Bea's Degrees of Separation Puzzles - Answers

These are the answers to Bea's Degrees of Separation Puzzles from last week. My sister Bea enjoyed putting this game together and adding up your scores. Thank you to everyone who played! We're sorry if this game was rather hard but hope it was still fun.

Timothy Spall

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #1:
Actor Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech (as Winston Churchill)
with Colin Firth or Jennifer Ehle (as King George/Bertie or Mrs. Logue) who was in Pride & Prejudice (1995) (as Mr. Darcy or Elizabeth Bennet)
with Julia Sawalha (as Lydia Bennet) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Dorcas Lane)
with Linda Bassett or Claire Skinner or Hattie Morahan (as Queenie Turrill or Mrs. Macey or Enid Fairley) who was in Sense & Sensibility (2008) (as Mrs. Jennings or Fanny Dashwood or Elinor Dashwood)
with Dan Stevens (as Edward Ferrars) who was in Downton Abbey (as Matthew Crawley)
with Hugh Bonneville (as Lord Robert Crawley Earl of Grantham) who was in Daniel Deronda (as Henleigh Grandcourt)
with Romola Garai or Edward Fox (as Gwendolyn Harleth or Sir Hugo Mallinger) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (2002)  (as Kate Nickleby or Sir Mulberry Hawk)
with Timothy Spall (as Charles Cheeryble)!

Bonus Question 1: Can you name two other Charles Dickens adaptations Timothy Spall has starred in?
Answer: Oliver Twist (2007) as Fagin and Our Mutual Friend as Mr. Venus

Lucy Boynton

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #2:
Actress Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes (as Posy Fossil)
with Emilia Fox (as Sylvia Brown) who was in David Copperfield (1999) (as Clara Copperfield)

with Harry Lloyd (as Young Steerforth) who was in Great Expectations (2011) (as Herbert Pocket)
with Gillian Anderson (as Miss Havisham) who was in Bleak House (as Lady Dedlock)
with Carey Mulligan (as Ada Clare) who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) (as Kitty Bennet)
with Simon Woods or Judi Dench or Claudie Blakley (as Mr. Bingley or Lady Catherine de Bourgh or Charlotte Lucas) who was in Cranford (as Dr. Frank Harrison or Miss Matty Jenkins or Martha)
with Barbara Flynn (as Mrs. Jamieson) who was in Miss Potter (as Helen Potter)
with Lucy Boynton (as Young Beatrix Potter)!


Bonus Question 2: Can you name one other period drama Lucy Boynton has starred in?
Answer: Sense & Sensibility 2008 as Margaret Dashwood

Players Scores:

birdienl - 67 points

Melody - 67 points

Laura - 53 points

Miss Dashwood - 43 points

Mary Beth - 36 points

Bea's Degrees of Separation Puzzles

The actors and actresses of period dramas bring to life our favorite characters from literature. If you watch many period dramas you'll notice that many of the same actors and actresses show up in popular period films and costume drama miniseries.

This week we have a special treat - two Degrees of Separation Puzzles put together by my sister Bea!  Each puzzle features some fairly well-known actors and period dramas. One puzzle starts and ends with talented Dickensian actor Timothy Spall while the other puzzle starts and ends with brilliant young actress Lucy Boynton.

How to play: Follow the degrees of separation and name the actors whose names are left blank below. Try to guess their names without looking up the info but if you get stuck you might want to use IMDb.com to help. Leave a comment with your guesses. I'll respond with your score. Feel free to guess as many times as you'd like.

For Extra Points: Fill in all of the (as ?) spaces by naming the characters the actors play in each period drama (two characters for each actor). There's also two Bonus Questions to answer below for extra points.

Scoring: Two points for each actor's full name that you guess correctly (24 points). 1 extra point for each of their character names you guess correctly (28 points). Bonus Question answer is worth 5 points. A high score of 67 points is possible.

Timothy Spall

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #1:
Actor Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech (as ?)
with ________ ____ (as ?) who was in Pride & Prejudice (1995) (as ?)
with _____ _______ (as ?) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as ?)
with _____ _______ (as ?) who was in Sense & Sensibility (2008) (as ?)
with ___ _______ (as ?) who was in Downton Abbey (as ?)
with ____ __________ (as ?) who was in Daniel Deronda (as ?)
with ______ _____ (as ?) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (2002)  (as ?)
with Timothy Spall (as ?)!

Bonus Question 1: Can you name two other Charles Dickens adaptations Timothy Spall has starred in?

Lucy Boynton

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #2:
Actress Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes (as ?)
with ______ ___ (as ?) who was in David Copperfield (1999) (as?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Great Expectations (2011) (as ?)
with _______ ________ (as ?) who was in Bleak House (as ?)
with _____ ________ (as ?) who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) (as ?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Cranford (as ?)
with _______ _____ (as ?) who was in Miss Potter (as ?)
with Lucy Boynton (as ?) !

Bonus Question 2: Can you name one other period drama Lucy Boynton has starred in?


Have fun guessing! :-)

Double Puzzle Degrees of Separation Game - Answers!

These are the answers to the Double Puzzle Degrees of Separation Game that I posted last Saturday. Many apologies again for got getting back to ya'll on your scores right away. Without further ado here are the answers and your scores.

Imelda Staunton

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #1:
Actress Imelda Staunton was in Sense & Sensibility 1995 (as Charlotte Palmer)
with Emma Thompson (as Elinor Dashwood) who was in Much Ado About Nothing 1994 (as Beatrice)
with Kate Beckinsale (as Hero) who was in Emma 1997 (as Emma Woodhouse)
with Samantha Morton (as Harriet Smith) who was in Jane Eyre 1996 (as Jane Eyre)
with Gemma Jones (as Mrs. Fairfax) who was in Sense & Sensibility 1995 (as Mrs. Dashwood)
with Imelda Staunton!

Alun Armstong

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #2:
Actor Alun Armstrong was in Bleak House 2005 (as Inspector Bucket)
with Carey Mulligan (as Ada Clare) who was in Northanger Abbey 2007 (as Isabella Thorpe)
with Sylvestra Le Touzel (as Mrs. Allen) who was in Amazing Grace (as Marianne Thornton)
with Ramola Garai (as Barbara Spooner) who was in Daniel Deronda (as Gwendolen Harleth)
with Hugh Bonneville (as Henleigh Grandcourt) who was in Downton Abbey (as Sir Robert, Earl of Grandtham)
with Brendan Coyle (as Mr. Bates) who was in North and South 2004 (as Nicholas Higgins)
with Anna Maxwell Martin (as Bessie Higgins) who was in Bleak House 2005 (as Esther Summerson)
with Alun Armstrong!

High Scores

Miss Elizabeth - 42 points

Melody - 39 points

Jillian B - 38 points

Scullery Maid - 34 points

birdienl - 33 points

Thanks for playing! :)

Double Puzzle Degrees of Separation Game

The actors and actresses of period dramas bring to life our favorite characters from literature. If you watch many period dramas you'll notice that many of the same actors and actresses show up in popular period films and costume drama miniseries.

This week I've put together two separate Degrees of Separation Puzzles for you to work on. Each puzzles features some fairly well-known actors and period dramas. One puzzle starts and ends with talented Imelda Staunton while the other puzzle ends and starts with brilliant actor Alun Armstrong. These are two actors who no period drama would be quite the same without! :)

How to play: Follow the degrees of separation and name the actors whose names are left blank below. Try to guess their names without looking up the info but if you get stuck you might want to use IMDb.com to help. Leave a comment with your guesses. I'll respond with your score. Feel free to guess as many times as you'd like.

For Extra Points: Fill in all of the (as ?) spaces by naming the characters the actors play in each period drama (two characters for each actor).

Scoring: Two points for each actor's full name that you guess correctly (20 points). 1 extra point for each of their character names you guess correctly (22 points). A high score of 42 points is possible.

Imelda Staunton

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #1:
Actress Imelda Staunton was in Sense & Sensibility 1995 (as ?)
with ____ ________ (as ?) who was in Much Ado About Nothing 1994 (as ?)
with ____ __________ (as ?) who was in Emma 1997 (as ?)
with ________ ______ (as ?) who was in Jane Eyre 1996 (as ?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Sense & Sensibility 1995 (as ?)
with Imelda Staunton!

Alun Armstong

Degrees of Separation Puzzle #2:
Actor Alun Armstrong was in Bleak House 2005 (as ?)
with _____ ________ (as ?) who was in Northanger Abbey 2007 (as ?)
with _________ __ ______ (as ?) who was in Amazing Grace (as ?)
with ______ _____ (as ?) who was in Daniel Deronda (as ?)
with ____ __________ (as ?) who was in Downton Abbey (as ?)
with _______ _____ (as ?) who was in North and South 2004 (as ?)
with ____ _______ ______ (as ?) who was in Bleak House 2005 (as ?)
with Alun Armstrong!


Answers will be posted next Saturday. Have fun! :)

Answers to Degrees of Separation Game

There are the answers for the Degrees of Separation Game I posted last week. The game started with actress Claire Foy and I was quite impressed by the number of you who had correct guesses! 

Here was the original puzzle:

Degrees of Separation Puzzle:

Actress Claire Foy was in Upstairs, Downstairs (2010)

with _____ _____ who was in Wives & Daughters (1999)

with _____ _____ who was in Great Expectations (1999)

with _____ _____ who was in Amazing Grace (2006)

with _____ _____ who was in Emma (2009)

with _____ ___ _____ who was in Mansfield Park (1999)

with _____ _____ who was in The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

with ___ ______ who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005)

with _______ __________ who was is Little Dorrit (2008)

with Claire Foy!

And here are the answers:

Actress Claire Foy was in Upstairs, Downstairs (2010) [as Lady Persephone Towyn “Lady Persie”]

with Keeley Hawes [as Lady Agnes Holland] who was in Wives & Daughters [as Cynthia Kirkpatrick]

with Justine Waddell [as Molly Gibson] who was in Great Expectations (1999) [as Estella Havisham]

with Ioan Gruffudd [as Philip Pirrip "Pip"] who was in Amazing Grace [as William Wilberforce]

with Ramola Garai [as Barbara Spooner] who was in Emma (2009) [as Emma Woodhouse]

with Johnny Lee Miller [as Mr. Knightley] who was in Mansfield Park (1999) [as Edmund Bertram]

with Frances O'Connor [as Fanny Price] who was in The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) [as Gwendolen Fairfax]

with Judi Dench [as Lady Augusta Bracknell] who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) [as Lady Catherine DeBourgh]

with Matthew Macfadyen [as Mr. Darcy] who was is Little Dorrit (2008) [as Arthur Clennam] 

with Claire Foy [as Amy Dorrit]!

A few side notes: A few of you rightly pointed out that actor Michael Gambon was also in Amazing Grace and Emma (2009). He was also in Wives & Daughters. :)
Justine Waddell was also in Mansfield Park (1999).
Also actor Blake Ritson who played Mr. Elton in Emma (2009) also played Edmund Bertram in the newer Mansfield Park (2007) and was in Upstairs, Downstairs (2010).
I tried to stick with actors in the leading roles, the one exception here being Judi Dench but I consider her like Emma Woodhouse that "wherever she is she presides". I also tried to choose well known actors (even if some have tricky spelled names!). So while I probably could have chosen Colin Firth in The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) I know taking that path would make the puzzle longer.

Player's Scores - Maximum 130:

Miss Elizabeth Bennet - 130 points

Melody - 130 points

Miss Dashwood - 129 points

Payton Wilson - 110 points

Maria Elisabeth - 95 points

beastsbelle - 80 points

Mary Beth - 80 points

Sara Lyn - 75 points

birdinel - 65 points

Sarah Grace - 65 points

Eva-Joy - 40 points

Rachel Olivia - 40 points

Alexandra - 40 points

Jemimah - 10 points

Much Thanks to everyone who played! I might have to do a similar game sometime soon.

A new game will be up later today!

Degrees of Separation Game

The actors and actresses of period dramas bring to life our favorite characters from literature. If you watch many period dramas you'll notice that many of the same actors and actresses show up in popular period films and costume drama miniseries.   


This week I've put together a little Degrees of Separation Game featuring some fairly well-known actors and period dramas. This time we're starting and ending with lovely young actress Claire Foy!


How to play:  Follow the degrees of separation and name the eight actors whose names are left blank below. Try to guess their names without looking up the info but if you can't you might want to use IMDb.com to help. Leave a comment with your guesses. I'll respond with your answers. Feel free to guess as many times as you'd like. 


For Extra Points: Name the characters the actors play in each period drama (two characters for each actor).


Scoring: Five points for each actor's full name that you guess correctly. Five extra points for each period drama character you guess correctly. A total of 130 points is possible.   

Degrees of Separation Puzzle:

Actress Claire Foy was in Upstairs, Downstairs (2010)

with _____ _____ who was in Wives & Daughters (1999)

with _____ _____ who was in Great Expectations (1999)

with _____ _____ who was in Amazing Grace (2006)

with _____ _____ who was in Emma (2009)

with _____ ___ _____ who was in Mansfield Park (1999)

with _____ _____ who was in The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

with ___ ______ who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005)

with _______ __________ who was is Little Dorrit (2008)

with Claire Foy!

Have fun! :)

Quiz: What's The Connection?

Today I was watching an adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Blue Train Mystery which stars her brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. I enjoy the newer adaptations of her novels especially because they feature many British actors who can be seen in several period films.

There were three period actors who I recognized and I was wondering if anyone else could find the connection I did.

Nicholas Farrell


Lindsey Duncan


James D'Arcy

What connection do these three actors share? I'll post the answer after a while if I have any responses.

Hint: Besides being in The Blue Train Mystery I don't think they've been in anything else together. And think period films! :)

Any guesses?

It's a Masterpiece Classic!

While looking over Masterpiece Theatre's website the above photo took my notice because it not only features the familiar sight of Judi Dench in Cranford garb but also because of Ramola Garai looking lovely as our newest Emma. The link brought me to this page which announces these new adaptations.

"The retelling of a Masterpiece favorite and the sequel of another will premiere in early 2010 on Masterpiece classic."

Emma 2010
"Romola Garai (Atonement, Daniel Deronda), Michael Gambon and Jonny Lee Miller star in an all-new four-hour adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma."
Nothing new here but I do wonder at them describing Mr. Woodhouse as an "affectionate, neurotic father" and Mr. Knightley as a "shrewd and attractive neighbor". The also call this adaptation "fresh and funny" which I'm tending to agree with. Have I mentioned I can't wait to see Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley, I have decided he will be just delightful!


Cranford 2
"More great change is set for the small Cheshire town of Cranford in Cranford 2, a 3-hour program featuring many of the beloved original cast..."
So they are officially calling this new adaptation Cranford 2, rather boring but to the point. "Cranford 2 picks up the story in 1844." And I look forward with delight to see how the old characters have changed and what the new characters add to the story.

The main reason I was looking over the website is that Masterpiece Theatre just finished airing what they called "Six by Agatha" part of their Masterpiece Mystery which included six new adaptation of Agatha Christie books. One reason I enjoy these new adaptations are because of the number of great period actors and actresses who star in them - I'll mention some as I go.


Hercule Poirot
The series began with two new adaptations starring the incomparable David Suchet as the quick witted little Belgium detective. I absolutely adore Hercule Poirot and Mr. Suchet has such a great sense of who Poirot is (as evident through this exclusive interview) and in my opinion he's only getting better with time.
These new stories are highly recommended, and here's a bit about them:


Cat Among the Pigeons
"Something is amiss at Meadowbank School for Girls, where hidden rubies, kidnapping, and murder disrupt the term."

Period sightings:

• Harriet Walter (Sense & Sensibility 1996, Little Dorrit, Marple: Sleeping Murder, The Young Victoria, I always recoginize her voice first because I adored her reading of Jane Austen's Lady Susan on audiobook)
• Claire Skinner (Catherine Cookson's The Wingless Bird, Sleepy Hallow, Marple: A Murder Is Announced, Sense & Sensibility 2008, Lark Rise to Candleford)
• Georgie Glen (Wives & Daughters, Daniel Deronda, Amazing Grace)
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 2004, Vanity Fair 1998 as Becky Sharp)
• Elizabeth Berrington (The Moonstone, Nanny McPhee)
• Pippa Haywood (Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, Lost in Austen)
• Jane How (Miss Potter, Daniel Deronda, and another Little Princess adaptation)

Mrs. McGinty's Dead
"A man is about to hang for a brutal murder. But did he do it? After learning about 30-year-old homicides, Poirot concludes a ghost from the past has returned."

Period sightings:

• Amanda Root (Persuasion, Daniel Deronda, The Forsyte Saga, Jane Eyre 1996)
• Zoë Wanamaker (as Agatha Christie's alter-ego Ariadne Oliver in Poirot: Third Girl and Poirot: Cards on the Table, The Old Curiosity Shop 2007, David Copperfield 1999)
• Joe Absolom (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
• Richard Hope (The Forsyte Saga)
• Simon Shepherd (Poirot: The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan, Wuthering Heights 1992, Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 1985)

Marple: Series IV
Staring Julia Mackenzie these four new adaptations are full of life, exquisite color, lovely costumes and settings, and are fast paced but they are generally disappointing and what I would call so close by rather unlike Agatha Christie. A bit about each episode is below.
Julia McKenzie is lovely in person but her costumes are only tweed suits and one black evening gown. She's not really a doddering old lady but rather the script writes her as smart and right on top of the case and always one step ahead of the police and often telling them what they should do - not quite the Miss Marple of the novels.
Julia McKenzie herself can be found in several period dramas including: Cranford, Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Adam Bede 1991, and The Old Curiosity Shop 1995, I also loved her as Mrs. Allen in the BBC Northanger Abbey radio play


A Pocket Full of Rye
"A killer who seems obsessed with a nursery rhyme commits a string of murders. Miss Marple and a local detective (Matthew Macfadyen) join forces to investigate."

Period Sightings:

• Matthew Macfadyen - who my sis loves in P&P and said looked weird with a mustache (Pride & Prejudice 2005, Little Dorrit 2009, Wuthering Heights 1998, The Way We Live Now)
• Rupert Graves (The Forsyte Saga, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, A Room with a View 1985)
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane, The Real Jane Austen 2002 TV Documentary, Rebecca 1997, Poirot: The Chocolate Box)
• Prunella Scales (ITV Emma 1996, The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978, Pride and Prejudice 1952, Howard's End)
• Kenneth Cranham (Oliver!, Tess of the D'Urberville 2008, Pollyanna 2003, Our Mutual Friend, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Lady Windermere's Fan 1985)
• Hattie Morahan (Elinor Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility 2008)
• Anna Madeley (Sense & Sensibility 2008, The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton)
• Joseph Beattie (Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park 2007)
• Ben Miles (The Forsyte Saga, Under the Greenwood Tree, Lark Rise to Candleford)
• Paul Brooke (Oliver Twist 2005, The Phantom of the Opera, The Prince and the Pauper 2000, The Moonstone 1996, Adam Bede 1991, Agatha 1979, Daniel Deronda 1970)
• Edward Tudor-Pole (Oliver Twist 2007, Henry VIII 2003, Princess Caraboo, The Secret Garden 1987)
• Chris Larkin (Jane Eyre 1996)
• Ken Campbell (Alice in Wonderland 1999, Middlemarch 1994)

Murder Is Easy
"Miss Marple investigates a string of "accidents" after a woman on a train tells her about murders in a local village. Benedict Cumberbatch co-stars."

Period Sightings:

• Benedict Cumberbatch - who I so enjoyed watching and inspired me to wish he was an Austen hero (The Other Boleyn Girl, Amazing Grace)
• Anna Chancellor (Poirot: The Chocolate Box, Princess Caraboo, Pride and Prejudice 1995, FairyTale: A True Story, The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton, The Real Jane Austen 2002 TV Documentary)
• Lyndsey Marshal (The Shadow in the North, Poirot: Cards on the Table, The Young Visiters)
• Shirley Henderson (The Way We Live Now)
• Steve Pemberton (The Old Curiosity Shop 2007, Under the Greenwood Tree, Poirot: Death on the Nile)
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfield Park 2007, Howards End)
• Hugo Speer (Bleak House as Sergeant George)
• Russell Tovey (Little Dorrit, Poirot: Evil Under the Sun)
• Stephen Churchett (has played Coroner in three Marple adaptations and is the writer for 6 Marple scripts)

They Do It with Mirrors
"During rehearsal for an amateur show a murder occurs, and Miss Marple must decipher the elaborate conjuring trick played by the killer. Joan Collins co-stars."

Period Sightings:

• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen, The Ruby in the Smoke, Poirot: Taken at the Flood)
• Emma Griffiths Malin (Poirot: Death on the Nile, The Forsyte Saga: To Let)
• Penelope Wilton (Pride & Prejudice 2005, Victoria & Albert 2001, Wives and Daughters, Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998)
• Tom Payne (Wuthering Heights 2009 as Linton)
• Alex Jennings (Cranford, Poirot: Cards on the Table, Hard Times 1994)
• Sarah Smart (Poirot: Mrs McGinty's Dead, Wuthering Heights 1998)
• Maxine Peake (Little Dorrit, The Way We Live Now)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
"The last words of a dying man lead the sole witness and a socialite to investigate. Miss Marple joins them as they land in a hotbed of homicide and intrigue."

Period Sightings:

• Samantha Bond (Lark Rise to Candleford, ITV's Emma 1996, Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat, Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 1985, Mansfield Park 1983)
• Richard Briers (Peter Pan 2003, Victoria & Albert 2001, Hamlet 1996, Much Ado About Nothing, and among many other wonderful things!)
• Warren Clarke (Bleak House 2005, Our Mutual Friend 1976)
• Mark Williams (Sense & Sensibility 2008, and some other lovely non period films)
• Rafe Spall (A Room with a View 2007 as George Emerson)
• I'll also add Sean Biggerstaff, Georgia Moffett and Natalie Dormer three young actors who were lovely and I hope to see more of them in period dramas.

So this post took longer than I thought it would, almost the whole of my day off working on it bit by bit. Remind me that looking up actors, though fun, is just a waste of time! :)
In other news I'm expecting a whole bunch of period film DVDs in the mail tomorrow, I was very frivilous but what are you going to do with all the birthday money?

Hope you're having a lovely week and that it's as sunny where you are as it is here!

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Degrees of Separation in Period Films

I'm addicted to period films and really have nothing better to do tonight then to mark out degrees of separation between actors and films. I would recommend all of these to you as great films and pieces of literature if you've never seen them before. No pictures this time but have fun anyway!

10 Degrees of Separation
Felicity Jones was in Northanger Abbey with
JJ Feild who was in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby with
Charles Dance who was in Bleak House with
Carey Mulligan who was in Pride & Prejudice with
Rosamund Pike who was in Wives & Daughters with
Justine Waddell who was in Mansfield Park with
Hugh Bonneville who was in Miss Austen Regrets with
Olivia Williams who was in Emma with
Samantha Bond who was in Mansfield Park with
Sylvestra Le Touzel who was in Northanger Abbey with
Felicity Jones!

9 Degrees of Separation
Colin Firth who was in The Importance of Being Earnest with
Dame Judi Dench who was in Cranford with
Simon Woods who was in Pride & Prejudice with
Keira Knightley who was in King Arthur with
Hugh Dancy who was in Daniel Deronda with
Jodhi May who was in The Mayor of Casterbridge with
Ciaran Hinds who was in Persuasion with
Simon Russell Beale who was in An Ideal Husband with
Rupert Everett who was in The Importance of Being Earnest with
Colin Firth!

9 Degrees of Seperation
Jeremy Northam was in The Winslow Boy with
Gemma Jones who was in Sense & Senibility with
Emma Thompson who was in Much Ado About Nothing with
Richard Briers who was in Victoria & Albert with
Jonathan Firth who was in Middlemarch with
Rufus Sewell who was in Amazing Grace with
Ioan Gruffudd who was in The Forsyte Saga with
Corin Redgrave who was in Persuasion with
Sophie Thompson who was in Emma with
Jeremy Northham!

Lovely Lady

Today prominent period film actress Kate Winslet turned 33 years old. The talented actress nicknamed "English Rose" first appeared in Emma Thompson's Sense & Sensibility (as Marianne Dashwood) followed by Thomas Hardy's Jude (as Sue Bridehead), Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (as Ophelia), Titanic (as Rose), Quills (as Madeleine 'Maddy' LeClerc) and Finding Neverland (as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies).


She was the youngest actress ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards, for Sense & Sensibility and Titanic at the ages of 20 and 22 respectively. She also turned down main roles in period films Shakespeare in Love (taken by Gwyneth Paltrow) and Anna and the King (given to Jodie Foster).



Five degrees of separation in period film:

Kate Winslet (Marianne) was in Sense & Sensibility with
Greg Wise who was in The Moonstone with
Keeley Hawes who was in Wives & Daughters with
Tom Hollander who was in Pirates of the Caribbean with
Johnny Depp who was in Finding Neverland with Kate Winslet!



P.S. I recommend most of the movies listed here with the exceptions of Quills, Titanic and Jude which I have never seen before and cannot verify their qualities or vices. I would consult a movie guide before viewing these films.