Lillie

TV Series

1978

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The Rise and Fall of a Professional Beauty. It was the affair that shook Victorian society to its core. He was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.

Sun, 24 Sep, 1978
S1.E1Emelie
Beautiful tomboy Emilie Le Breton prefers the name "Lillie". Lillie's fetching looks attract the attention of many men on the British Island of Jersy-even those who arrive by accident. After a disastrous visit to London, Lillie falls in love with a local fisherman with whom she has a bit too much in common. Soon afte the forbidden relationship, she accepts the marriage proposal of the wealthy Edward Langtry, a man who offers an escape from both her father and Jersey.
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Sun, 01 Oct, 1978
S1.E2Mrs Langtry
Settling with husband Edward in her somber new home in Southampton, Lillie finds less freedom now than she did on Jersey. Worse, Edward's riches have long been spent. After a life-threatening illness and a bit of trickery, Lillie and Edward move to London where Lillie gets her first delicious tast of upper-crust society. but tragedy forces Lillie's return to Jersey. Her beloved brother Reggie has suffered a fatal accident, causing her intense grief and unrelenting guilt.
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Anton Rodgers
Edward Langtry
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Peggy Ann Wood
Mrs. Le Breton
John Barcroft
Francis Knollys
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Ann Firbank
Princess Alexandra
Adam Bareham
Clement Le Breton
Philip York
Moreton Frewen
Edgar Wreford
Lord Suffield
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James Warwick
Hugo de Bathe
Joanna Wake
Mrs. Wheeler
Wanda Moore
Lady Georgiana Dudley
Sheila Mitchell
Charlotte Knollys
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Michael Shannon
Freddie Gebhard

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Release date

September 24, 1978 (United States)

Language

English

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