Felicity Kendal
Helena
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- 1. It's August 1939 Mar 5, 1992
- Oliver and Calypso have a fall out over politics and marriage; the cousins discuss the war with Aunt Helena.
- 2. Love and War Mar 12, 1992
- As Max and Monika are interned as aliens and Sophy goes to boarding school Calypso marries the older, wealthy Hector. Oliver is displeased and the wedding is a joyless affair. Calypso discovers that Hector gets violent when drunk but stays with him for his money whilst seeing other men. She agrees to have sex with Oliver but they are thwarted by an air raid. Richard g... Read all
- 3. The Allure of London Mar 19, 1992
- Helena travels to London for Max's debut concert where both Polly and Calypso guess their secret. Calypso sleeps with Max herself and, after witnessing him turn down the chance to work in America, urges him to be kind to Helena. Richard falls ill after a bomb drops near the house and on visiting him Helena finds Monika in charge. He calls it a straight swap. Sophy is ... Read all
The Camomile Lawn: With Felicity Kendal, Claire Bloom, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Johnson. In 1939, young Oliver, Calypso, Polly and Walter visit friends and family in Cornwall. Spanish Civil War is over and WW2 has begun, so they enjoy their love life while they can.
- (911)
- 1992-03-05
- Drama, Romance, War
- 258
The younger leading actors, Toby Stephens and Jennifer Ehle, were both playing their first screen roles. The scriptwriter, Ken Taylor, was the father of Matthew Taylor, member of parliament for this part of Cornwall. Ehle's screen career was launched by the television drama, in which she played a role that required multiple nude scenes.
- 4 (5 on DVD)
- English
- 1
- 5 March –, 2 April 1992
Ehle made her West End debut as Elmire in the 1991 Peter Hall Company production of Tartuffe, for which she won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards. [9] [10] Hall then cast her as Calypso in The Camomile Lawn (1992), a television adaptation of Mary Wesley 's book of the same name , in which she and her mother played the same character at ...
Sep 22, 2016 · Ehle won a Bafta for the part, after her breakthrough role in 1992’s The Camomile Lawn, and seemed destined for superstardom. However, rather than opt for a blockbuster, she headed for the...
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Jennifer Ehle is certainly attractive and shows a lot more in this epic than in her later Jane Austen roles. But for an example of dark and sultry pouting look no further than Tara Fitzgerald. This production also features everyones 1970's favourite pin-up Felicty Kendal, but she's playing an old woman here folks!
Apr 17, 2015 · She was then cast in her breakthrough role, as the mercenary Calypso in Channel 4’s The Camomile Lawn, dubbed “The Camomile Porn” by tabloids thanks to its levels of nudity and sex ...
