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Anna Neagle in Nell Gwyn

on BBC Two England

To celebrate the 80th birthday today of - Dame Anna Neagle , BBC2 continues its season of her films with this much-loved actress in one of her most famous roles starring Cedric Hardwicke with Miles Malleson
Esme Percy
The rise of Nell Gwyn from selling oranges in Cheapside, through success on the Drury Lane stage, to the position of Charles U 's favourite mistress is told in this atmospheric portrayal of Restoration England. Anna Neagle is a spirited Nell and Cedric Hardwicke a suitably rakish monarch in Herbert Wilcox 's fetching romantic comedy. Screenplay by miles MALLESON Produced and directed by HERBERT WILCOX
9 FILMS: page 31
(Sixty Glorious Years the final film in the Anna Neagle Season is on Mon at 5.30)

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Dame Anna Neagle
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Cedric Hardwicke
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Miles Malleson
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Esme Percy
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Nell Gwyn
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Charles U
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Anna Neagle
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Cedric Hardwicke
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Herbert Wilcox
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Anna Neagle Season
Nell Gwyn:
Anna Neagle
Charles II:
Cedric Hardwicke
Duchess of Portsmouth:
Jeanne de Casalis
Duke of York:
Lawrence Anderson
Chiffinch:
Miles Malleson
Samuel Pepys:
Esme Percy
Mrs Pepys:
Helena Pickard

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