

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Overview
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Thames Television
Key Crew

Waris Hussein
Director
Cast

Edward Fox
King Edward VIII

Cynthia Harris
Wallis Warfield Simpson
David Waller
Stanley Baldwin

Peggy Ashcroft
Queen Mary

Nigel Hawthorne
Walter Monkton

John Shrapnel
Maj. Alexander Hardinge

Andrew Ray
Duke of York

Jessie Matthews
Aunt Bessie Merryman

Charles Keating
Ernest Simpson
Peter Ellis
Osborne
Amanda Reiss
Duchess of York

T.R. Bowen
Duff Cooper

Patricia Hodge
Lady Diana Cooper

Elsie Randolph
Lady Colefax

Gary Waldhorn
Chips Channon
Nuala Barrie
Queen Mary's Lady in Waiting
Rosanne Wickes
Princess Mary

Patrick Troughton
Clement Attlee

Wensley Pithey
Winston Churchill

Marius Goring
King George V