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She's Been Away

5.719891h 43mPGMovieDramaTV Movie

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is…

DirectorPeter Hall
WriterStephen Poliakoff
ProducerKenith Trodd

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Cast · Directed by Peter Hall

PAPeggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft
Lillian Huckle
GJGeraldine James
Geraldine James
Harriet Ambrose
JFJames Fox
James Fox
Hugh Ambrose
RKRachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson
Matilda
RPRebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon
Young Lillian
HLHugh Lloyd
Hugh Lloyd
George
JK
Jackson Kyle
Dominic Ambrose
RCRosalie Crutchley
Rosalie Crutchley
Gladys
CH
Cryss Jean Healey
Young Margaret
LG
Leslie Goodall
Old Edward
EG
Edgar Goodall
Old Thomas
RZRené Zagger
René Zagger
Young Thomas

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