the Victorian asylums were being knocked down or turned into flats and their final remaining residents were being turned loose on the streets. The film follows Lillian who has been in a mental hospital for over half a century, returning to the London ...
Sep 10, 2012 · Film. Time Out says. Scripted by Stephen Poliakoff, the first 35mm movie wholly financed by the BBC, this has the incomparable Ashcroft as an elderly woman, put into institutional care when...
Overview. Reviews. TV Listings. Cast & Crew. She's Been Away. 1989. 1 hr 46 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Peggy Ashcroft (her last film) stars as Lillian Huckle, who, following 60 years in a...
