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Period Drama Week - Tuesday: Where have I seen them before? (Part 1: Actresses)

Tuesday, September 6, 2011



Have you ever sat down to watch a period drama and you run across a person who you think looks very familiar, but just can't place it? And then you realize "Hey! I've seen him/her in ---!" I know it's happened to me quite a bit. So, for the next two days of Period Drama Week, I have here those actors/actresses who you may have seen in multiple period dramas, but just couldn't place where you've seen them. Here I have included 10 Actresses. Enjoy!

Barbara Flynn
Barbara Flynn was in The Barchester Chronicles (1982) as Mary Bold, Wives and Daughters (1999) and Miss Browning (the elder one), He Knew He Was Right (2004) as Mrs. French, and in Cranford (2007/2009) as Mrs. Jamieson.

Claudie Blakley
Claudie Blakley was in He Knew He Was Right (2004) as Camilla French, Pride and Prejudice (2005) as Charlotte Lucas, Cranford (2007/2009) as Martha, and Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 - 2011) as Emma Timmins.

Gemma Jones
Gemma Jones was in The Duchess of Duke Street (1976 - 1977) as Louisa Trotter, Sense and Sensibility (1995) as Mrs. Dashwood, and Jane Eyre (1997) as Mrs. Fairfax

Joanna David
Joanna David was in Sense and Sensibility (1971) as Elinor Dashwood, Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Mrs. Gardiner, The Way We Live Now (2001) as Mrs. Longestaffe, and He Knew He Was Right (2004) as Mrs. Stanbury.

Julia Sawalha
Julia Sawalha was in Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Lydia Bennet, Cranford (2007) as Jessie Brown, and Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 - 2011) as Dorcas Lane.

Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes was in Wives and Daughters (1999) as Cynthia Kirkpatrick, Under the Greenwood Tree (2005) as Fancy Day, and Upstairs Downstairs (2010) as Lady Agnes Holland.

Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton was in Wives and Daughters (1999) as Mrs. Hamley, Pride and Prejudice (2005) as Mrs. Gardiner, and Downton Abbey (2010 - ) as Isobel Crawley.

Romola Garai
Romola Garai was in Daniel Deronda (2002) as Gwendolen Harleth, Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Kate Nickleby, As You Like It (2006) as Celia, Amazing Grace (2006) as Barbara Spooner, and Emma (2009) as Emma Woodhouse.

Samantha Bond
Samantha Bond was in Mansfield Park (1983) as Maria Bertram, Emma (1997) as Mrs. Weston, Lark Rise to Candleford (2009) as Celestia Brice Coulson, and Downton Abbey (2010 - ) as Lady Rosomond Painswick.

Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton was in Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Mrs. Harriet Forester (I may have misspelled it in the picture. Forgive me.), Persuasion (1995) as Henrietta Musgrove, Victoria and Albert (2001) as Queen Victoria, and Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 - 2011) as Ruby Pratt.


There are the actresses. Stay Tuned for Part 2 Tomorrow for the Actors



 God Bless,
 God Bless, Miss Elizabeth Bennet

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