Star Quality

Nov 10, 1985

1h 15m

★ 6.7

Overview

Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical endeavour to her best advantage, meets her match when she must trust her success to an equally willful stage director.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

BBC

Masterpiece

Star Quality Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Lorraine Barry

Susannah York

Ray Malcolm

Ian Richardson

Bryan Snow

Peter Chelsom

Tony Orford

David Yelland

J.C. Roebuck

David Swift

Marian Blake

Pam Ferris

Gerald Wentworth

Neville Barber

Charles Hawkins

Tim Bannerman

Eric Larch

Ben Aris

Linda Copeland

Jo Kendall

Understudy

Amanda Donohoe

Understudy

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