About Bertie and Elizabeth
- Released on July 07, 2002
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.
Full Cast of Bertie and Elizabeth
James Wilby plays King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Alan Bates plays King George V
Juliet Aubrey plays Queen Elizabeth
Eileen Atkins plays Queen Mary
Dolly Wells plays Princess Mary
Barbara Leigh-Hunt plays Lady Mabel Airlie
Charles Edwards plays David
Oliver Ford Davies plays Archbishop Lang
Deborah Cornelius plays Thelma Furness
Michael Elwyn plays Lionel Logue
Amber Sealey plays Wallis Simpson
Jeremy Child plays Sir Samuel Hoare
David Ryall plays Winston Churchill
Paul Brooke plays Tommy Lascelles
David Burke plays Lord Reith
Robert Hardy plays President Roosevelt
Jeremy Swift plays Royal Page
Helen Ryan plays Queen Wilhelmina
Joanna Hole plays East End woman
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh plays Lillibet
Corin Redgrave plays General Montgomery
Jack Whitehall plays Little Boy (uncredited)
Denis Lill plays Clement Attlee
Crew of Bertie and Elizabeth
Directing
- James Wilby
- Alan Bates
- Juliet Aubrey
- Eileen Atkins
- Dolly Wells
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt
- Charles Edwards
- Oliver Ford Davies
- Deborah Cornelius
- Michael Elwyn
- Amber Sealey
- Jeremy Child
- David Ryall
- Paul Brooke
- David Burke
- Robert Hardy
- Jeremy Swift
- Helen Ryan
- Joanna Hole
- Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
- Corin Redgrave
- Jack Whitehall
- Denis Lill