TUDORS
IN THE MOVIES
AND
TV SERIES
(1966)
Orson Welles as Cardinal Wolsey
Based on the play by Robert Bolt about the refusal of Sir Thomas More to support the break with the Catholic Church by Henry VIII. Paul Scofield delivers an excellent performance as More.
(1988)
Television version of Bolt's play,
starring Charelton Heston as Sir Thomas More.
(1920)
German made silent film about the
second Queen of Henry VIII.
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(1969)
Genevieve Bujold stars as Anne Boleyn
in the story of her marriage to Henry VIII.
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(1985)
Miranda Richardson plays a
delightfully demented Queen Elizabeth I in this comedy series.
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(1971)
Historical comedy about Henry and gang.
(1924)
Dorothy is being pushed by her father into a marriage with her worthless kin, Sir Malcolm Vernon, when she loves the son of the neighboring Earl of Rutland.
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Drake of England
(1935)
Director: Arthur Woods
Cast: Matheson Lang (Drake), Athene Seyler (Elizabeth I), Jane Baxter, Donald
Wolfit, Henry Mollison, George Merritt, Amy Veness, Sam Livesey, Ben Webster
Called Drake the Pirate and Elizabeth of England in the States, this historical pageant depicts Drake being knighted by Elizabeth I and defeating the Spanish Armada.
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(1998)
Tudor drama takes some liberties with
history, but shines in settings and costumes. Cate Blanchett stars as
Elizabeth, Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis
Walsingham.
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(2007)
Reprising the roles they originated
in seven-time Academy Award-nominated Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey
Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and
romance--The Golden Age. Joining them in the epic is Clive Owen as Sir Walter
Raleigh, a dashing seafarer and newfound temptation for Elizabeth.
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(2000)
Presented by the writer David Starkey. With Imogen Slaughter as Elizabeth; Alex Bulgo and as Mary's Secretary. Directed by Mark Fielder, music composed by Andy Price.
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(2006)
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I and
Jeremy irons as Leicester in this HBO production.
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(1971)
Glenda Jackson stars as Elizabeth I
in this excellent costume drama.
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(1968)
Television play from the 1970 based
on the Maxwell Anderson play. Judith Anderson is Elizabeth I, and Charlton
Heston is Essex.
(1937)
Set during the time of the Armada.
Stars Flora Robson as Elizabeth I, Raymond Massey as Felipe II of Spain. Also
starring Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
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(2004)
Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern and film director Gillies MacKinnon bring the story behind the Gunpowder Plot to BBC TWO in two original films exploring the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James I.
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(1911)
Silent film based on the play by
William Shakespeare.
(1979)
BBC production, based on the play by
William Shakespeare.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (TV)
(1971)
Keith Michell stars as Henry VIII in
this 6-part BBC series.
(1972)
A film version of the BBC television
series. Keith Michell stars again as Henry, but the wives' actresses are
different from the television series.
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(2003)
Two-part TV series documenting the stormy 38-year reign of King Henry VIII.
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In the Shadow of the Tower
(1972)
James Maxwell plays Henry VII is a TV
series similar to "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Elizabeth
R".
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(1986)
Helena Bonham Carter stars as the
tragic Queen of Nine Days.
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(1971)
Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth and
Vanessa Redgrave as Mary in this tale of rival monarchs.
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(1936)
Katherine Hepburn plays Mary, Queen
of Scots. Florence Eldridge played Elizabeth
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(1936)
(Also known as "Tudor
Rose")
An early telling of the tale of Jane Grey, that begins with the death of Henry
VIII.
(1992)
Quentin Crisp plays Elizabeth I in
this bizarre tale based on Virginia Woolf's novel.
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Queen Elizabeth
(1927)
Sarah Bernhardt stars as the Queen in
this silent movie.
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(1940)
Flora Robson plays Elizabeth I and
Errol Flynn plays a buccaneer during the time of the Armada. With Alan Hale,
Gilbert Roland, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Una O'Connor and Brenda Marshall.
Directed by Michael Curtiz.
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(1962)
Italian film with the full cast of
Elizabethan characters. Rod Taylor as Sir Francis Drake, Irene Worth as
Elizabeth I.
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(1998)
Joseph Fiennes stars as the Bard
himself. Dame Judi Dench plays the older Queen Elizabeth I.
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(1895)
Directed by Thomas A. Edison, one of
the first movies ever made.
The Loves of Mary Queen of Scots
(1923)
Silent film about the ill-fated
Queen.
The
Other Boleyn Girl
(2003)
A tale of sex and royal intrigue revealing the little-known story of Mary Boleyn, who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her sister, Anne.
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(2008)
The film about Phillippa Gregory novel.
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(1937)
One version of Mark Twain's novel
where Edward, the only son of Henry VIII, trades places with a boy from the
London slums. With Errol Flynn and the twins Billy and Bob Mauch.
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(1962)
Another version of Twain's novel.
With Guy Williams, Sean Scully and Jane Asher.
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(1978)
Another version of Mark Twain's
novel, with Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Ernst
Borgnine, Lalla Ward and Rex Harrison
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Mickey's the Prince and the Pauper
(1990)
Disney's version of Mark Twain's novel. A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.
(2000)
Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper comes to life in this delightful Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation starring identical twins Jonathan and Robert Timmins.
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933)
Charles Laughton plays Henry in the
story of the monarch and his six wives. Laughton's real-life wife Elsa
Lanchester plays Anne of Cleves. With Robert Donat, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie,
Binnie Barnes and Everley Gregg.
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
(1939)
Bette Davis plays Elizabeth I and
Errol Flynn is the dashing Earl of Essex.
Also known as "Elizabeth and Essex" and "Elizabeth the
Queen"
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(1953)
(Also known as "When Knighthood
was in Flower")
Starring Glynis Johns. The tale of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, and
Charles Brandon.
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(2007)
The Tudors is the epic new Showtime Original Series that reveals the scandalous life of the stunning young monarch, who ruled his kingdom with ruthless abandon.
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(2008)
Second season of the Showtime Original Series.
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(2009)
Third season of the Showtime Original Series.
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(2010)
Fourth season of the Showtime Original Series.
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(1955)
Again Bette Davis stars again as
Elizabeth I. With Joan Collins.
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(2005)
Masterpiece Theatre production about
Elizabeth I.
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(1953)
Jean Simmons plays the teenage
Princess Elizabeth. Stewart Granger is Thomas Seymour and Deborah Kerr as Queen
Catherine Parr. And Charles Laughton as Henry VIII again!
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