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Tag Archives: Bridget Jones Diary
August Birthdays for Some of Our Favorite “Austen” Actors!!
In August, these fine thespians are celebrating birthdays! August 5 – Mark Strong, who portrayed Mr. Knightley in the 1996 TV version of Emma August 6 – Romola Garai, who portrayed Emma Woodhouse in the 2009 version … Continue reading
Posted in acting, birthdays, Jane Austen
Tagged actors, Alison Stedman, André Morrell, Austenesque, Bridget Jones Diary, Denys Hawthorne, Derek Bloomfield, Edward Ashley, Embeth Davidtz Maia Petee, Emma, James D'Arcy, Jane Austen, Jennifer Coolidge, Leo Bill, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Lucy Briers, Mansfield Park, Mark Strong, Miss Austen Regrets, Pride and Prejudice, Romala Garai, Rosanna Lavelle, Samuel Roukin, Sense and Sensibility, Stephen Fry, Tom Hollander
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What’s “Love” Got to Do with It?
It was fun last month to take a look at our favorite romance movies and some of the greatest lines from them. After all, I breathe “romance” novels. They are my favorite escape genre. So, tell me what you think of … Continue reading
Posted in acting, film, Uncategorized
Tagged As Good as It Gets, Atonement, Beauty and the Beast, Bridget Jones Diary, City of Angels, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Indecent Proposal, Kissing a Fool, New Moon, Patch Adams, Pride and Prejudice, Say Something, Sweet Home Alabama, The Bridges of Madison County, The King and I, The Notebook, Titanic
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Actors Who Have Appeared in More Than One Austen Film
Daphne Slater took on the parts of Anne Elliot in Perusasion 1960 and that of Elizabeth Bennet in the 1952 production of Pride and Prejudice. Phyllida Law played Mrs. Austen in Miss Austen Regrets and Mrs. Bates in Emma 1996. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Elliot, Bridget Jones Diary, Charles Bingley, Charlotte Lucas, Colin Firth, Daphne Slater, David Savile, Elinor Dashwood, Elizabeth Bennet, Emma, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gemma Jones, George Wickham, Guy Henry, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Irene Richard, Jane Austen, Jane Bennet, Lost in Austen, Mansfield Park, Miss Austen Regrets, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Rushworth, Mr. Woodhouse, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Dashwood, Persuasion, Phyllida Law, Pride and Prejudice, Richard Owens, Sense and Sensibility, Susannah Harker
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